{"id":1608,"date":"2020-11-17T13:56:01","date_gmt":"2020-11-17T13:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-business-innovation\/?p=1608"},"modified":"2025-07-21T11:20:35","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T10:20:35","slug":"a-history-of-knowledge-transfer-partnerships-at-uwe-bristol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/a-history-of-knowledge-transfer-partnerships-at-uwe-bristol\/","title":{"rendered":"A History of Knowledge Transfer Partnerships at UWE Bristol"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At UWE Bristol we have been running Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) for nearly 40 years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The&nbsp;KTP scheme is a UK-wide programme helping businesses to improve competitiveness and productivity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" data-id=\"1610\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/Grading-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/Grading-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/Grading-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/Grading-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/Grading-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/Grading-2048x1024.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/Grading-1200x600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" data-id=\"1611\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/Industries-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/Industries-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/Industries-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/Industries-768x384.jpg 768w, 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https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/project-value-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/project-value-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/project-value-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/project-value-2048x1024.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/project-value-1200x600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" data-id=\"1615\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/ProjectValueToDate-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/ProjectValueToDate-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/ProjectValueToDate-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/ProjectValueToDate-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/ProjectValueToDate-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/ProjectValueToDate-2048x1024.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/ProjectValueToDate-1200x600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" data-id=\"1616\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/ProjectAverageValueToDate-1-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/ProjectAverageValueToDate-1-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/ProjectAverageValueToDate-1-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/ProjectAverageValueToDate-1-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/ProjectAverageValueToDate-1-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/ProjectAverageValueToDate-1-2048x1024.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/ProjectAverageValueToDate-1-1200x600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" data-id=\"1617\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/KTP-map-light-1-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/KTP-map-light-1-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/KTP-map-light-1-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/KTP-map-light-1-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/KTP-map-light-1-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/KTP-map-light-1-2048x1024.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/KTP-map-light-1-1200x600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The above graphics show some statistics from our years delivering KTPs including total live project value across our faculties and project by sector. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" data-id=\"1619\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/KTP-quote-1-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/KTP-quote-1-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/KTP-quote-1-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/KTP-quote-1-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/KTP-quote-1-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/KTP-quote-1-2048x1024.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/KTP-quote-1-1200x600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" data-id=\"1620\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/KTP-quote-2-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/KTP-quote-2-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/KTP-quote-2-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/KTP-quote-2-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/KTP-quote-2-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/KTP-quote-2-2048x1024.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/KTP-quote-2-1200x600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chris Simons, Senior Lecturer Computer Science and Creative Technologies at UWE Bristol, comments on his experience as a KTP Academic S<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-business-innovation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/KTP-quote-full-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/KTP-quote-full-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/KTP-quote-full-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/KTP-quote-full-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/KTP-quote-full-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/KTP-quote-full-2048x1024.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/KTP-quote-full-1200x600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Find out more about a KTP with UWE Bristol <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwe.ac.uk\/business\/business-services\/innovation-and-funding\/knowledge-transfer-partnerships\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At UWE Bristol we have been running Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) for nearly 40 years. The&nbsp;KTP scheme is a UK-wide programme helping businesses to improve competitiveness and productivity. The above graphics show some statistics from our years delivering KTPs including total live project value across our faculties and project by sector. Chris Simons, Senior Lecturer &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/a-history-of-knowledge-transfer-partnerships-at-uwe-bristol\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A History of Knowledge Transfer Partnerships at UWE Bristol&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":1619,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":145,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1451,1450,145,1452],"tags":[11,17,412,151,796,46,1449,62,74,75,420],"class_list":["post-1608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-knowledge-transfer-partnership","category-knowledge-transfer-partnerships","category-ktp","category-ktps","tag-bristol","tag-business","tag-graduate-talent","tag-knowledge-transfer-partnership","tag-knowledge-transfer-partnerships","tag-ktp","tag-ktps","tag-research","tag-uwe","tag-uwe-bristol","tag-uwe-ktp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1608"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7044,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1608\/revisions\/7044"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}