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MonitoringReport2005 Research Networks and Collaboration ← Contribution of Research to National Goals | Home Page | New and Emerging Researchers → TEI approaches to research networks and collaborationThe analysis of profiles found that most universities have a focus on research networks and collaboration within their profile objectives. There was increased focus in research networks and collaboration within ITP and wānanga profiles for 2006/08. The common areas of focus for universities are business and industry and international linkages. Some are also focusing on linkages with other TEIs and research organisations and with Māori and iwi. The main focus for the ITPs with objectives in this area is on collaboration with business and communities. In 2006/08 profiles, there was also mention of increased research contracts and developing links with researchers in other TEIs. In 2006/08, wānanga with objectives in this area had a focus on increasing research contracts and consultancy. Centres of Research Excellence linking institutions across disciplinary boundariesSeven CoREs were established in 2001 and 2002 to support leading-edge, international standard research that fosters excellence and contributes both to New Zealand’s national goals and to knowledge transfer. The CoREs are primarily, but not exclusively, inter-institutional research networks, with researchers working together in a commonly agreed work programme. In 2004, the TEC, in consultation with the Ministry of Education, undertook a review of the performance of each of the CoREs. The review has found that, by and large, the establishment of the CoREs has been a success. CoREs have, among other things, encouraged the production of well-focused, excellent research, concentrated researchers on areas of excellence, and increased collaboration within institutions, with other institutions, with CRIs, and with businesses. The CoREs have contributed to the training of New Zealand’s future researchers and innovators, and improved knowledge output and transfer from TEOs. One notable finding of the review was that the different CoREs had taken different approaches to research and related activities and that this promotes different outcomes. Success in the first three years of operation depended on overcoming traditional barriers between disciplines and institutions and building new relationships with end-users and international collaborators. The advances made by the CoREs in their first three years suggest that it is in the boundary areas between disciplines, and between stages in the development of knowledge, where real untapped opportunities exist. Collaboration among research groups and across disciplines also has the potential to avoid duplication and make best use of New Zealand’s resources, tackling the problem of scale that can be a barrier to the success of New Zealand’s research programmes. ← Contribution of Research to National Goals | Home Page | New and Emerging Researchers → Page last modified on 26 November 2006, at 06:29 PM |
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