Israel may have transformed itself over the past decade into one of the world's vibrant economies, but innovation training is nonetheless sorely lacking in the nation's universities, according to Dr Milly Perry, director of the research authority at the Open University of Israel and CEO of OPMOP Ltd Technology Transfer Company.
She was speaking on 14 September at the OECD's Institutional Management in Higher Education general conference in Paris, titled Higher Education in a World Changed Utterly: Doing more with less.
"Israel has become known for its entrepreneurial activity, but the 'start-up nation' culture has actually not encouraged innovation in higher education," Perry said. "Innovation is seen as something nice to have, rather than a necessity, across the higher education system."
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