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Canterbury Christ Church University 13 th September 2010 Amanda Hutson. Facilitating Innovation Through Collaboration. What is KTP?. “. Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime… Lao Tzu. ”. Funding Organisations.
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Canterbury Christ Church University 13th September 2010 Amanda Hutson Facilitating Innovation Through Collaboration
What is KTP? “ Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime… Lao Tzu ”
Funding Organisations Funded by the Technology Strategy Board with 21 other funding organisations:
Business Benefits Long-term, strategic relationship with KB partner Recruitmentof the ‘right’ people Embeddingof innovation culture Transferof knowledge/ expertise
The Associate Recently Qualified with: • First degree ~ 76% hold 1st or 2.1 • Higher degree ~ 56% • NVQ level 3 • Average age 29 years • All disciplines
Knowledge Base Benefits • Teaching materials, case studies and projects (88%) • New research themes – commercial relevance (87%) • Staff development – commercial awareness (92%) • Strategic relationship with business (81%)
Project Criteria Strategic relevance to the business Stimulating and challenging for the academic team Intellectually challenging for the Associate Sound business case Clear knowledge transfer Clear additionality Benefits likely to accrue
CCCU KTPs- current projects • Faculty of Health and Social Care – We are working with a Mental Health Trust to develop teleconferencing with a view to innovative practice in mental Health care along with substantial cost savings. • Faculty of Education – is applying knowledge to develop a new evaluation model and toolkit to measure impact of funded projects. • Faculty of Business and Management- working with a SME in Kent to grow the business through increasing their capacity to attract new customers through the development of their website. • Faculty of Business and Management and the Faculty of Education are working with a Kent Based charity to transfer knowledge and skills in business process to enable them to transform into a social enterprise.
Steps to develop and maintain a productive partnership • Events to publicise KTP • Advise academics and companies on KTP • Assist in setting up and submitting proposals • Recruitment of the right people • Support programmes through service meetings, monitoring finances • Reward participating academics • Be a good partner