Financial Statements 2019/2020
Improving lives through knowledge transfer
Ajit Shah, Professor in Bio-Analytical Science, set out to discover new biomarkers for cheating in sports, working with the Partnership for Clean Competition Research Collaborative. This research should make it possible to produce more effective drug tests – and better sports events for all of us.
Research Fellow at our Business School Dr Bianca Stumbitz and Professor of Organisational Psychology Suzan Lewis produced an exemplary study for the World Health Organisation on maternity leave legislation in support of breastfeeding around the world. It is perhaps the most detailed survey of how the law can be used to improve not only individual maternal and child health but community wellbeing.
Dr Simon Attfield, Associate Professor of Computer Science, contributed to work intended to keep us all a little bit safer – a Human Social Science Research Capability programme, funded by the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory. Dr Mahdi Aiash, Senior Lecturer in Computing and Communications Engineering, led a project to develop an intelligent threat hunting system as a contribution to improved cyber security, funded by InnovateUK.
Having received knowledge exchange funding, Dr Anne Donnelly, Director of Dance Programmes, collaborated with the Royal Swedish Ballet School to make and record performances together.
Dr Lisa Marzano, Associate Professor of Psychology, researched how to reduce the number of suicides on England’s roads, with funding from Highways England. She was also awarded £50,000 funding from Network Rail for a Psychological Autopsy study of railway suicides. A second phase of the project will be funded in December 2020, subject to successful completion of this work.
The Visual Analytics for Sense-making in Criminal Intelligence system uses smart techniques to help solve crimes faster. The EU-funded project ended last year, but 2019/20 saw the first licensing revenue from this major project’s transfer to the private sector. We usually seek benefit from protected patents. In 2019/20 that included new research and development partnerships with other universities and companies to develop emerging IP in medical technology, for example.
Middlesex once again made an outstanding contribution in continuing professional development (CPD). The Capital Nurse programme, which continued to support a sustainable nursing workforce in London, produced an approach and pathway through intravenous medication administration training and assessment across all London hospitals. This is a huge step forward in developing and maintaining nursing skills in the capital. Other CPD work included a bespoke module for midwifery professionals, training for the American football NFL Academy, and on dyslexia in Yorkshire.
We were expecting the long-awaited Knowledge Transfer Framework to begin this year, with institutions submitting material in May 2020. The coronavirus pandemic has delayed this. We already have a good set of metrics submitted for the three-year rolling assessment of knowledge exchange activity. This gives us more time to ensure it provides a satisfactory account of its work. Knowledge exchange is becoming more important nationally, and certainly in the government’s perception of what universities contribute, so this exercise will be important for Middlesex in the coming academic year.
These are all excellent examples that demonstrate how our University’s know-how and research can find the right audiences and enhance our reputation, while making all our lives a little better.
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