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Knowledge Transfer Partnership
Research
The University of Bath is one of the leading research intensive universities in the UK. With a research portfolio of over £100 million and more than 550 leading researchers, the University of Bath's strengths include: engineering, sciences, management, humanities, social sciences, health and life sciences. The University also has a strong record of collaborating with commercial and public sector organisations.
The role of the Research Development and Support Office is to help academic staff to secure ongoing funding for their research and assist commercial and public sector organisations access the cutting-edge knowledge and expertise at the University of Bath.
About
The Knowledge Transfer Partnerships Scheme
There are several programmes run throughout the University. These are ‘technology transfer’ partnerships between businesses and universities. Graduates (KTP Associates) are employed for two years to work in-company on challenging, high profile projects and are able to:
- gain valuable business skills and make a strategic contribution to a business project
- earn a realistic salary
- receive practical and formal training and gain marketable skills
- benefit from the support of academic and industrial experts
- enjoy an excellent chance of a permanent post with the company
- register for the MPhil in Knowledge Transfer (see above).
Appointments are made for individual programmes and are frequently advertised in Prospects Today, professional journals, and the national and local press. Programmes with the Department of Mechanical Engineering include Manufacturing Systems, Metalforming technology, Continuous Improvement, Finite Element Analysis, Product Innovation, Constraint Modelling and Set-up Reduction. In addition to Mechanical Engineering, most other University Departments run KTP programmes.
Information about KTP appointments is available from:
University of Bath KTP Office Bath BA2 7AY
Tel: +44 (0) 1225 383844
Fax: +44 (0) 1225 386950
Email: KTPOffice@bath.ac.uk
Website: www.bath.ac.uk/rdso
