The Digital Economy Innovation Centre

数字经济创新中心

• 批准号: EP/G037582/1
• 负责人: Gordon Blair
• 金额: $ 761.08万
• 依托单位: Lancaster University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Training Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2009 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FG037582%2F1
• 关键词: Digital; Economy; Innovation; Centre

This document presents the case for a DTC at Lancaster University, targeting the Digital Economy priority area. Recent government thinking (as witnessed by the Sainsbury, Cox and Denham reviews) highlights the crucial role of innovation and its importance for the future health of the UK economy (including the Digital Economy). We rise to this challenge by proposing a world class, cross-disciplinary and user-centric DTC which places innovation at the heart of its curriculum and ethos. We propose to go beyond traditional multi-disciplinary approaches by seeking a creative fusion between three key disciplines, namely computer science, management and design. The emphasis is on producing a new breed of innovative people who understand and are able to advance the state of the art in technical, design and business innovation (exploring the possible, desirable and feasible). We further propose to align the Centre closely with the needs and goals of industrial producers and consumers of digital innovation (user focus) to ensure the relevance of the PhD programme and to encourage technology transfer/ early adoption of the emerging ideas and knowledge exchange. The DTC will build on the strengths of the InfoLab21 initiative, a recognised leader in technology transfer strategies, in order to seek more valuable and viable technical, social and economic pathways from the laboratory to organisational end-users and producers. The bid also builds on existing support including a Marie Curie Training Network in Creative Design/ Innovation. The long term vision of the centre is to achieve sustainability through partnerships between the university and organisational and customer end users.Key features of the bid include:- A deliberate and distinctive cross-cutting strategy of focusing on innovation as the core of the programme and rooting each PhD within thematic clusters to achieve the desired user focus;- The bringing together of three centres of excellence at Lancaster, namely the Management School, InfoLab21 and ImaginationLancaster with a focus on the resultant creative fusion;- Strong and dedicated leadership offered by 0.5 FTE Director (Prof. Gordon Blair) with significant experience of leadership and postgraduate training;- Location in a new customised space, with value added features such as the Imagination Studio, at a total cost of 10m, building on other investments in the 3 centres of excellence of 38.5m;- Programmes to engage with producers and users of digital innovations, thereby enhancing the student experience through sponsorship, industrial internships and international placements;- Significant focus on SME engagement and their business development, with associated structures and mechanisms becoming a focus for innovation in their own right;- The incorporation of a 12 month Masters of Research (MRes) featuring core modules on innovation, tailorable elements from the three centres, and also a number of ideas factories supporting a refinement from the cross-disciplinary thematic clusters and the definition of MRes and PhD projects; - A requirements-driven transferable skills programme within the 1+3 programme, targeted at industrial needs and capabilities, with the added feature of master classes from inspirational speakers including Sir Chris Bonnington;- Strong programme and quality assurance management, including an emphasis on recruitment.This is a distinctive, bold, imaginative and potentially high impact proposal which can contribute significantly to, and indeed shape, the emerging Digital Economy agenda through its focus on digital innovation. Significant additional contributions are also planned with respect to the Innovation Nation and in particular mechanisms and policies to stimulate innovative thinking in the economy and in society.

本文件介绍了兰卡斯特大学针对数字经济优先领域的 DTC 案例。最近的政府想法（塞恩斯伯里、考克斯和德纳姆的评论证明了这一点）强调了创新的关键作用及其对英国经济（包括数字经济）未来健康发展的重要性。我们通过提出世界一流的、跨学科的、以用户为中心的 DTC 来应对这一挑战，将创新置于其课程和精神的核心。我们建议超越传统的多学科方法，寻求计算机科学、管理和设计这三个关键学科之间的创造性融合。重点是培养新一代创新人才，他们了解并能够推动技术、设计和业务创新（探索可能、理想和可行）的最先进水平。我们进一步建议该中心与工业生产者和数字创新消费者的需求和目标（以用户为中心）紧密结合，以确保博士课程的相关性，并鼓励技术转让/早期采用新兴思想和知识交流。 DTC 将利用 InfoLab21 倡议（公认的技术转让战略领导者）的优势，寻求从实验室到组织最终用户和生产商的更有价值和可行的技术、社会和经济途径。此次竞标还建立在现有支持的基础上，包括居里夫人创意设计/创新培训网络。该中心的长期愿景是通过大学与组织和客户最终用户之间的合作伙伴关系实现可持续发展。本次投标的主要特点包括：- 深思熟虑且独特的跨领域战略，将创新作为项目的核心，并将每个博士扎根于主题集群中，以实现所需的用户焦点；- 将兰卡斯特的三个卓越中心，即管理学院、InfoLab21 和 ImaginationLancaster 结合在一起， 专注于由此产生的创意融合；- 0.5 FTE 主任（戈登·布莱尔教授）提供强大而专注的领导力，具有丰富的领导力和研究生培训经验；- 位于新的定制空间，具有想象力工作室等增值功能，总成本为 1000 万，建立在 3 个卓越中心 3850 万的其他投资的基础上；- 与数字创新的生产者和用户互动的计划，从而通过以下方式增强学生体验： 赞助、工业实习和国际实习；- 高度重视中小企业的参与及其业务发展，相关的结构和机制本身就成为创新的焦点；- 纳入为期 12 个月的研究硕士 (MRes)，其特点是创新核心模块、三个中心的可定制元素，以及支持跨学科主题集群和 MRes 定义细化的许多创意工厂 和博士项目； - 1+3 计划内以需求为导向的可转移技能计划，针对行业需求和能力，增加了克里斯·邦宁顿爵士等励志演讲者的大师班；- 强大的计划和质量保证管理，包括对招聘的重视。这是一个独特、大胆、富有想象力和潜在高影响力的提案，通过关注数字创新，可以为新兴的数字经济议程做出重大贡献，甚至塑造新兴的数字经济议程。还计划对创新国家作出重大额外贡献，特别是刺激经济和社会创新思维的机制和政策。