Expert Guidance for Innovation
Getting research into the hands of people who can use it.
Andrew Wray offers consultancy, training and project management to drive innovation and research impact across the UK, ensuring successful collaboration between academia, business and government.
Consultancy Services
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innovation
Strategy & Structure
How to build and organise innovation services in universities across central and distributed teams. Using a holistic view of Knowledge Exchange to address the needs of research teams
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knowledge exchange
Training
Workshops and tools to help researchers identify, engage and work with organisations interested in their research: businesses, NGOs and government agencies
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securing funds
Bid Planning & Writing
Planning and management for large-scale innovation funding proposals. Theories of change, logic models, risk assessments, finances … and putting pen to paper.
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ref impact
Delivering a Case Study Portfolio
Planning for REF2029 and beyond; building a REF Impact team; supporting academic teams; how to evaluate 100s of potential case studies; review of individual impacts
Andrew has worked with researchers around the world for over 30 years. After working in a business focussing on physical sciences, he built partnerships and research impact for the arts, humanities, social sciences, science and engineering at the University of Bristol. From 2022, he was Director of Innovation at the University, responsible for commercialisation, impact development, public and policy engagement and REF Impact across all disciplines.
