Knowledge Transfer Partnerships

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Knowledge Transfer Partnerships
Name Dr Gillian Rysiecki KTP Adviser
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Europes most successful Knowledge Transfer
Programme
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KTP Mission

• To strengthen the competitiveness, wealth
  creation and economic performance of the UK by
  the enhancement of knowledge transfer and skills
  and the stimulation of innovation through
  collaborative projects between business and the
  knowledge base.

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Partnership Structure
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Features

• Project length 12 36 months
• Associates recruited by University and Company
  partners
• Employed by University partner
• Project located at business premises with
  company supervisor
• University Supervisor spends half day per week
  at company premises

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Live Partnerships
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March 2007

• 17 sponsors (TSB, SE, WAG, Invest NI, Defra, DoH,
  EPSRC, ESRC, NERC, BBSRC, PPARC, AHRC, One North
  East, SEEDA, SWRDA, EMDA, Northern Way)
• 32.7m Grants committed
• 81.5m company contributions
• 1048 live Partnerships (22 increase since 2005)
• 1157 live Projects

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Company benefits

• Benefits per Associate project
• Annual profit up gt227k (highest 20m)
• Invest. in plant machinery gt106k (highest
  7m)
• New jobs created 4
• IP applied commercially gt 65
• New research projects initiated 3

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Company benefits

• Benefits per 1m Government spend
• Jobs created 77
• Company staff trained 263
• Annual increase in profit before tax gt 3m
• Investment in plant and machinery gt 1.5m

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Company benefits

• Long-term, strategic relationship with
  University partner
• Recruitment of the right people
• Transfer of knowledge/expertise
• Embedding of innovation culture

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The Associate

• Recently qualified with
• First degree 77 hold 1st or 2(i)
• Higher degree 38
• Average age 28 years
• All disciplines

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The Associate

• Part of countrys largest graduate recruitment
  scheme
• Competitive salary
• Fast-track career development
• 51 registered for higher degree during project
• 74 offered employment by host company
• Training development with qualification in
  Management to National Standard

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Knowledge Base Benefits

• Income
• Published papers
• Teaching materials, case studies and projects
  (87)
• New research themes - commercial relevance (89)
• Staff development commercial awareness (91)
• Higher degree registrations
• Graduate career opportunities
• IP negotiated with the company (20 expect
  commercial benefits)
• Strategic relationship with company (76)

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HLST Case Studies

• The Seafood Restaurant, Padstow and University of
  Brighton. Growth of the retail operation by
  developing a Retail Business Strategy.
• Scher International (now Taylor Nelson Safres)
  and Oxford Brookes University. Development of a
  software tool for benchmarking customer service
  in the hotel industry
• Cardiff International Airport and UWIC School of
  Management. Development of a marketing strategy
  in order to increase market share.