Knowledge exchange skills development support

We offer a variety of opportunities to develop your Knowledge Exchange (KE) skills at the university and allow you to confidently engage with external non-academic audiences to inform, sell, collaborate or inspire. 

In addition to the services listed here, we also offer bespoke courses and events which are advertised internally, peer support and network groups, and placement schemes into organisations to allow you to learn on the job.  Please contact collaborate@surrey.ac.uk to find out more.

For our staff

Innovation and Impact Curriculum

The Innovation and Impact Curriculum is an exciting programme of training and support  designed to help you achieve your knowledge exchange and impact goals.

The programme builds on the University’s existing strengths, while giving you the opportunity to further develop key competencies and leverage support in order to maximise the opportunities for innovation, through knowledge exchange and impact as related to your current research.

The programme is designed to have something for everyone, whether you’re an experienced innovator or just getting started on your innovation journey. 

Leadership and development

Explore the leadership and development courses offered by HR.

Commercialisation Fellowship

Commercialisation fellowship

A unique and flexible opportunity for early careers researchers (post-docs and lecturers) to step out of the lab and take part in a programme of impact, knowledge exchange and commercialisation activities within innovation strategy.

Illustration that says collaborator guide

Innovation guides

Easy to read innovation guides to help you understand pathways such as securing a patent or forming an industry collaboration and highlight the support available to you at the University.

For our students

Innovation and Impact Curriculum

The Innovation and Impact Curriculum is an exciting programme of training and support designed to help you achieve your knowledge exchange and impact goals.

The programme builds on the University’s existing strengths, while giving you the opportunity to further develop key competencies and leverage support in order to maximise the opportunities for innovation, through knowledge exchange and impact as related to your current research.

The programme is designed to have something for everyone, whether you’re an experienced innovator or just getting started on your innovation journey. 

Enterprise Skills Sessions

Enterprise skills sessions

The Student Enterprise team bring you a series of weekly events each semester, with real examples of how to increase your enterprise skills and experiences.

SE Bootcamp +3DS

Business ideation workshops

Student Enterprise brings you three day intensive sessions, helping understand what makes an idea good and how to turn it into a business.

IKEEP

SETsquared IKEEP

‘intrapreneurial’ (entrepreneurship within an organisation) training for students that focuses on intrapreneurial skills such as business model development, creative problem solving and team working followed by short project placements with industry partners.

Academic presentation skills

Academic presentation skills

The Doctoral College brings you workshops on presenting skills and practice of presenting academic content to different audiences in Bright Club.

For our entrepreneurs

SETsquared ICURe

ICURe trains, funds, and supports teams led by university ECRs to determine whether there is a market for products or services that utilise their research, science, or technology.

Entrepreneurship and Innovation students

SETsquared Entrepreneurs programme

If you are a student or staff start-up or researcher spin-out, this course gives you a practical framework to model your business and understand how to develop your growth strategy.