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Asia Ireland Higher Education and Global Talent Forum
9 July 2015Radisson Blu Royal Hotel, Dublin
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‘How Asia and Ireland Can Partner in Education to Create Global Talent Clusters and Drive FDI’
9 July 2015Radisson Blu Royal Hotel, Dublin
Talent for Innovation: The Role of Universities
Ned CostelloChief Executive, Irish Universities Association
Talent for Innovation – The Role of Universities
Ned Costello, Chief Executive, IUA
SPOTLIGHT ON HIGHER EDUCATION
Composition of Higher Education
Universities
Colleges
Institutes
Total
Apprenticeships & Other 2,821 2,821
Undergraduate 83,634 9,032 78,630 171,296
Level 6 5,627 381 8,979 14,987
Level 7 25,665 25,665
Level 8 74,703 8,647 38,333 121,683
Occasional 3,304 4 5,653 8,961
Postgraduate 27,705 2,961 6,850 37,516
Level 8 & 9 Taught 19,230 2,286 5,399 26,915
Level 9 Research 715 92 575 1,382
Level 10 (PhD) 7,033 299 566 7,898
Occasional 727 284 310 1,321
Total 111,339 11,993 88,301 211,633
As a small open economy with few natural factor advantages, Ireland is exceptionally reliant on talent and human capital.
Figure 5: New Entrants to Higher Education
Human Capital
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Bibliometrics - Comparative Performance
Bibliometrics - Collaboration
Source: Forfas Survey
Research Trends
Source: Forfas Survey
PRO Researchers and R&D Personnel
Source: Forfas Survey
Researchers in Industry
Source: Forfas Survey
Total Researchers in Industry
Source: Forfas Survey
GBAORD
Source: Forfas Survey
• 30 new products launched on the market
• 97 active spin-outs from RPOs at end of 2014 - in existence at least three years post-incorporation
• RPOs worked with 1371 different companies under research agreements
• 168 Licence/Options/Assignments executed
• 1,930 new research agreements (collaborative and contract) signed with companies
Knowledge Transfer - KTI Results 2014
• The majority (66%) of companies with which the RPOs worked on research agreements (contract and collaborative research) were based in Ireland.
• 27 new spin-out companies were formed
• 117 new patent applications filed
• Major increases on 2013 seen in the number of research agreements and number of companies engaged and in the number of licences executed
Knowledge Transfer - KTI Results 2014
Invention activityAll data normalised to €100m of research expenditure Ireland 25 new patent filings a year – equal to middle ranking UN universities - but behind top ranked UK and US universities.LicensingOn average the system public research is producing 30 new licences per annum per €100m research expenditure. This is ahead of MIT but behind Oxford.Spin-out companies On average Ireland is forming 8 new spin-outs per €100m spend annually and seeing 3yr+ survival of >20 per €100m p.a. This is substantially ahead of MIT and Oxford.HEALTH Warning – International data only available for volume not value!!
Comparisons
Spotlight on Internationalisation
Researchers on Hosting Agreements
1640 agreements issued to Asian researchers from 33 different countries in Asia since the beginning of the scheme in 2007.
402 researchers from 30 different Asian countries are working at present in Ireland (either on hosting agreements or they are already exempt - switched to stamp 4 after 2 years work on a Hosting Agreement).
Irish institutions host 66 different non EEA nations on HA at present.
Researchers on Hosting Agreements
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Students from Asia in University Sector
• Total number of full time students in Ireland for undergraduate and postgraduate 2012/2013 = 164498
• The total number of students from Asia in Ireland are 5222 of which 4188 are in the Irish University Sector
• Significant cohort of medical students
Source HEA Statistics 2012/2013
http://www.hea.ie/en/statistics/2012-13
Students from Asia in University Sector
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Students from Asia in University Sector
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Number of full time postgraduate students from Asia in the university sector
• Ireland’s research system has made strong progress, coming from a low base.
• A strength of Ireland’s research system is that it is very open, strongly based on competitive excellence, and internationalised as a result.
• Research outputs and impact of are internationally competitive but need to improve further.
Conclusions
• Ireland’s knowledge transfer system has developed strongly, especially since it is even less mature than the research system.
• While public investment in research did receive priority during the boom, there are some worrying emerging trends in outputs.
• The promised new strategy needs to be ambitious and contain proactive measures to move us to an overall target in the region of 2.5% of GDP for public and private investment in research.
Conclusions
Conclusions
