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標題: 港學術研究年人均經費15萬　遠遜中台 [打印本頁]

作者: elbar 時間: 13-8-12 12:06 標題: 港學術研究年人均經費15萬　遠遜中台

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■香港學術研究員的經費每年僅15.5萬港元，是排榜首南韓的五分之一。

由英國教育雜誌最新發表的「世界學術𥧌會創新指數2013」顯示，南韓獲世界企業投資研究的人均金額最高，每名研究員每年約獲投放近10萬美元、即約76萬港元，台灣及中國分別排第6及7位，香港只排第20位，每名研究員平均每年只約獲2萬美元、即約15.5萬港元，只及南韓五分之一。

南韓最高獲76萬元

提供全球大學排名的英國雜誌《泰晤士高等教育》（Times Higher Education）公佈「世界學術𥧌會創新指數2013」。《泰》訪問多間國際投資者，了解他們於不同地區投放的研究經費，並計算每名研究員的平均研究價值，結果發現企業投資予南韓研究員的平均價值全球最高，每名研究員每年約獲9.79萬美元、即約76萬港元。

第二位為新加坡，每名研究員約獲8.45萬美元、約65.5萬港元；第三位為荷蘭，每名研究員平均價值為7.28萬美元、約56.5萬港元。台灣及中國排第6及7位，每名研究員分別約獲投資5.39及5.05萬美元、即41.8萬及39.2萬港元。香港研究經費偏低，每人每年只有約2萬美元，即約15.5萬港元。

《泰》並列出世界上獲企業重視的十大研究，包括韓國科學技術院首個網絡人工智能機械人、新加坡南洋理工大學的隱身斗篷、美國加州大學洛杉磯分校研發的互聯網等。

世界企業投放在香港的研究經費較其他地區遜色，職訓局專業教育顧問梁任城認為與香港工業以裝嵌為主，較少由業界和本港大學合作研發新產品有關，以鐘錶業為例，台灣及中國已掌握錶芯製造方法，但香港未有這項技術，只停留在把錶面、錶芯、時針等組合而成。

港缺私募基金垂青

梁任城又稱，外國盛行由私募基金投資，讓科學家研究尖端科技，一旦研究成功，將賺取更大利潤，更會持續投資，但香港未有這種氣氛。

立法會教育界議員葉建源則指，香港研究氣氛不及韓國，韓國有其特色的工業，例如三星、LG等，指電子產品需要不時變革才能吸引新客，而香港無這類創新科技，本港亦較少學生投入科研市場，故投資者未必願意在港投放資金，促政府正視科研。

作者: ANChan59 時間: 13-8-12 22:16

Original info.

East Asia leads the world in business funding

12 AUGUST 2013 | BY JACK GROVE

Academics at leading South Korean universities are the world’s best at attracting funding from business, a new study says.

Compiled by Times Higher Education, the World Academic Summit Innovation Index shows companies are investing the equivalent of £62,780 ($97,900) in each scholar in South Korea to carry out work in innovation and research on their behalf.

Singapore is in second place, bringing in an average of £54,462 ($84,500) per academic, with the Netherlands in third (£46,921; $72,800).

The US lies in 14th position, with industry contributing nearly four times less to its academic researchers (£16,628 or $25,800 per person) than in Korea, according to the index, which is based on data from the world’s top 400 universities as assessed by the THE World University Rankings

The UK is in just 26th place, attracting £8,572 ($13,300) per researcher from industry.

Phil Baty, editor of the THE World University Rankings, said: “That South Korea and Singapore are the top two countries listed in this new table, with other Asian nations like Taiwan, China and India all making the top ten will be a shocking wake-up call for the West.”

Lord Bhattacharyya, chairman and founder of WMG, which receives about £120 million a year from private companies such as Jaguar Land Rover to do research at the University of Warwick, said the data underlined Britain’s “patchy” record for cooperation between business and universities.

Not enough British companies had invested in universities, while higher education had not made itself attractive enough to firms, he said.

“If businesses really exploited universities and universities exploited industry, our manufacturing sector would not be in the state it is now,” Lord Bhattacharyya argued.

Foreign firms were increasingly the ones to invest in university research, he said – citing Indian-owned Jaguar Land Rover as an example of a company investing in research.

“These are companies that have to develop world-class products or they will not survive,” said Lord Bhattacharyya. “British companies do not do research and development, and that is why the manufacturing industry is going down and down.”

Lord Bhattacharyya, who founded WMG in 1980, said the department’s success had paid for laboratories and buildings at Warwick worth £150 million, while an additional £100 million of private capital would soon be invested in its National Automotive Innovation Campus.

However, David Docherty, chief executive of Council for Industry and Higher Education, suggested the THE figures understate the level of commercial engagement with UK universities.

Academics were often involved in large amounts of consultancy work at large companies, estimated at about £3 billion a year, which might not feature in the THE data, Dr Docherty said.

Other types of collaboration between universities and business outside direct investment in research were also useful for the commercial sector and higher education, he argued.

“It tends not be investment in traditional university research these days,” he said.

“Companies are evolving their approach to universities, so they might put their own researchers on a university campus or build a unified campus with a university.”

However, Lord Bhattacharyya said talk of “partnerships” was over-rated unless businesses were willing to stump up money for investment.

“All this talk of ‘business in kind’ is a load of hocus-pocus,” he said.

“If industry does not pay cash, there is unlikely to be any results from it.”

However, a Department for Business, Innovation and Skills spokesman said the index is only based on a selection of universities and does not take into account the complete size of the research base in any given country.

He added: “The government has protected the £4.6 billion science and research budget in cash terms and has announced a real increase in science and research capital to £1.1 billion for 2015-16, with a commitment that this will be maintained in real terms until 2021.”

The THE index, compiled with Thomson Reuters data, has been published ahead of its inaugural World Academic Summit, at Nanyang Technological University, in Singapore, which will discuss the relationship between big business and universities.

Mr Baty said: “Working with business and industry to move their discoveries and ideas from the ivory towers into the real world – and to make a real social and economic impact – has become one of the most important functions of a modern university.

“For some, an ability to attract funding from big business could even be a case of sink or swim in this age of austerity.”

The THE World Academic Summit takes place in Singapore, from 2-4 October.

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Rank Country Average Value Per Researcher (US$)
1 Korea, Republic Of 97,900
2 Singapore 84,500
3 Netherlands 72,800
4 South Africa 64,400
5 Belgium 63,700
6 Taiwan 53,900
7 China 50,500
8 Sweden 46,100
9 Denmark 43,600
10 India 36,900
11 Russian Federation 36,400
12 Turkey 31,000
13 Canada 27,200
14 United States 25,800
15 Australia 25,600
16 Japan 24,900
17 Finland 24,500
18 New Zealand 22,300
19 France 21,000
20 Hong Kong 20,000
21 Germany 19,400
22 Switzerland 17,600
23 Brazil 14,900
24 Italy 14,400
25 Israel 13,600
26 United Kingdom 13,300
27 Austria 11,300
28 Norway 9,100
29 Portugal 8,600
30 Ireland 8,300

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