1. The National Rural Knowledge Exchange: Can our colleges help fill ‘the ADAS Gap’?? (this may include academics and web technologies…) ALLCU conference 16 th July 2008
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3. Regional Coverage We work with the English HE and FE sector to benefit rural businesses and communities. We also look at what is going on in the rest of the UK, -eg SAC, Aberystwyth and CAFRE , Northern Ireland…
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18. Practitioners BBSRC Research Institutes Are Research Priorities right? Consultants Individual clients Clubs and Societies Landex Colleges Academic Journals Trade Press Product sales licensing The Rural Knowledge Supply Chain…. Academic conferences Open Days Shows Talks, meetings Technical conferences Skills & business training Graduates RDA s Bus Link DEFRA RDPE Talking to friends Suppliers ‘Push’ knowledge via Web, ie into.. Practitioners ‘Pull’ knowledge via email, browsing etc National Rural ‘What's On’ and Technical ‘Landbased Library’ Universities & their Rural Departments LANTRA Levy Bodies EBLEX MDC HGCA HDC BPC PLCs ADAS RASE RAC HAUC N’cstle Reading Notts Sparsholt Walford Aventis BASF Merial etc
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22. BBSRC Research Institutes Landex Colleges e.g.…. So, the online Landbased Library could involve the following… RDA s Bus Link RDPE ‘Sainsbury’ DEFRA The online 'Land-based Library' and ‘What's On’ Universities & their Rural Departments Levy Bodies Individual practitioners Creation of new materials, or provision of existing materials Technical team runs online facility Possible editorial subject leads: Crops Livestock Environment Health Policy Business etc Clubs and Societies Students Additional funding? Syndicated to University and Landex websites Other information suppliers Users Practitioners and students ‘pull’ knowledge via browsing , email alerts etc Walford Duchy Sparsholt RAC Harper Writtle NTU Reading Hadlow KM Bishop Moulton An ‘Information Alliance‘ of contributing organisations FWAG Natural England JISC MLC HDC MDC HGCA BPC PLCs