The Waterline Summit 2023 - What are Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs)?
WHAT IS A KTP?
KTP is a nationally funded business support programme that promotes business innovation. It’s been running since 1975 and has supported more than 14,000 businesses to drive innovation and improve company performance. It has lasted this long because it works and is seeing its budget increase to support more projects this year.
KTP’s work by providing academic support and funding to businesses (both large and small), Charities and Public Sector Organisations to resolve strategic problems or deliver significant opportunities by utilising innovative thinking and technologies to create new and improved products, processes, or services. They also provide an excellent route to recruit good quality staff in the form of Associates who are recently qualified graduates or post-graduates in a relevant discipline, recruited to act as project managers on each partnership.
THE EVENT
Business leaders joined representatives from The University of Hull to find out more about KTPs and the opportunities to business.
Speakers included:-
- David Robinson, Knowledge Transfer Partnership's (KTP) Manager at The University of Hull
- Professor Jay Wadhawan, Professor in Department of Chemical Engineering at The University of Hull
- Dr John Dixon, Lecturer in Computer Science from the Faculty of Science and Engineering at The University of Hull
- Dr Jon Carrick, KTP Associate at Connexin Ltd
- Dr Sarah Shaw and Linda Whicker from Hull University Business School
This was a very focussed session with some useful information and takeaways for all who attended.
There is more information about KTPs at the University of Hull at KTPs at the University of Hull
