Creating a successful partnership
We have helped a wide range of organisations to benefit from Knowledge Transfer Partnerships and this experience has helped us to identify the common factors in successful partnerships:
What makes a good KTP?
- Strategic relevance and clear knowledge transfer to the organisation
- Stimulating and challenging for the academic team
- Intellectually challenging for the Associate
- Sound business case and clear benefits identified
What are the business benefits?
- Long-term, strategic relationship with Knowledge Base partner (the University)
- Recruitment of the 'right' people
- Transfer of knowledge/expertise and embedding of innovation culture
Why choose the University of Derby as your partner?
- We have close links with industry, giving us a good understanding of business needs.
- As a modern university, much of our work is undertaken at the applied, rather than theoretical edge of research.
- Many of our academics have had a successful career in industry before embarking on a career change and moving into teaching and research. As such, you can be confident that we will devise practical solutions for your organisation.
- We have worked with award winning local businesses and have a track record of delivering partnerships with successful and effective collaboration between the parties involved.
- Our staff are friendly and easy to work with.
- We adopt a collaborative approach, ensuring that you contribute.
Contact us
Contact us to find out more about how Knowledge Transfer Partnerships can benefit your organisation.
