Knowledge Transfer Partnership
A Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) is a three-way partnership between a university, a company and a high calibre graduate. Projects typically last 18 months to three years, and are designed to help a company solve strategic problems. The graduate is based at the company full-time and is jointly supervised by the company and a university academic, who typically spends half a day per week at the company.
The scheme is sponsored by the Technology Strategy Board, Research Councils and a number of other bodies.
Projects usually focus on a problem in a key area of a company's business, such as product design or developing new management processes. KTPs are designed to enable the partnering company to gain competitive advantage - and ultimately to improve profitability.
Through KTPs academics are able to:
- develop business relevant teaching materials
- write real-world case studies
- gain improved understanding of the challenges businesses encounter
- identify new research themes and undergraduate and post graduate projects
- find new opportunities for collaborative research
- Publish research papers
- Contribute to the RAE and rating of their department
For further information about KTPs please look at our current brochure or contact our Knowledge Transfer Partnerships Manager Jenny Young or visit www.ktponline.org.uk
