In the final weeks before the new academic year starts, and with the last wisps of summer left to enjoy, we’ve collated some fantastic Knowledge Exchange books for you in celebration of this years Read a Book Day!
So, get yourself your favourite coffee or cocktail, dust off the garden lounge chair, and delve into some end of summer, leisurely reading.
How to Engage Policy Makers with your Research (Chapter 1)
Edited by Tim Vorley, Pro Vice-Chancellor and Dean, Syahirah Abdul Rahman, Lecturer in Business and Management and Lauren Tuckerman, Lecturer in Business and Management, Oxford Brookes Business School, Oxford Brookes University, UK and Phil Wallace, Communications and Engagement Coordinator, Digital Futures team, University of Manchester, UK
https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/how-to-engage-policy-makers-with-your-research-9781800378957.html
Increasingly, academics are finding that engaging with external stakeholders can be both fruitful in undertaking research and an effective way to impact policy. With insightful and practical advice from a diverse range of contributors, including academics, policy makers, civil servants and knowledge exchange professionals, this accessible book explores How to Engage Policy Makers with Your Research.
Networks, SMEs, and the University: The Process of Collaboration and Open Innovation
by Andrew Johnston & Robert Huggins (2021)
https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/networks-smes-and-the-university-9781789903379.html
Exploring the process of university collaboration from the perspective of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), this book offers an in-depth examination of the collaboration process, dispelling the myth of the disengagement of these firms. Andrew Johnston and Robert Huggins present a thorough account of how SMEs can ‘unlock the ivory tower’ and gain access to university knowledge to support their own innovation.
Listen to the PraxisAuril interview with the authors and Tamsin Mann on our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac66AwMI_7s&t=4s
University Partnership Playbook: How to build strategic research relationships 
by Matt Reed and Joss Langford (2021)
https://liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/books/id/52718/
This is a book of strategies and tactical plays, written by practitioners, for practitioners. It is designed to help innovators develop more effective approaches to benefitting from early-stage university research. The authors are commercial innovators, experienced in the creation of partnerships to create and exploit valuable new ideas. They have decades of senior level experience in the research, innovation and product development teams of large multi-nationals, smaller high-tech companies, and start-up businesses. The unique perspectives offered by the authors cover all the key issues that an innovator needs to understand to help them achieve high-impact and mutually beneficial partnerships with academic researchers.
Watch the PraxisAuril SHEDTalk with Matt Reed by Sean Fielding on our YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3B6hRIAwDM&list=PLaiYE7UGB0Z9hyznng4gT66b2ncsUls9x&index=13&t=1s
University Technology Transfer: What it is and how to do it 
by Tom Hockaday (2020)
http://www.technologytransferinnovation.com/book.html
Aimed at people who work in or with university technology transfer offices, as well as anyone who wants to learn the basics of what is involved, University Technology Transfer speaks to a global audience. Tackling a complex topic in clear language, the book reveals the impressive scale of patenting, licensing, and spin-out company creation while also demonstrating that university technology transfer is a commercial activity with benefits that go well beyond the opportunity to make money.
Read a review of Tom's book by our Director of Policy, Tamsin Mann, here: https://www.praxisauril.org.uk/news-policy/blogs/%E2%80%98university-technology-transfer-what-it-and-how-do-it%E2%80%99-tom-hockaday
The Research Impact Handbook (2nd Edition) 
by Mark Reed (2018)
https://www.fasttrackimpact.com/books
This book will help you fast track the impact of your research, whether you are a PhD student or a Professor, a medieval historian or a medic. Equip yourself with evidence-based tools you can use immediately to create a step change in your impact. Fully updated and redesigned with over 100 pages of new material, the second edition is packed full of practical tips, techniques, templates, case studies and personal stories that will inspire and equip you with the skills and confidence you need to make a difference.
Read the PraxisAuril book review on our blog here: https://www.praxisauril.org.uk/news-policy/blogs/research-impact-handbook-mark-reed-review
Working with Universities 
by Adam Jolly (2014)
https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Working_with_Universities/GmvonQEACAAJ?hl=en
Working with Universities is a practical and informative guide for small to mid-sized companies looking to gain a competitive and profitable edge by working in partnership with universities. Universities offer businesses the perfect combination of knowledge and innovation that can be developed into profitable commercial ventures through businesses. Written in a practical, jargon-free way, it will also help managers find the best sources of help in the knowledge economy.
Read the PraxisAuril book review on our blog here: https://www.praxisauril.org.uk/news-policy/blogs/book-review-adam-jolly-working-universities
If you know of more great Knowledge Exchange books, get in touch and let us know by emailing leanne.kenyon@praxisauril.org.uk