Knowledge Transfer is an increasingly important part of the activity of universities, supported by specific funding, which, in Scotland, is intended to promote transfer to communities and for civic and social purposes, as well as commercialisation. Research to date has focussed on commercialisation and technology transfer, and it is important to establish whether there are barriers to and enablers of civic and social KT, and whether these are institutional or discipline based.

(i) map the range and type of knowledge transfer activity in HEIs in Scotland;
(ii) map the range and type of institutional arrangements in HEIs to support KT;
(iii) construct a typology of such activity and
(iv) explore the attitudes to and knowledge about KT of University staff in the areas of Health and Education.