Writing for Times Higher Education (THE), Dr Kainth and Professor Wilkinson, share their experiences at the University of Birmingham of turning a PhD research project project into Graide, a commercial product which uses AI to reduce marking workloads in education.
The authors signposts researchers to sources of advice and support provided by universities as well as external organisations. The authors highlight the importance of accessing research commercialisation advice early on. At Birmingham, this is provided by University of Birmingham Enterprise, a wholly owned university subsidiary.