A knowledge transfer perspective on research and teaching in higher education

![CDATA[Transferring new knowledge created through research into teaching is a primary task in any higher education institution. Recently in UK, this area has gained a wider attention with the growing emphasis on student learning approaches, quality assurance procedures and research funding mechanisms. The link between research and teaching is not automatic. Thus, it needs to be formally created in higher education departments in order to achieve a productive relationship and to manage research activities of university staff with their teaching duties. The research study on which this paper is based on, aims to develop a framework to enable transfer of research knowledge into teaching. This study is different from previous approaches in that it looks into the research and teaching link as a two-way knowledge transfer process in the light of growing knowledge management viewpoints. The framework which is developed through an exploratory case study is validated through five further case studies in different disciplines. Thus, the final framework that is described in this paper can be considered by a higher education institution in creating a formal research to teaching transfer process.]]