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  SU has set itself the vision to be established as a leading research-intensive university on the African continent by pursuing excellence and remaining at the forefront of its chosen focal areas, by gaining national and international standing on the basis of its research outputs, by being relevant to the needs of the community, and by being enterprising, innovative and self-renewing. In June 2018 the University accepted its Vision 2040 and Strategic Framework 2019-2024 ( http://www.sun.ac.za/english/about-us/strategic-document ) , which affirms and strengthens the University`s commitment to research for impact . Increasing demands on higher education institutions to show relevance, the unique contribution that the institution makes to the socio-political environment by being transformative, inclusive and accessible, necessitates innovative ways to communicate and make visible the competitive edge and attractiveness of the institution. With the University’s vision we aim to furthe

  By Mpaskevi - http://www.bluelightdistrict.org/wp/?p=157 , CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11078186 The Project Services Unit (PSU) at the Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST) has been created in 2013 to facilitate project development and management of grants across the Institution. It espouses an inter-disciplinary and multi-sectoral approach and recognises the future long term research needs to maximise impact. The Unit plays an important role in fostering cooperation across all Faculties and Centre’s to optimise effectiveness, catalyse and add value to existing research endeavours. It also provides strategic direction to maximise existing expertise and identify opportunities to leverage funds to support local and international research development activities. Strategic partnerships within and outside the Institution, keeping abreast with the relevant dynamics and trends within the research and grants management environment is key to o

By Deryn Evans I work within the Research and Innovation Office at Cranfield University (CU). Cranfield is a postgraduate only university, specialising in science, technology and management, teaching over 5,000 students a year. The university was formed in 1946 as the College of Aeronautics and we remain one of the only universities in the world to have its own airport! Structured around eight specialist themes divided into four Schools rather than departments, aerospace, defence and security, energy and power, environment and agrifood, manufacturing, transport systems, and water, we have close relationships with industry within these sectors as well as Government. We have two campuses the main one is based near Cranfield village in the Bedfordshire countryside, in south-east of England and we have a second campus at the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom in Shrivenham, Oxfordshire. The Research and Innovation Office (RIO) at Cranfield University was established in 2015. The off

  By Kate Clift and Clare Edwards We work in the Research and Enterprise Office at Loughborough University (LU). LU is an established research intensive University which can trace its roots back to 1909. It comprises nine Schools across two campuses (the main campus in Loughborough - located in the middle of England, and London). In 2018/19 we were home to over 18,000 students, 3,800 staff and had an annual research income in excess of £55M. The Research and Enterprise Office (REO) comprises over 80 staff. It is a centralised service which supports academic colleagues across the Schools to develop new research and enterprise activity and to win funding to support and develop their work. Whilst much of our work crosses team boundaries we are roughly divided into two teams, one supporting Research and the other Enterprise. Enterprise is often defined as maximising the commercial, social and cultural value of research so it is important that the two teams work closely together. The key