Since announcing the continuation of the Higher Education - Business and Community Interaction (HE-BCI) survey major review in January 2022, we have worked to outline and define the features of knowledge exchange (KE) across the higher education sector. This work has included initial engagement with a variety of stakeholders, statutory customers and user groups all representing diverse interests in the HE-BCI data collection and the KE ecosystem it represents.
Examples include UK funding councils, sector bodies such as Universities UK (UUK) and the National Centre for Academic and Cultural Exchange (NCACE), and academics and researchers from across both academic and industrial sectors. We have explored the breadth and depth of knowledge exchange to develop a further understanding of the diversity of the KE landscape and the role of higher education providers within it.
