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1. University-Local Authority
Collaboration
How UCL and LB Camden are learning to
innovate together
Michael Reynier
Lead, Public Sector & Professions (Business Innovation Partnerships)
13 November 2020

2. Talking Points
Slides on…
 About UCL
 How things stood
 Strategic Intent
 Lessons learned
 2 Case studies
A personal perspective on how a large university and borough are
developing their working relationship…

3. About UCL
UCL in words…
 A large, multi-faculty university
 47,000 students; 14,500 staff
 11 faculties; 440 UG programs
 Based in Bloomsbury and developing
new campus in East London
 150+ nationalities
UCL in numbers…
We work across disciplines to solve the world’s biggest problems…
53% international
students
37% international
staff
£1.2 billion
Turnover 2018-19
6th in the world
Average of rankings
30 Noble laureates
300,000 alumni
In 90+ countries

4. Vice-Provost
(Enterprise and
London)
Knowledge
Exchange Policy
& Practice
Business
Innovation
Partnerships
Entrepreneurship
Engagement &
Communication
Information &
Project
management
Executive
Assistant
UCL Innovation and Enterprise
To support the application of UCL know-how outside the University & create
inspired partnerships…
UCLC UCLB

5. How things stood
How would you explain this to the Provost in 2 minutes?

6. Our strategic intent
Engagement Platforms…
 Visible – Work on our partners’
challenges (not ours)
 Does not constrain existing
activity (vines v boughs)
A framework for lending focus and visibility to UCL engagement …
Flexible…
 EP 1: MoU (Camden)
 EP 2: Teacher’s Pet (GLA)
 EP 3: ?
 EP 4: Glimpse (the Professions)

7. Some things we have learned along the way
These may not work for everyone, but it may help to have posed the
question…
 Know what you want. cf.
Innovation networks
 Walk together. Gain insight
into direction v response-mode
 Communicate better. And
more frequently. And at all
levels
 Get leaders onboard. But
don’t forget everyone else
 Start small, but still be
strategic. e.g. Letter of Intent
 Have a crisis. OK, better not
to (obviously), but it has had
an impact

8. Case Studies
Two examples from over 15 cases opened in the last nine months…
 Rapid Evaluation & Learning
Service
 Pro bono IAG from UCL for LB
Camden staff around service
evaluation
 13 cases: ASC, Finance, family
support, Impact of Covid on
communities, labour market,
PICT (housing) etc.
 To set things within a shared
framework (non-binding!)
 Principals for working together
 Elements of join working
 Governance (joint)
REALs MoU

9. Contact Details
MichaelReynier
PrincipalPartnershipManager
(Public Sector & the Professions)
Email: michael.reynier@ucl.ac.uk