Nesta is a research and innovation foundation. We apply our deep expertise in applied methods to design, test and scale solutions to some of the biggest challenges of our time, working across the innovation lifecycle.
Although universities are very good at applying the principles of R&D to other fields, there is little, if any, systematic R&D done on the activities of universities themselves.
I’ve written a piece on innovation in higher education: what’s happening, why the absence of a mature innovation system in HE matters, what’s gone wrong with MOOCs, and what could be done.
I hope that it will at least stimulate some debate!
www.nesta.org.uk/blog/why-universities-dont-just-need-more-innovation/
