Unlocking knowledge and understanding

Posted on 5 May 2010 by The Manufacturer

The application of academic knowledge and expertise to industry through the Knowledge Transfer Partnerships scheme has enjoyed a long and prosperous history. Tim Brown finds out the latest from one of the most successful government sponsored programmes and investigates some other collaborative options.

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) is a UK-wide programme enabling businesses to improve their competitiveness, productivity and performance through the forming of partnerships with an academic institution such as a university, further education college or research and technology organisation. According to KTP, the scheme is the best performing government-funded programme in terms of jobs generated and…

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