Useful links
This site is directly supported by HEFCE and OSI.
The following are the key bodies within the Knowledge Transfer landscape which provide to varying degrees elements of:
- KT practice improvement and enhancement and/or
- guidance and professional development and/or
- professional representation
Non UK Based Organisations
- ASTP
Association of European Science and Technology Transfer Professionals
- CREST
Comit� de Recherche Scientifique et Technique (advising EU Commission)
- OECD
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
- CURIE
French Network of R & KT Offices
- Fraunhofer
German Institutes for Applied Research
- NetVaL
Italian Network of KT Offices
- RedOTRI
Spanish Network of KT Offices
- AUTM (USA/Can)
Association of University Technology Managers
- ProTon Europe
This web site has it's own Good Practices section.
UK Based Organisations
- HEFCE
Higher Education Funding Council for England
- OSI
Office of Science and Innovation � Department of Trade and Industry
- IKT
Institute of Knowledge Transfer
- AURIL
Association for University Research and Industry Links
- UNICO
The University Companies Association
- PRAXIS
The UK University Technology Transfer Training Programme
- BLU SAT
Business Link University Subject Area Team
- Research Councils
- TSB
Technology Strategy Board
- RDAs
Regional Development Agencies
- UUK
Universities UK
- KTNs
Knowledge Transfer Networks (formerly Faradays)
- ARMA
Association of Research Managers and Administrators
- AUA
Association of University Administrators
- SSCs
Sector Skills Councils
- ICARG
Inter-company Academic Relations Group (CBI)
- UKBI
UK Business Incubations
- UKSPA
UK Science Park Association