Oakland Consultancy
- In the United Kingdom the Office of Science and Technology is funding the first stage of Nest. The project is led by the Natural Environment Research Council, working closely with Leeds University and the Centre for Marine and Petroleum Technology, Pira International, the Centre for Exploitation of Science and Technology and Oakland Consultancy. Nest is supported by all the research councils. It will carry information on academic research and industrial users' needs. Its two-way browsing capabilities stem from two kernel systems: the Leeds Virtual Science Park, which lists the research interests and expertise of academics; and a system called Pteris which acts mainly as a want list for CMPT members.
- The Leeds Virtual Science Park is viewable now, though it is under development. The virtual science park developers will probably extend it with a system that mines information from the Internet, rather than trying to incorporate other databases in their entirety. Nest may, however, build its own added-value temporary databases, based on needs that it perceives from traffic on the system.[1]
- Other universities market their collective expertise more aggressively. UMIST Ventures Ltd, for example, is a company that promotes its staff to industry. Where such companies do not exist, outside agencies such as the Cambridge-based Oakland Consultancy fill the gap, matching academics to their industrial clients.[2]
People
- Julie Horne, worked at Oakland in March 1998.[3]
Notes
- ↑ The Times Higher Education Supplement March 14, 1997 The business world goes shopping; Multimedia; Science, engineering and maths BYLINE: PAULA GOMES and JANET VAUX
- ↑ The Times Higher Education Supplement April 17, 1998 The rise of the adviser; Research Monthly; Business Spinoffs BYLINE: AYALA OCHERT
- ↑ According to Horne who called David Miller in March 1998 to ask about Iwar, propaganda and misinformation
