Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP)
UWS is the first Scottish University to have a dedicated KTP Centre
UWS KTP Centre
Since their official launch in 2019, the UWS KTP Centre has helped more than 66 businesses secure Innovate UK KTP projects, with a combined value exceeding £14 million. A remarkable 88% of completed projects have successfully achieved or surpassed their initial objectives, earning several international awards. Additionally, the Centre has launched KTPs in Kenya and Nigeria, and is #1 for Management KTPs in Scotland.
What is KTP?
Innovate UK Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs) bring together forward-thinking businesses and organisations, academics, and graduates to solve complex innovation challenges which help our economy, society, and environment. KTPs support talented individuals into high-value employment, enrich academic institutions, and fuel the success and profitability of UK businesses.
Each collaboration is a three-way partnership between a business or organisation with an innovative idea or challenge; a UK knowledge base with the expertise to deliver the innovation or solve the challenge; and a graduate who will drive the project forward to delivery.
This approach has proven highly successful in helping UK businesses and organisations innovate for growth since 1975. 83% of businesses engaged with KTP have reported increases in productivity, profitability, employment, or turnover.
UWS KTP Centre
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KTP success at UWS
UWS has a proud and successful track record of working with businesses of all sizes in grant-funded partnership projects – setting a few records along the way!
Phoenix Instinct: Revolutionising Mobility with KTP Innovation
Reflecting on his role as a KTP Associate, Jakub Rycerz shares, ‘Working directly with the company’s CEO and gaining practical knowledge has been incredibly rewarding. The small size of the company allowed my input to have a significant impact on the project, and I had the opportunity to apply my engineering skills to real-world challenges, including rapid prototyping and product design using 3D printing.'