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Industry-academia collaboration –cases of three Bulgarian universities
Assoc. Prof. Elissaveta GourovaSofia University
Moldova, 16-17.05.2012
Main topics
Introduction Bulgarian environment for industry-academia
collaboration Cases for industry involvement in HE
– Management skills for software engineers – Interdisciplinary skills of telecom specialists – Industrial practice for industrial engineers
Further Challenges
Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”
• The first school of higher education in Bulgaria
• The largest and most prestigious university in Bulgaria, a big academic and scientific centre
• 16 Faculties on humanities and scientific disciplines
• More than 18 000 students and 3000 lecturers and administrative staff
Macroeconomic framework GDP structure
– Agriculture – 6%– Industry – 17%– Public sector– Services – 61%
Export – main part of raw or unprocessed products – Typical for less developed countries
Import – technology, machines, equipment, vehicles Rather good investment climate – law corporate taxation, law income
taxation (10%), stability, access to financing Foreign investments – telecommunications (18%), real estate (15%),
trade and vehicles (15,66%), electricity production (6,78%), construction (6%), services (5%), textile (4, 36%), food production (3,72%), production of rubber, plastics (3,99%), metal production (3,27%), chemistry (2,65%)
Structure
53 higher education institutes – 43 universities, 10 colleges (16 private)
Bulgarian Academy of sciences – 73 independent legal bodies (institutes, labs, centres, etc. ) – 66% of all publications
– Institute for parallel information processing– Institute of electronics– Institute for nuclear research and atom energy– Institute for microbiology– Institute for organic chemistry
Agriculture Academy – 27 research institutes, 19 experimental facilities
Research environment changes
Law on Academic staff development (2010)– Allocation of scientific degrees and titles– Recruitment of researchers (long-term)– Selection of PhD students
Law on Higher education (under revision)– Academic freedom – Rights and responsibilities of universities – Regular assessment of researchers– Career development (sabbatical leave)– 10% of state subsidy for research
Law on Research Promotion – National Science Fund
Main weaknesses in Bulgaria (European Innovation Scoreboard)
Weak links between science and businesses Not sufficient measures to develop innovation
infrastructure, support services, technological brokerage, intermediary services, etc.
Not involvement of university students in scientific and technological activities
Low innovative culture of researchers and weak innovative culture of businesses
Low level of investment in new products and processes Slow implementation of measures and not systematic
and transparent evaluation, etc.
Innovation firms by number of employees
Knowledge creation in Bulgaria
among 145 countries: 39 place in Physics 45 in Mathematics and Chemistry, growing publications
and their citation by other researchers 47 in Computer Science and Engineering, with
decreasing from 1995 to 2003 publications and their citations
very low commercialization of research results
Type of academia-industry collaboration in Bulgaria
6%Creation of new technologies
7%Studies of the effectiveness of technologies/ products/services
8%Assisting the management of business processes
11%Organization of student, doctoral, etc. practices
13%Training, seminars, conferences
17%Consultations
Main topics
Introduction Bulgarian environment for industry-academia
collaboration Cases for industry involvement in HE
– Management skills for software engineers – Interdisciplinary skills of telecom specialists – Industrial practice for industrial engineers
Further Challenges
Centre of Information Society Technology
Scientific Research Departmen
Faculty of Mathematics and Informatic
Centre of IST
Sofia University “St. Kl. Ohridski”
Industry
EU / MES
BSc and MSc Programs on
•Software engineering
•Computer Sciences
•Technology Entrepreneurship
•E-Business …
Research and education projects
Role of FMI
Strategy for ICT education in secondary schools
Curricula development for schools Teachers higher education and training E-Learning technology and methodology Building ICT professional skills ICT research and innovation
Implementing ACM / IEEE curricula at Sofia University
Computer Science Software Engineering Information Systems
– BSc, MSc & PhD
Technology entrepreneurship e-Business e-Learning
BSc students of FMI
very good level of skills in information technology, computer networks and data bases
more efforts in business intelligence
Innovation skills of FMI students product commercialization and business process
reengineering
Management skills for software engineers
New MSc programme on Technology Entrepreneurship and Innovation in IT
– Sofia University, Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics– Intel Europe – Training of professors at University of California, Berkley
Launched in 2008, most demanded by students– Course on Technology Entrepreneurship (Intel Europe) – Course on Establishing students company (Junior
achievement - Bulgaria) – Involvement of students in world competitions (HP, Intel)
ENTREPRENEURSHIP CURRICULUM, UC BERKELEY
MSc on Technology Entrepreneurship and Innovation in IT
Basic courses Core course on entrepreneurship
Elective courses
Technology entrepreneurship
Innovation ManagementFinancial management and
venture capitalMarketing managementStrategic management
Business Process ManagementCRM
Organizational Behavior Knowledge management
Business IntelligenceProject management
e-BusinessBases of e-governance
Internet and law Graduate Student Company
Graduate Student Company Learning processes
Main topics
Introduction Bulgarian environment for industry-academia
collaboration Cases for industry involvement in HE
– Management skills for software engineers – Interdisciplinary skills of telecom specialists – Industrial practice for industrial engineers
Further Challenges
New Bulgarian UniversityDepartment of Telecommunications
New Bulgarian University– First Bulgarian private university– Flexible and efficient management structure– Readiness to respond to knowledge and skills needs
Department Telecommunications– Unique programme on Telecom management– High-qualified professors with experience in Telecom and postal
reforms, BTC, BNT, etc.– Close collaboration with Telecom Industry and Regulatory
Bodies– Close collaboration with Broadcasting stakeholders– Close collaboration with ICT Cluster
Telecommunications programmes
Bachelor Programs specialization: Telecommunication technologies and services Regulation and management in electronic communications Postal and currier technologies and services
Master Programs specialization: Telecommunication systems and technologies Radio communications and electronic media Regulation and management in Telecommunications Implementation of telecommunications projects
PhD Program scientific area: Communication and computer technologies
Collaboration: Bulgarian Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and
Communications Commission on regulation of telecommunications International Telecommunications Union
Students Practice: On the basis of frame contracts: in Bulgarian Posts, Siemens,
Ericsson, Electron-Radiocom, Vivacom, M-Tel, Germanos, etc. Telecommunications Laboratory at NBU
Collaboration with stakeholders
Interdisciplinary skills of telecom specialists
new interdisciplinary programme ‘Innovation and entrepreneurship in high tech’ elaborated in 2012 in collaboration with the ICT cluster
Programme topics:– Economic and legal environment– Management, finance and market specificity– Strategic management– Innovation and technology transfer– Competitiveness and IPR management– Web-based marketing – Engineering design– Software architectures– Project funding for innovations– Cultural and ethical issues of entrepreneurship
Main topics
Introduction Bulgarian environment for industry-academia
collaboration Cases for industry involvement in HE
– Management skills for software engineers – Interdisciplinary skills of telecom specialists – Industrial practice for industrial engineers
Further Challenges
Technical University – Sofia
established in 1945, the leading Bulgarian engineering university
competitive in engineering research and training - more than 1200 international projects, and many national projects funded by industry
dominance of projects funded by industry – only 25% funding from international sources
national award of the Agency for Energy efficiency award of Ministry of Education and Science for highest
financial contribution gained from international projects award ‘ICAR’ of the Bulgarian Industrial Association – for
its scientific and applied research
English Language Faculty of Engineering
Technical University - Sofia
ELFEFaculty of …
Department 1
Department 2
Department ?
Faculty ofAutomatics
DEM TOE Department ?
NIS
Industrial practice for engineers
Compulsory for students specialty Industrial Engineering BScprogram of ELFE
Goal: to acquaint students with real production, enterpriseorganization, marketing, human resourses, company policy, etc.
Teaching methodology: Visits to real production facilities, explanations from accompanying lecturers and enterprise staff
Enterprises: produce machine tools, DC motors, machinery and automatic transfer lines for packing, bottling and labeling, automatic transfer lines and machines for recycling of industrial goods
Bulgarian institute of metrology: visits to labs for measurement of time and frequency, acoustics, vibrations, optics, electricity, temperature, pressure, electrochemistry, etc.
Main topics
Introduction Bulgarian environment for industry-academia
collaboration Cases for industry involvement in HE
– Management skills for software engineers – Interdisciplinary skills of telecom specialists – Industrial practice for industrial engineers
Further Challenges
Survey goals
Main goal: – to collect quantitative data provided by researchers, – to summarize the personal attitudes of the staff and their approach
to research activities
Main issues studied:– Faculty staff experience, skills, and research interests and needs; – research priorities according to the staff – on European, on
national, and on personal short-term and long-term levels;– personal assessment of the organization and work within Faculty;– evaluation of the overall national environment and attitudes
toward researchers and research career in Bulgaria.
Needs for additional training
10%
23%
29%
8%
19%
33%
14%
27%
21%
12%
19%
27%
4%
27%
31%
methodicalapproach for
aquiring needsand expectationof stakeholders
well informedabout needs and
expectation ofstakeholders
availability offeedback fromstakeholders
feedback fromstakeholders isused for raisingperformance of
the faculty
awareness forimproving
communicationwith stakeholders
FA collaboration with stakeholdersFA Weak FA Average FA Strong
21%
32%
7%
21%
32%
7%
23%
23%
7%
25%
27%
3%
16%
41%
5%
methodicalapproach for
aquiring needsand expectationof stakeholders
well informedabout needs and
expectation ofstakeholders
availability offeedback fromstakeholders
feedback fromstakeholders isused for raisingperformance of
the faculty
awareness forimproving
communicationwith stakeholders
FMI collaboration with stakeholdersFMI Weak FMI Average FMI Strong
Summary
TU and SU have achieved many successes– Linking education programs to labour market needs and
students demands– University strategies in place– Well positioned in Bulgaria and the region
Driven by leaders understanding global challenges for research and industry organizations
A lot of challenges remain:– for the teaching staff to improve and widen competences– Strengthening collaboration with stakeholders– for changing of universities environment to motivate the staff
and attract young researchers
The way ahead
Undertake continuous efforts to progress the quality of Faculty’s education, training, information and research services to gain program competitiveness, high levels of achievement and a knowledgeable community.
Ensure that education and research services are relevant to the needs of Bulgarian people, workforce, industry and local and state government.
Release individuals of all ages with access to education, training and information services to develop their competences in order to be globally competitive workers, responsible citizens, and lifelong learners.
Ensure greatest benefit from education and research resources through efficient operation and management of the education and research system and investments in student learning centeredICT.
