Objective 3: Strengthening Partnerships and Engagement for Growth
The University enhance public engagement, knowledge exchange and innovation culture. BU, we aim at ensuring that our research and education benefit wider publics in the region, across the country and globally. To this end we will work in partnership with public, private, voluntary and commercial organizations, and our alumni.
Strategies and Actions
1. Strengthen and increase the number of local, national and international research partnerships
- Identify and develop partnerships with stakeholders who have interest in our research agenda
- Establish the Office of Advancement of Teaching and Learning
- Develop guidelines to streamline our outreach and engagement activities
- Aspire to lead local environmental sustainability initiatives and communicate those efforts to internal and external constituents.
- Develop guidelines to customize the Public Private Partnership Act, 2015.
2. Develop and increase commercial partnerships to make the most of our intellectual property, establish joint ventures and support local businesses
- Increase funding for translational research targeted at generating commercial products
- Promote commercial use of research facilities, equipment and products for the benefit of the University.
- Develop partnerships and linkages with industry for cost effective commercialization of research products and innovation.
3. Develop strong local and global networks of alumni
- Draw on the influence and skills of our alumni to support education and research
- Identify, map and track our alumni more effectively
- To partner with alumni in development and implementation of University strategic plan
4. Implement the marketing and communication strategy
- Evaluate and refine Marketing and Communication Strategy to ensure effectiveness.
- Leveraging resources in the implementation of Marketing and Communication Strategy