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UIIN 120 Episodes Oct 13, 2026

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Episodes

Impact | The convening university: How the University of Bristol is shaping regional impact
Impact | The convening university: How the University of Bristol is shaping regional impact Oct 13, 2026 00:27:50 How can universities help fragmented regional systems coordinate and act?In this episode, Lisa Kehoe, Head of Impact Development at the University of Bristol, shares lessons from community micro-campuses, cyber growth planning, and health partnerships. She also explains why effective convening depends on curiosity, credible teams, practical experimentation, and long-term infrastructure.
Impact | From impact ambition to real-world change
Impact | From impact ambition to real-world change Oct 7, 2026 00:29:26 How can researchers turn impact ambitions into benefits that matter beyond academia?For this episode, we invited Mark Reed, Professor of Rural Entrepreneurship at Scotland’s Rural College and CEO of Fast Track Impact, to share a practical approach based on external needs, inclusive relationships, small-scale learning, adaptable plans, and credible evidence.
Partnerships | From precincts to ecosystems: How universities can build the connective tissue of innovation
Partnerships | From precincts to ecosystems: How universities can build the connective tissue of innovation Oct 5, 2026 00:35:24 What turns a collection of institutions into an innovation ecosystem?In this episode, John Howard, Visiting Professor at UTS and Leader of the Acton Institute for Policy Research and Innovation, explains how orchestration, collaboration, institutional diversity, and outcome-focused policy can help universities contribute more effectively to their regions. 
Partnerships | Professionalising collaboration: How SDU is making engagement more strategic
Partnerships | Professionalising collaboration: How SDU is making engagement more strategic Sep 29, 2026 00:32:31 How can universities make collaboration more strategic without constraining the relationships academics already build?Søren Land, Head of Team Collaboration & SDU Startup Station at University of Southern Denmark, explains how the University of Southern Denmark uses faculty briefs, cross-functional groups, a catalogue of services, and live dashboards to connect engagement with institutional pr
Leadership | Beyond innovation rhetoric: What entrepreneurial university leadership really takes
Leadership | Beyond innovation rhetoric: What entrepreneurial university leadership really takes Sep 23, 2026 00:26:55 What does it take to make innovation part of a university’s daily operating model?In this week’s episode, Aleks Subic, Vice-Chancellor and CEO of Torrens University Australia, shares how clear purpose, distributed authority, aligned rewards, authentic engagement, and external partnerships can create an entrepreneurial culture.
Leadership | How to build the university that didn’t exist: Lessons from CODE University
Leadership | How to build the university that didn’t exist: Lessons from CODE University Sep 21, 2026 00:31:16 In this episode, Manuel Dolderer, Co-founder and President of CODE University of Applied Sciences, shares how personal missions, project-based learning, open spaces, faculty coaching, and co-creation can prepare students for an unpredictable future.
Leadership | Entrepreneurial leadership in higher education: How leaders can drive change
Leadership | Entrepreneurial leadership in higher education: How leaders can drive change Sep 15, 2026 00:38:01 How can higher education leaders turn innovative ambition into lasting institutional change?In this episode, Cameron McCoy, Founder & Chief Adapting Officer, The Adaptive Group, and Chris Howard, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Arizona State University, discuss how higher education leaders can turn public purpose into institutional change. Drawing on his cross-sector ca
Partnerships | The role of trust in building better partnerships
Partnerships | The role of trust in building better partnerships Sep 9, 2026 00:28:21 Trust is difficult to capture in a conventional KPI, but it still leaves evidence.In this episode, we spoke with Sebastian Husein, Impact Development Manager at the University of Twente, about how responsiveness, reciprocal questions, resource commitments, and openness about risk can reveal relationship maturity. He also shares practical approaches for understanding stakeholder motivation and stre
Impact | Building an impact-literate university
Impact | Building an impact-literate university Sep 7, 2026 00:27:41 How can universities embed societal impact into research practice without reducing it to metrics or placing the full burden on researchers?In this episode, Esther de Smet, Senior Research Policy Advisor at Ghent University’s Central Research Department, explores how shared language, responsible assessment, tailored support, and stronger institutional connectivity can build impact literacy.
Entrepreneurship | The university as a catalyst: Knowledge, ecosystems and impact
Entrepreneurship | The university as a catalyst: Knowledge, ecosystems and impact Sep 1, 2026 00:26:48 What makes a university genuinely entrepreneurial?Marcelo Tedesco, Founder and Executive Director of Global Ecosystem Dynamics and Director of Research in Economics & Society at the Buenos Aires Institute of Technology, argues for putting knowledge before venture counts.In this episode, he explores how transdisciplinary learning, purposeful collaboration, and ecosystem responsibility allow uni
Impact | When research excellence isn’t enough: Communicating value beyond academia
Impact | When research excellence isn’t enough: Communicating value beyond academia Aug 26, 2026 00:27:27 Why does excellent research sometimes fail to attract the engagement and investment it deserves? In this episode, Kylie Ahern, Founder and CEO of STEM Matters, explains how universities can replace fragmented announcements with audience-led narratives, connect communication to funding priorities, and use AI responsibly to scale research storytelling.
Leadership | How to make a university future-ready: Leadership lessons from Santiago Iñiguez
Leadership | How to make a university future-ready: Leadership lessons from Santiago Iñiguez Aug 18, 2026 00:32:05 How can universities become more agile without losing the values that give education its purpose?In this episode of our podcast, Santiago Iñiguez, President of IE University, shares lessons on entrepreneurial governance, internationalisation, faculty development, and lifelong learning. He also explains why the rise of AI makes human judgement, character, and personal relationships even more centra

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