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INTRODUCING OXFORD BROOKES. OXFORD BROOKES IN FIGURES. 3 campuses in and around Oxford over 18,000 students over 2,500 staff ‘best modern university’ in the Sunday Times University Guide for 11 years over 75% of research ‘internationally recognised’
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OXFORD BROOKES IN FIGURES • 3 campuses in and around Oxford • over 18,000 students • over 2,500 staff • ‘best modern university’ in the Sunday Times University Guide for 11 years • over 75% of research ‘internationally recognised’ • in the top 10 UK universities for IP earnings • 24 subjects rated ‘excellent’ for teaching • university status in 1992 – but 150th anniversary in 2015
BUSINESS AND EMPLOYERS • Research & Development • Funded by research councils or industry • Consultancy • Solutions to problems and training • Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) • Part funded by Technology Strategy Board • Generating nearly £1bn pa in new sales for UK business and 1000 new jobs • Established over 30 years
WHAT IS KTP? • A partnership between a Company and a University • A defined project, 6 months – 3 years long • Embedding University knowledge in the Company • Bringing £240k average increase in profit, 3 new jobs • 83% find KTP ‘significant to future performance’ • 81% ‘plan further collaboration’
WHO IS IT FOR? • UK businesses of all kinds and in all sectors, especially SMEs • Employing at least 4 people, established and trading profitably for at least 3 years • Needing knowledge to develop
A KTP ASSOCIATE Recruited on the open market, from anywhere in the world Average age 27 ‘Master’s level’ graduate with relevant experience Salary £20 – 30k+ Excellent career development package 70% recruited on completion
YASA MOTORS To develop sustainable joining technologies for mass manufacture of high reliability high torque, low mass electric motors Academic: James Broughton, Faculty of Technology, Design and Environment One Associate, two years Total value £170k
UTC Swindon: a new engineering and enterprise academy for 14 to 19 year olds • Opening September 2014 in former GWR buildings • Sponsored by Johnson Matthey Fuel Cells and Oxford Brookes University • Part of a national movement for technical education • www.utcswindon.co.uk
MORE INFORMATION • http://www.brookes.ac.uk/business_employers • www.brookes.ac.uk