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; 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.

本文档为兰开斯特大学的DTC提供了案例，以数字经济优先领域为目标。最近的政府思考（正如塞恩斯伯里（Sainsbury），考克斯（Cox）和丹纳姆（Denham）评论所见证的那样，强调了创新的关键作用及其对英国经济未来健康（包括数字经济）的重要性。我们通过提出世界一流，跨学科和以用户为中心的DTC来应对这一挑战，该跨学科和用户以用户为中心的DTC置于其课程和精神的核心。我们建议通过在三个关键学科（即计算机科学，管理和设计）之间寻求创造性的融合来超越传统的多学科方法。重点是生产一种新的创新人，他们了解并能够在技术，设计和商业创新（探索可能，理想和可行的）方面发展最新状态。我们进一步建议将中心与工业生产者和数字创新的消费者（用户重点）的需求和目标保持一致，以确保博士学位计划的相关性，并鼓励技术转移/早期采用新兴想法和知识交流。 DTC将建立在Infolab21倡议的优势基础上，Infolab21倡议是技术转移策略的公认领导者，以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。该出价还基于现有支持，包括创意设计/创新方面的玛丽·居里培训网络。该中心的长期视野是通过大学与组织和客户最终用户之间的伙伴关系来实现可持续性。投标的关键功能包括： - 一种有意和独特的跨审判策略，专注于创新作为计划的核心，并将每个博士学位在主题群中扎根于主题群集中，以实现所需的用户的重点，并在lancersant的三个中心； 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赞助，工业实习和国际地位； - 重要的关注中小企业参与及其业务发展，相关的结构和机制本身成为创新的重点； - 成立了12个月的研究大师（MRES）（MRES）（MRES），具有核心模式，具有创新的核心模式，可量身定制的元素，以及由三个中心的量身定制的构成构成的构想，这些构想的构想构成了一些构想的构想，这些定义是构想的构想。和博士项目； - 1+3计划中的一项针对工业需求和能力的针对需求驱动的可转让技能计划，以及包括克里斯·邦宁顿爵士（Chris Bonnington）在内的鼓舞人心演讲者的大师课程的额外功能； - 强大的计划和质量保证管理，包括强调招聘的重点。这是一种独特的，大胆的，大胆，想象力，想象力的和潜在的高影响力，可以通过它的数字化和数字化的范围，并贡献了它的数字范围。还计划在创新国家，特别是刺激经济和社会创新思维的机制和政策方面做出的重大贡献。