Engagement and Business Development
UTS Excellence in Research Support

Increasing engagement with industry to generate impact among end-users

Future state
  • Engagement and business development functions are well connected across UTS and advance under a common strategy
  • Have a customer relationship management system that is used and provides UTS-wide view of engagement activities and opportunities
  • Academics understand who is available to support them and how to contact these resources
Example activities
  • Sector-based engagement—explore the benefits of adopting an industry lens across engagement activities
  • Knowledge exchange framework—develop a framework to facilitate knowledge exchange with external stakeholders and end users
  • Roles review—review various business development and engagement roles across UTS
Achievements to date
  • High rankings in the Australian Research Council’s Engagement and Impact Assessment
  • Developed research engagement canvas and rolled-out research engagement workshops
  • Expanded use of Salesforce customer relationship management (CRM) system

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Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.