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Knowledge Transfer Partnerships: Enhancing Business Competitiveness through Graduates

This overview of Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs) outlines their role in fostering innovative collaborations between companies and universities. Established in the UK in 1975, KTPs aim to improve competitiveness, productivity, and performance through strategic projects involving recent graduates. With full-time graduates embedded in companies, these partnerships provide access to academic expertise, training budgets, and resources, ultimately driving impactful results. The KEEN initiative further strengthens the regional agenda, creating graduate-focused business projects in the West Midlands.

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Knowledge Transfer Partnerships: Enhancing Business Competitiveness through Graduates

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  1. Knowledge Transfer Programme: An Overview Marc Fleetham Director Business Solutions

  2. Introduction • What are KTPs? • How do they work? • KTP benefits • Graduate details • University of Wolverhampton • KEEN

  3. What are Knowledge Transfer Partnerships? • Established in UK: 1975 • Structured programme to address strategic project • Partnership between Company and University • Improve company competitiveness, productivity & performance • Graduate employment • Part subsidised by the Government.

  4. How do Knowledge Transfer Partnerships Work? • Six months to three year programme • Full-time recent graduate based in the company • Two days per month academic support • Budgets for training, equipment and travel • University provides: • Administration/financial support during project • Access to Research & Development equipment and resources.

  5. What are the Benefits of a KTP? • Access to academic experts, and a graduate calibre project manager to deliver business objectives • Focused resource, output driven • Access to training and development budget • Strategic level project management that demonstrates real impact • Access to £700 for higher level degree support • Advanced career development

  6. Graduate • Employed by the University (Av salary £17-25k) • Based full-time within company • Adopts company working hours, holiday allowance • Has access to University resources as a member of staff.

  7. KEEN……NEW…… • Knowledge Exchange & Enterprise Network (KEEN): Lead organisation driving the West Midlands Knowledge Transfer agenda. Responsible for a c£24 million project to create 175 graduate / business projects in the region. (Partnering with the 11 other regional Universities, Technology Strategy Board, and European Regional Development Fund). • KEEN graduate employed by company, not the University as in the KTP. • Average project length between 6 -24 months

  8. Thank you for listening….

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