What is Knowledge Transfer Partnerships?
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships is a UK-wide programme to encourage business/knowledge base collaborations. Knowledge Transfer Partnerships help businesses and organisations to improve their competitiveness and/or productivity through the use of the knowledge, technology and skills that reside within academic institutions, namely:

Higher Education institutions
Research Organisations
Further Education Colleges

At the same time, Knowledge Transfer Partnerships also help to increase the business relevance of knowledge base research and teaching.

How does it work?
Funded by Government organisations led by the Technology Strategy Board, Knowledge Transfer Partnerships involve the forming of a partnership between a company (known as the company partner) and your academic institute (known as the knowledge base partner), enabling you to lead rewarding and ongoing collaborations with innovative businesses who require access to skills and expertise to help their company develop.

The Partnership also involves one or more recently qualified people (known as Knowledge Transfer Partnerships Associates) to facilitate this transfer of skills and expertise.

As an academic supervisor, you will provide academic supervision to the Associate who works within the company on a project of strategic importance

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships can help you:

Apply your wealth of knowledge and expertise to important business problems
Develop business-relevant teaching materials
Gain a relevant and improved understanding of business requirements and operations

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