The University of Southampton鈥檚 outstanding business and public engagement has been recognised again with the release of the second Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF2).
The University鈥檚 strengths in public engagement, business partnerships, IP commercialisation and entrepreneurial activities 鈥� including graduate start-ups 鈥� have been recognised as amongst the best in England.
The University achieved a top rating (鈥榲ery high engagement鈥�) in four of seven areas of assessment: 鈥榃orking with business鈥�, 鈥榃orking with the public and third sector鈥�, 鈥業ntellectual Property and commercialisation鈥� and 鈥楶ublic and community engagement鈥�.
The second highest rating (‘high engagement鈥�) was achieved in the other three areas: 鈥楻esearch partnerships鈥�, 鈥楲ocal growth and regeneration鈥� and 鈥楥PD and graduate start-ups鈥�.
These results place our University at or above the average in all perspectives amongst the cluster of 17 very large, research-intensive and broad-discipline English universities.
The full results are presented online as .
Professor Mark Spearing, Vice-President (Research and Enterprise), said: 鈥淓veryone at the University should be very pleased with our continuing strong performance in Knowledge Exchange and Enterprise (KEE), as measured by the KEF. This reflects very significant contributions by many people across the whole University. This KEF outcome reinforces our Triple Helix of Education, Research and KEE as the foundational principle of our University Strategy.鈥�
