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Policies supported by Innovation & Enterprise

Find out about ¹û¶³Ó°Ôºâ€™s policies on intellectual property, revenue sharing, disclosing and managing conflicts of interest, and declaring interests.

¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Innovation & Enterprise provides day-to-day and specialist support for several ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº policies that underpin enterprise and knowledge exchange activities across the university. These include ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº's policies on intellectual property (IP), conflicts of interest, and revenue sharing.

Intellectual propertyÌý

¹û¶³Ó°Ôºâ€™s Intellectual Property (IP) policy helps staff and students understand intellectualÌýproperty rights and how they apply to copyright, patents and other related forms of intellectual assets.

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Revenue sharing

¹û¶³Ó°Ôºâ€™s Revenue Sharing Policy outlines how revenue will be distributed when ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº commercialises intellectual property generated by staff and/or students.

Access the Revenue Sharing Policy (you'll need your ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº login).

Disclosure of conflicts and declarations of interest

¹û¶³Ó°Ôºâ€™s Disclosure of Conflict and Declaration of Interest Policy outlines:

  • the responsibilities staff and doctoral studentsÌýhave to identify, disclose and manage actual, perceived or potential conflicts of interest
  • who needs to submit an annual declaration of external interests and why

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Disclosing and managing conflicts of interest

For more on disclosing and managing conflicts of interest access:

You should disclose conflicts via theÌý‘¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Manage Conflicts and Declare Interests’ system accessed via

Annual declaration of interests

For more information access guidance on annual declarations of interests.

You can complete your annual declaration usingÌý.

Working withÌýcompanies owned or led by ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº staff and students

Things to consider when working with a spinout, startup or other company with significant links with ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº staff and/or students are outlined in our embedded companies guidance.

Other policies relating to enterprise and knowledge exchange activities

When engaging in enterprise and knowledge exchange activities, there may be other ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº policies and guidelines you need to consider – from research code of conduct to use of the ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº brand and logo.Ìý

The IP commercialisation process

The process of working with ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Business (¹û¶³Ó°ÔºB), and what your options are if they’re unable to commercialise new IP from your research, are covered in our commercialisation guidance.

Academic staff consultancy

A framework for staff engaged in consultancy is covered in the ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Academic Staff Consultancy Policy (you'll need your ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº login).