The  Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) scheme is designed to enable UK businesses to improve their competitiveness and profitability through better use of the knowledge, technology and skills that reside within British Universities by linking them with an academic and graduate.

Currently the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) is providing an additional, ring fenced budget for Management KTP (mKTP) projects that focus on improving and enhancing productivity within a business. These were initially targeted at business schools however, the scope has been broadened in recognition of academics from other disciplinary backgrounds (e.g., computer science, psychology, etc.) who can provide insights, expertise and approaches that contribute to the transformation of management performance in organisations.

Brunel’s Research Support and Development Office (RSDO) has organised a virtual workshop for all Brunel academics interested in exploring this route to transfer their knowledge into a company via the mKTP scheme.

The workshop covers:

Overview of the KTP scheme

What makes a successful KTP

Benefits for the partners

Application process

Support for your application

Hear directly from our local Knowledge Transfer Adviser, Gerry O’Hagan, who held a variety of global business roles in Diageo plc prior to working as an Advisor on the KTP programme. Our Research Support and Development KTP contact, Rachel Burch, will also provide an overview of the dedicated resources and support available to Brunel colleagues from RSDO, including our Business Development Managers who specialise in identifying and connecting you to companies in need of your expertise.

There will be time for Q&A and further consultation following the workshop.

Further information: https://www.ktp-uk.org/

If you have any immediate questions, please contact: Rachel.Burch@brunel.ac.uk

Gerry O'Hagan is employed by the Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN) as a part-time Knowledge Transfer Adviser (KTA) for Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and London North/Central.

Prior to working as an Adviser on the KTP programme Gerry held a variety of global business leadership roles with Diageo plc. He joined a predecessor company as a graduate trainee and spent 37 years with the organisation, as it evolved to become Diageo plc, in a range of roles including Business Unit Director, Procurement Director and Technical Director. His last role in the organisation was as Operational Excellence Director where he led a global team responsible for working with business units to define their operational strategies, and implementing the corporate and business unit improvement programmes required to achieve their strategic goals.

Throughout his career he has been involved with the university sector. He is currently a member of Council at Royal Holloway, University of London and has previously been a Visiting Professor at the University of Strathclyde, an Adviser to the Board of Management of Birmingham Business School and a Board member of the Strathclyde Institute for Operations Management.

Management Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) Introductory Workshop