果冻影院

What is your role and what does it involve?
I鈥檝e only been in post 3 months, so still finding my way around 果冻影院 (The organisation 鈥� and the buildings too!). My role is about ensuring that our organisational policies and processes support and promote innovation & enterprise activity at 果冻影院. I also keep close to the knowledge exchange policy landscape in Research England and the Research Councils, to make sure that 果冻影院 is in a good position to access funding support. 听I chair the Knowledge Exchange and Innovation funding committee 鈥� a real privilege to see some of the amazing ideas coming through from academic colleagues. If people aren鈥檛 aware of this then they should check out: Knowledge exchange and innovation funding.

How long have you been at 果冻影院 and what was your previous role?
I started at 果冻影院 in November 2018. Before that I was Director of the Enterprise Office at Loughborough University.听

What working achievement or initiative are you most proud of?
I think I鈥檝e got greatest satisfaction from recruiting good people and seeing them develop. Probably more lasting impact than any specific initiative.听

Tell us about a project you are working on now which is top of your to-do list?
Top of my to-do list is ensuring that 果冻影院 is well positioned to respond to the government鈥檚 forthcoming Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF). The KEF is all about how we work with research users outside the University to make a positive difference. It will help Research England tell the story about the importance of the contribution of Universities to economic, social and cultural life of the country. 听The KEF lines up well with our existing Innovation and Enterprise strategy 鈥淭ransforming knowledge and ideas into action鈥�. 听But we will have more work to do on policies, processes and data capture to ensure that our KEF performance reflects the fantastic work that I鈥檓 seeing at 果冻影院. 听

If anyone would like to contribute to our institutional submission on the KEF consultation, then details of how to do so can be found .

What is your favourite album, film and novel?
Favourite album: 听Bio (or anything else) by Swedish group V盲sen
Favourite film: Difficult choice but probably something by Pedro Almod贸var for black humour, maybe Volver or Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.听
Novel: An almost impossible choice but I鈥檇 recommend Vikram Seth鈥檚 An Equal Music as a good read.听

What is your favourite joke (pre-watershed)?
Q: Why don鈥檛 you ever see elephants hiding in trees?
A: Because they鈥檙e so good at it.

Who would be your dream dinner guests?
After last year鈥檚 100 years celebrations, I鈥檇 love to have a group of suffragette campaigners to reflect on progress.听

What advice would you give your younger self?
I鈥檓 not sure that my younger self would necessarily take any notice!听

What would it surprise people to know about you?
For the past couple of years, I鈥檝e been learning to play a Swedish musical instrument called a nyckelharpa (sometimes referred to as a cross between a violin and a typewriter). Still work in progress鈥�..听

What is your favourite place?
I鈥檓 hoping there are more places to discover, but the Islands of the Swedish archipelago are up there on my list.听
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