University-industry Cooperation Research Articles

COMPARATIVE STUDY OF COOPERATION OF UNIVERSITIES WITH INDUSTRY IN DESIGN AND PRODUCTION OF AN ELECTRIC VEHICLES

The article analyzes the problems associated with a change in the environmental situation associated with an increase in the number of vehicles, steps taken to change the current situation, scenarios proposed to protect energy resources within the framework of university-industry cooperation, analyzes the characteristics of alternative energy vehicles. In modern conditions, taking into account energy savings in the Republic of Azerbaijan, for the production and operation of promising vehicles, creating infrastructure, increasing the attractiveness of this area, creating cooperation between universities and industry, recommendations and current research areas are proposed

The impact of institutional support on university research efficiency in China: based on super-efficiency SBM and panel regression models

ABSTRACT This study utilizes provincial-level panel data from 2013 to 2021 from the Chinese mainland and applies the super-efficiency SBM model to measure provincial university research efficiency. This study categorizes institutional support into formal and informal types, examines the impact of institutional support on university research efficiency, and analyzes the mediating role of industry-university cooperation intensity and university research platform construction in this impact. Through regression analysis, the findings indicate that both formal and informal institutional support can promote university research efficiency. Institutional support can influence university research efficiency through the mediation of industry-university cooperation intensity and university research platform construction.

A New Model of Talent Cultivation through University-Industry Co-operation: Innovation of Teaching Methods for Digital Media and Film Majors

This study endeavors to delve into the reform and innovation of the teaching methodology for digital media and film majors. The pressing demands of the rapidly evolving media industry, coupled with the inherent limitations of traditional teaching approaches, underscore the imperative need for a paradigm shift in media majors' instructional methods.The exposition begins by elucidating the fundamental concepts, characteristics, and the untapped potential of the University-Industry Cooperation talent cultivation model in media education. The discourse subsequently hones in on the innovation and optimization of teaching content and methodologies within the context of the University-Industry Cooperation talent cultivation model, emphasizing the pivotal role played by practical skill development. Through a meticulous analysis and evaluation of innovative strategies, the study posits recommendations for further refinement and enhancement.The findings underscore the vital significance and untapped potential of applying the University-Industry Cooperation Talent Cultivation Mode in media education, showcasing its efficacy in fostering comprehensive skill development and augmenting students' practical capabilities. This study serves as a crucial reference for media educators, fostering the ongoing reform and innovation in teaching methods and offering a glimpse into future research trajectories.

A conceptual review of the higher education system based on open innovation (OI) perspectives

The open innovation paradigm has evolved from its incipient form, namely Schumpeter’s new production function from 1912, to the current context of a global network of societies, including virtual communities that produce innovative ideas and industry applications through knowledge transfer. The role of industry-university cooperation and networks is widely recognized within the current academic approach. However, the context of higher education, its characteristics, and business application are not thoroughly explained from the Open Innovation (OI) perspective. The debate and further understanding of OI, industry-university cooperation, and the accurate application of academic knowledge to the business world and society are academics’ main concerns nowadays, our research being a beginning step. The research objective is to present the evolution of the innovation concept from the higher education perspective through a qualitative review of existing studies. The contribution of this paper is linked to the proposed higher education service life cycle framework for academics based on the current needs for innovation, accessibility, and global integration.

Excellent Project Case of the Ministry of Education's Industry-Academic Cooperation and Collaborative Education Project: Research on the Teaching Mode of Hydraulic and Pneumatic Transmission in Agricultural and Forestry Colleges

Industry-university cooperation and collaborative education are important supports and strategic starting points for improving students' practical and innovative abilities in agricultural and forestry colleges, responding to current development needs, and providing talent guarantees for rural revitalization. Hydraulic and Pneumatic Transmission is a core basic course in the engineering department of agricultural and forestry colleges. Given the shortcomings in the current teaching of hydraulic and pneumatic transmission in agricultural and forestry colleges, combined with the subject characteristics of engineering disciplines in agricultural and forestry colleges, an effective model for teaching Hydraulic and Pneumatic Transmission has been explored to achieve industry-university cooperation and collaborative education, and promote college talents cultivation and reform, and adapt to the needs of industrial development, and achieve high-quality development of higher education, which are the starting point and goal of this project. The implementation of this project has achieved an organic combination of classroom teaching with enterprises and practical education bases and has achieved certain results. This article exchanges experience by sharing the corresponding situations during the project development, hoping to provide a helpful reference for exploring hydraulic and pneumatic transmission teaching models in agricultural and forestry colleges.

Concluded project of the Ministry of Education University-Industry Collaborative Education Program: Cultivation of the Technological Innovation Ability for Young Backbone Teachers

Artificial intelligence and other new technologies not only have a wide application prospect in civil field, but also have very important application value in national defense and military field, especially in electronic countermeasures. In order to adapt the teaching ability and scientific research and innovation ability of young backbone teachers to the development of new technology, with the help of the Ministry of Education industry-university cooperation and collaborative innovation platform, local superior companies and enterprises to adopt the school-enterprise cooperation mode of industry-education integration, carry out the training of young backbone teachers in technological innovation ability. This project can improve the team members' scientific research and innovation ability and professional teaching level, and achieve a virtuous circle of joint improvement of the level of teachers, scientific research ability and talent cultivation.

Research and practical exploration on innovation and entrepreneurship in Master of Arts in Fashion Design major based on new liberal arts

Deeply implement industry-university cooperation collaborative education projects, deepen the integration of industry and education, and school-enterprise cooperation, and promote the reform and innovation of contemporary fashion master's degree design talents. Through preliminary exploration and attempts at teaching clothing brand product design courses, this paper has formed a new teaching design model based on innovative and entrepreneurial thinking, that is, ability training as the orientation, project system as the core, and multi-disciplinary intersection as the means. It is an education model in the direction of mass entrepreneurship and innovation through curriculum teaching service projects and project practice to deepen teaching. Use innovative design to drive the sustainable development of the clothing brand industry and provide enterprises with design talents that meet the personalized and characteristic needs of the future fashion consumer market. At the same time, it has guiding significance for the employment development of postgraduate students majoring in the Master of Arts in Fashion, laying a solid foundation for students to enter the field of innovation and entrepreneurship in the fashion industry in the future.

Factors in the Commercialization of Scientific Research in Zimbabwean Universities

Low university patents and the lack of spin-out companies resulting from university research indicate Zimbabwe's low level of academic entrepreneurship. The purpose of this article is to determine the factors that affect academic entrepreneurship and understanding how these elements affect academic entrepreneurship in Zimbabwean university research commercialization. The study used a qualitative methodology, and data were collected through semi-structured interviews with twelve scientists who were purposively sampled and employed by Zimbabwean universities. The results indicate a deficiency in business acumen, motivation to participate, collaborative culture, and supporting structures. These were determined to be the main obstacles preventing research from being commercialized. However, the industry is not prepared to split the profits from commercialized research output, and disparities in how universities and industry view innovation also impede research commercialization. For the successful and efficient commercialization of research, the study suggests that innovation hubs have a clear administrative structure. Researchers should be encouraged to participate in the research commercialization process by implementing a recognition award system. Innovation hubs ought to hire specialists in intellectual property matters and coordinators for university-industry cooperation on research projects.

Exploring the influential factors on innovation performance of high-tech enterprises in university-industry cooperation

Exploring the influential factors on innovation performance of high-tech enterprises in university-industry cooperation

The Status of University Business Schools Regarding Industry 4.0: From the Turkish Perspective

Industry 4.0, whose effects have been more and more noticeable in recent years, and the digital change it brings call for a new educational model that aligns university instructional processes and curricula with the demands of business. This approach, known as University 4.0, intends to promote more technology-based applications, the power of innovation, the training of skilled specialists to satisfy industrial needs, and the development of competences that can achieve multidisciplinary projects. It is of utmost importance to adapt late-industrializing nations’ educational systems, such as Turkey’s, to this change process. The aim of this research, which takes the Turkish context as a reference, is to reveal how the curricula and educational processes of business schools should be shaped with a perspective that takes into account the human resources requirements of industry 4.0. A decision-making technique that integrates QFD, Delphi, and DEMATEL methods was employed in the study. The results clearly show that the most important expectation for social stakeholders is to provide university-industry cooperation. However, some of the most pressing problems include applied learning through collaborative educational experiences, teamwork skills, changing roles and competencies of academics. The findings point out that the educational activities of business schools must be linked with industry expectations through technology-based training activities and teamwork.

Guide to Education and Employment Matching Supply and Demand Project by Ministry of Education and Sophia Technology (SHENZHEN) Co.,Ltd.

Founded on January 5, 2017, Sophia Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. is an advanced e-commerce, international trade, intelligent transportation, artificial intelligence, aerospace science and technology, software development, digital economy integrated solution service provider. Sophia Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. participated in the first phase of the Ministry of Education’s supply and demand matching employment and education project. Under the guidance of the Ministry of Education, Sophia Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. has participated in the Ministry of Education's University-Industry Collaborative Education Program since 2017, and has set up the Ministry of Education’s Industry-University Cooperation Cooperative Education Project with Tsinghua University and other colleges and universities, as well as the Jilin Province Industry-University Cooperative Cooperation Cooperative Education Project of 362 items, and the “Microbial Pharmaceutical Virtual Simulation Teaching System” with Northwestern Polytechnical University has been awarded as the excellent case of the Ministry of Education's Industry-University Cooperation Cooperative Education Program.

Reforming and Innovating the Teaching mode of the Film and Television Animation Specialty based on an Industry-University Cooperative Education Model

Reforming and Innovating the Teaching mode of the Film and Television Animation Specialty based on an Industry-University Cooperative Education Model

Comparison of the criteria affecting the digital innovation performance of the European Union (EU) member and candidate countries with the entropy weight-TOPSIS method and investigation of its importance for SMEs

Digital innovation offers new competitive opportunities for the EU to achieve its digital strategies and innovation objectives. This study aims to show that the digital innovation performance of SMEs is related to criteria that affect countries' levels of digital technology adoption, digital transformation and innovation management. The digital innovation indicators used for this purpose are ICT, knowledge-intensive employment, university-industry collaborations on R&D, digital skills, patent applications, investments in new technologies, R&D expenditures, use of virtual social networks and cyber security. Research data were obtained from the Global Innovation Index (GII), Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) and Network Readiness Index (NRI). These data were analyzed with the Entropy Weight-TOPSIS method and EU and candidate countries were compared. In the results of the research analysis, Austria, Denmark and Germany took the first three places. In the ranking of these countries, ICT utilization, patent applications and R&D expenditures have high scores. The last three ranked countries are Turkey, Serbia and Croatia. Compared to EU members and other candidate countries, these three countries have the lowest scores in ICT use, patent applications, knowledge intensive employment, digital skills, investment in new technologies and university-industry cooperation in R&D.

Employability of College Graduates: A Literature Review

The purpose of this study is to review academic research on the employability of university graduates. The paper outlines the main research topics on the employability of university graduates and outlines the gaps in previous research. This paper reviews and analyzes the themes of empirical research published in the past five years, and summarizes a total of 7 themes. These 7 themes are divided as follows. Topic 1: Development and influencing factors of graduates’ employability. Topic 2: The relationship between higher education and graduates’ employability. Topic 3: The impact of university-industry cooperation on graduates’ employability. Topic 4: The impact of social capital and professional networks on employability. Topic 5: The Importance of Improving Soft Skills and Core Employability Soft Skills. Topic 6: The impact of social mobility factors on employability. Topic 7: Globalization, social and workplace diversity require graduates’ employability.

Evaluation of the Career Stress Levels of Students Studying in the Field of Health Sciences and the Factors Affecting Them.

The aim of this study is to determine the future expectations and career opinions of students who are about to graduate in the field of health sciences. 
 The population of the study consists of final-year students studying in the departments of medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, and vocational schools in the field of health sciences of foundations and state universities operating in Istanbul (N:1900). The sample of the study was formed by 581 faculty students (State: 369, Foundation: 212) and 488 SHMYO students (State: 359, Foundation: 129), and 56.26% (n:1069) of the population was reached.
 The research participants consisted of 32% male students (n:339) and 68% female students (n:730). In the conducted comparisons, significant differences were found in all three dimensions of career stress according to the field of study (p0.05). To reduce career stress in students, recommendations may include organizing career days with previous graduates and individuals working in high positions in the field, as well as carrying out joint projects and collaborations to increase university-industry cooperation.

Reform and practice of online and offline integrated teaching based on "industry-university cooperation and collaborative education": Taking the course of international settlement of GDUFS as an example

"Industry-university cooperation and collaborative education" is a innovation teaching mode under the "Internet plus" form. It is a key way to improve the level of curriculum construction, the connotation of professional talent training and the quality of higher education. The course of international settlement is closely combined with theory and practice, and focusing on the cultivation of students' practical operation ability. With the help of the collaborative education project of industry-university cooperation, we carry out in-depth cooperation with enterprises, build an online experimental course platform, and deeply integrate modern information technology and course teaching, so as to change the traditional mode of "teachers' teaching" to the mode of "students' Autonomous Learning". It will further promote the reform of curriculum system and teaching content, organically unify knowledge transfer, ability training and value guidance, and realize the organic integration of knowledge, ability and quality.

Research on integrating university-industry cooperation project cases into curriculum ideological and political construction

The design major should integrate the advantages of school enterprise cooperation and curriculum ideological and political education, advocate for moral education in education, and enable students to meet the requirements of social development. In application, it is necessary to avoid blurring educational goals, consider the particularity of project-based classrooms, reflect on the complexity of educational environments, innovate curriculum education, improve teacher ideological level, strengthen student curriculum identification, optimize educational evaluation system, and continuously introduce high-quality practical reference paths.

Retracted: Research on the Efficiency Evaluation of Cross-Organizational Knowledge Synergy in Industry University Cooperation Based on BP Neural Network Algorithm

Retracted: Research on the Efficiency Evaluation of Cross-Organizational Knowledge Synergy in Industry University Cooperation Based on BP Neural Network Algorithm

EXAMINING ONLINE DESIGN STUDIO COURSE EXPERIENCES OF STUDENTS, ACADEMIC SUPERVISORS AND COMPANY MENTORS IN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN PROGRAM

The aim of this study is to share the experiences and the collaborations carried out within the sector during the pandemic period, in a graduation project which is focused on university-industry cooperation - in order to make the role of the designer in the sector more effective, to transform education into a comprehensive sectoral experience for students and to offer the sector the experience of working with the designer at Department of Industrial Design, Eskisehir Technical University. The method of the research is a case study examining by designing it with a holistic single-case design since it is a single, representative, and typical case. In the case study, the research group consists of the students who were enrolled in the 2019-2020 spring term graduation project course, academic supervisors and company mentors at Eskisehir Technical University, Turkiye. The result of the study is that pandemic opened the door to new educational experiences for design academics, students and companies. This sharp bend mainly affected the implementation processes of oneon- one lessons, just like the design studio, which we define as the heart of design education. It has also paved the way for different online interactive educational tools and platforms to be used for the educational components of the design of the process.

An Investigation of Digital Transformation Activities of Higher Education in Türkiye

This study aimed to examine the digital transformation activities of universities. The document analysis method was used in the study, one of the qualitative research methods. In this context, the websites of 207 universities were examined using the "Digital transformation activities form of universities" developed by the researchers. The data were analyzed by content analysis method. As a result of the analysis, six broad themes, also called dimensions in the current study, emerged, such as research, education, culture, process, technology, and community service regarding digital transformation activities of higher education institutions. Infrastructure studies, educational activities for research and supply and the use of smart systems to provide various cooperation opportunities are discussed within the scope of the research dimension. There are online scientific studies, online education programs, digital resources, and open access opportunities in the education dimension. As for the culture dimension, online manager activities for corporate culture, training of trainers, culture-arts and scientific activities took place. With the transfer of business processes to the digital environment, corporate promotion and communication activities were included in the process dimension. In the technology dimension, smart systems, smart campus applications and innovative technologies took place. Finally, the scope of community service compromised related units, university-industry cooperation activities and social activities. As a result, universities carry out activities to support processes such as education, research, management, and cooperation and to realize them in digital environments. For this purpose, it can be said that they perform effective and efficient processes by using various intelligent systems.