Higher Education Academy Engineering Subject Centre

Our research has shown that colleagues may need convincing to make space in a crowded curriculum for IPR. We have tried to suggest ways in which IPR learning can take place without the need for resources or time and expertise. This section contains papers that discuss the arguments for including IPR. Phil Robinson's paper describes the direct link between IPR awareness and commercial success of a student project. Paul Johnson shows the role academics can play in commercialising innovation. Janice Denoncourt's paper suggests a career opportunity for science and engineering graduates.

Links

• Intellectual property for engineers: a curriculum development project - paper on project progress, presented at LILI 2006 : Using your imagination: illuminating legal education (8th Annual Conference of the Learning in Law Initiative) 5 January 2006, University of Warwick
• Integrating a Key not but Core Concept into the Engineering Curriculum - Ruth Soetendorp, Jim Roach, Robert McLaughlan.  Paper for International Conference on Engineering Education, Puerto Rico, July 2006
• Legal Knowledge: Learning, Communicating and Doing - Bill Childs, Robert G. McLaughlan, Ruth Soetendorp, Jim Roach. Paper for 2006 ALTA Conference, presented in the 'Intellectual Property' Interest Group.
• Preparing engineers & scientists for the 21st century: a case for imbedding an inherent awareness of intellectual property in undergraduate engineering & science curricula : (Full text of paper presented at 2006 ALTA Conference.)
• Zorin - Philip Robinson, Zorin 
• The First 15 Minutes.Case Studies from the Last 12 months - Paul Johnson, Nottingham Trent University  
• UK-SPEC is the standard for recognition of professional engineers and professional engineering technicians in the UK.
• IP Law Careers for Engineers - Janice Denoncourt, Buckingham University (from 2008, Nottingham Trent)