Black Country FE Innovation Service

Black Country 有限元创新服务

• 批准号: 10101833
• 金额: $ 101.3万
• 依托单位: WALSALL COLLEGE
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2024 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10101833
• 关键词: Black; Country; FE; Innovation; Service

Black Country Innovation Services will deliver a pilot project to meet pressing local needs for technical expertise, sustainability and collaborative support, while addressing challenges related to technological awareness and resource limitations. It aims to play a complementary role in the local innovation ecosystem, remaining adaptable to evolving business/sector requirements.The project will enable our five FE Colleges to address local business needs by establishing local Innovation Centres geographically close to businesses operations and recruiting dedicated staff to identify, engage and work to support businesses to understand how they can adopt innovations in technologies and business processes. This pilot will:\*Map college assets to address the needs of local SMEs in the Advanced Manufacturing, ICT/Digital and Construction/Housing sectors.\*Address specific technological needs such as Computer Numerical Control, Virtual Reality and Artificial Intelligence\*Raise awareness of emerging practices in the environmental sector\*Focus on key growth sectors aligned to the business make-up in the Black Country: Advanced Manufacturing/Engineering, ICT/Digital and Retrofit/Green TechnologiesOur project addresses business need by directly offering technical excellence, expertise and support to businesses via college facilities, addressing challenges around limited awareness/resource constraints. We will overcome these obstacles by supporting SMEs to learn more about equipment/technologies housed within their local FE College that they can use to improve business processes and therefore innovate. Organisational Needs Analysis (ONA) will support a business to identify risks/opportunities that impact their business plan and strategic goals by identifying specific actions that can be taken and identify ways in which innovative practices and/or technologies can address these business drivers through the development of an Innovation Action Plan. As a result, the innovation ONA will identify existing/future innovation needs and how they link to a business's strategic plan. The ONA will also flag up additional development or systemic change that can be implemented to support the business to grow.Visits to Innovation Centres will introduce SMEs to the state-of-the-art technology housed in FE Colleges, industry standard facilities that businesses may not be aware exist within an academic environment. Off-site Innovation services may also be provided if this makes business engagement more efficient. Delivery of bespoke innovation-focused workshops/1-1 support solutions will raise awareness of the innovation opportunities available to businesses.Innovation Centres will be central, accessible locations for local businesses seeking technical expertise and practical support. They will accommodate the schedules of businesses, ensuring timely access to state-of-the-art facilities and expert guidance around technologies.

Black Country Innovation Services将提供一个试点项目，以满足当地对技术专长、可持续性和协作支持的迫切需求，同时解决与技术意识和资源限制有关的挑战。它的目标是在本地创新生态系统中发挥补充作用，保持适应不断变化的业务/部门需求。该项目将使我们的五个财经学院能够通过在地理上靠近企业运营的地方建立本地创新中心，并招聘专门的员工来识别、参与和支持企业了解如何采用技术和业务流程方面的创新，从而满足当地的商业需求。该试点项目将：*利用大学资产，满足本地中小企业在先进制造业、信息通信技术/数字和建筑/住房领域的需求。\*满足特定的技术需求，如计算机数控、虚拟现实和人工智能\*提高对环境部门新兴做法的认识\*重点关注与黑色国家业务构成相一致的关键增长部门：先进制造/工程、信息通信技术/数字和改造/绿色技术我们的项目通过大学设施直接为企业提供卓越的技术、专业知识和支持，解决了意识有限/资源限制的挑战，从而满足了企业的需求。我们将通过支持中小企业更多地了解当地财经学院的设备/技术来克服这些障碍，这些设备/技术可以用来改进业务流程，从而实现创新。组织需求分析（ONA）将支持企业识别影响其业务计划和战略目标的风险/机会，通过确定可以采取的具体行动，并通过制定创新行动计划确定创新实践和/或技术可以解决这些业务驱动因素的方法。因此，创新ONA将确定现有/未来的创新需求，以及它们如何与企业的战略计划联系起来。ONA还将标记可实施的额外开发或系统更改，以支持业务增长。参观创新中心将向中小企业介绍FE学院的最先进技术，以及企业在学术环境中可能没有意识到的行业标准设施。如果异地创新服务使业务参与更有效，也可以提供异地创新服务。提供定制的创新研讨会/1-1支持解决方案将提高企业对创新机会的认识。创新中心将成为当地企业寻求技术专长和实际支持的中心地点。它们将适应企业的时间表，确保及时获得最先进的设施和技术方面的专家指导。