Collaborative Training Centre Dr Mark Jones

Collaborative Training Centre Working in partnership with Business Working in partnership with Business Tangible Deliverables Tangible Deliverables Range of ‘Products’ - risk v cost Range of ‘Products’ - risk v cost Bureaucracy Bureaucracy

Product Range Industrial Placements Industrial Placements Continuing Professional Development Continuing Professional Development Work Based Qualifications Work Based Qualifications Knowledge Transfer Partnerships Knowledge Transfer Partnerships

The Products Industrial Placements Industrial Placements –Range of disciplines –Length, reward, constraints –Support for discipline specific placement tutors –Support for students: CVs, letters, interviews –Liaison with companies

The Products Continuing Professional Development Continuing Professional Development –Short Courses to Businesses –Mostly validated at M level through academic schools –Generally 4 or 5 day attendance, often spread –Targeted at the needs of local businesses –Staff driven v Business driven –Commercial activity at commercial rates

The Products Examples of Short Courses: Examples of Short Courses: –CAD training in specific packages –Environmental Management and Auditing –Practical Marketing for Businesses –Sustainable Energy in Buildings

The Products Work Based Qualifications Work Based Qualifications –Part time MSc study based on work place activity –Tailored ‘learning contract’ for individual or group –Portfolio of project based work, standard modules and other learning opportunities –Assessments tailored to individually defined learning outcomes –Other CPD activity may be used towards qualification

The Products MSc examples (award titles) MSc examples (award titles) –MSc Systems Design –MSc Product Development –MSc Business Management and Marketing –MSc Manufacturing Process Improvement –MSc Open Source Head Tracking Software Development

The Products Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) –Strategic, collaborative, profit producing, challenging –Typically 2 years in duration –Team: Company, Academic, Associate –£105k budget, partially government funded Salary, Development, Travel, Consumables, Academic Support, Administration –High application success rate –High ‘business impact’ success rate

The Products KTP Project Examples KTP Project Examples –New product development utilising new technologies –E-commerce and merchandising development –Business strategy development in sustainable design –Development of RFID technology for next generation products –Commercialisation of ‘academic’ research –Exploitation of new markets through process improvement

The Service Academic’s role Academic’s role –Growing resource Business role Business role –Commercial need CTC role CTC role –interface, facilitate, administer

Points of Contact Head of Collaborative Training: Head of Collaborative Training: Industrial Placements: Industrial Placements: CPD, short courses: CPD, short courses: Work Based Qualifications: Work Based Qualifications: Knowledge Transfer Partnerships: Knowledge Transfer Partnerships: