Launch your career with Knowledge Transfer Partnership

Launch your career with a Knowledge Transfer Partnership

Want to apply your knowledge and create a transformative impact in a real-world project?

Do you want to join one of the largest graduate recruiters in the UK?

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs) offer you the opportunity to apply your academic knowledge to realworld challenges. They are a three-way partnership between an organisation, a university and a graduate or postgraduate (known as a KTP Associate). Projects are varied, spanning all academic disciplines and organisations of any size and in any industry.

As a KTP Associate you can expect:

■ To take ownership of a project that is central to an organisation's strategic growth and development. Acting as the bridge between academia and industry, you’ll get a unique insight into both worlds by transferring the latest academic thinking into an organisation ■ Gain real commercial experience by being based in the partner organisation. You’ll see first-hand how the business operates and understand the commercial thinking behind your project ■ Full support of an academic team and the organisation to help you deliver your project ■ Access to a substantial training and development package to support your professional and personal development ■ The opportunity to gain further professional qualifications

KTP has over 300 project opportunities each year - what are you waiting for?

Georgiana Nica-Avram

KTP Associate at the University of Nottingham

A meaningful transfer of knowledge from research to the business sector

“For the past two years, in my role as KTP Associate, I worked on a collaborative project between N/Lab (University of Nottingham Business School) and OLIO – the world’s most popular neighbourto-neighbour sharing app. I joined this role shortly after finishing my PhD in Digital Economy, as it seemed the perfect opportunity to apply the knowledge I had gained so far, with an ethicallyminded company. The goal of this project was to harness the wealth of knowledge within N/Lab and apply the data science skills I developed during my PhD to help OLIO establish a successful business model.

I spent most of my time at the university working closely with the academic team and applying our joint knowledge to address OLIO’s business goals. In retrospect, OLIO’s co-located work environment prepared me for the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic early on, while being involved in diverse and tantalising projects.”

Your next steps

Find out more about KTP and access the latest opportunities: