Uni proves it’s best for business

Paisley’s university has launched a dedicated Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) centre following the success of the programme.

The University of the West of Scotland (UWS) was recently listed as one of the UK’s top 10 KTP providers – securing eighth place for higher education institutions across the country.

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships is a UK-wide programme that helps businesses to improve their competitiveness and productivity through the better use of knowledge, technology and skills.

UWS currently boasts 24 KTPs with businesses across the UK with a value amounting to £5m million.

Professor Craig Mahoney, UWS principal and vice-chancellor, said: “To be Scotland’s fastest growing provider of KTPs and to be placed within the top 10 higher education institutions providing KTPs across the whole of the UK is a significant achievement.

“I am proud that we are the first university in Scotland to create a dedicated KTP centre and am confident that this development will enable us to drive our KTP offering further forward.

“Our KTP success clearly demonstrates that our research activities have direct relevance to, and applicability in, worldleading industries and businesses, that our academic experts are successful in solving real-world problems and that our university is having major positive impacts on national and global challenges.”

For more information about KTPs at UWS visit https://www.uws.ac.uk/ktp

To discuss a potential collaboration with UWS through a KTP project email ktp@uws.ac.uk