Knowledge Transfer Partnerships

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Knowledge Transfer Partnerships
Dr James Callaghan University of
Essex jamesc_at_essex.ac.uk Tel [phone]
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What is a Knowledge Transfer Partnership?

• Expertise available in the UKs universities that
  could be of value to your business in developing
  new products, services and processes
• KTPs are designed to help you access this
  expertise and bring it into your business
• KTP and its forerunners have been running for 25
  years

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KTP Programme partnership between
Company a specific business need
Graduate - works on the project for 1-3
years
Strategic project
University - provides knowledge,expertise
supervision
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Company benefits

• Increased profitability/ competitiveness
  average 155,000
• 200 hours per year of specialist consultancy
• New technology and skills transferred to the
  company
• Access to additional University/College
  expertise, and potentially, a long term
  relationship
• Financial Assistance - 48,000 towards project
  costs
• A graduate in your business, but employed by us

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Are You Eligible?

• Any non-public organisation which
• contributes to the UK economy
• is financially viable
• has a specific need that can form a project
• will commit to the Programme

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Eligible Projects

• Any activity contributing to the companys future
  competitiveness which
• will result in increased profitability
• cannot be delivered by the existing team
• requires outside expertise to succeed
• is challenging and will stretch minds!

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Programmes can cover any important aspect of your
business

• developing new products
• introducing new technology
• improving your marketing
• making your operation more efficient
• introducing new computer systems
• implementing new management processes

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Typical Programme budget(for a two year
Programme)

• Associate employment costs 48,000
• Academic and secretarial support 21,000
• Associate development 3,500
• Travel 4,500
• Equipment 3,000
• TOTAL 80,000
• Company contribution -
• Companies with fewer than 250 employees 16,000
  per year

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Your needs might include
Almost anything is possible!
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Affordable Expertise

• You can take advantage of the financial support
  available and develop your business with
  supervised academic expertise
• KTP a winning partnership . . Your ideas, our
  knowledge
• EEDA (East of England Development Agency)
  providing significant support to expand the
  number of KTP partnerships - a key driver to
  increasing the competitiveness of the region

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Get involved!

• www.essex.ac.uk/rbdo
• www.ktponline.org.uk