Knowledge Transfer Partnerships with the City of Glasgow College

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships promote partnerships between the business community and academic institutes. The KTP programme is flexible and can be tailored to your specific company's needs.

Businesses can collaborate with the City of Glasgow College to help them become more competitive and productive by applying innovative business processes to aid growth in a specific discipline important in the strategic direction of your company.

KTP's are aimed at tackling longer-term, strategic issues in an organisation and can last between 1 to 3 years. These longer projects may be appropriate for companies that have some experience of working with a knowledge base (College).

Key facts

• Central College Glasgow had extensive experience in Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP). In 2007, the KTP the with Thistle Scientific Limited and the School of Commerce, was one of the first KTP project with an FE College in Scotland. The KTP was an 18 month project to increase customer awareness, sales and profitability at Thistle Scientific Limited.
• Central College Glasgow have worked on projects with local businesses Mechanex UK Ltd,a heating ventilation and air conditioning company based in Glasgow and Alex Shanks Ltd, a local and national supplier of janitorial, cleaning and hygiene products. These project were in the areas of Public Sector Procurement and eMarketing respectively.
• The City of Glasgow College have now embarked on the first KTP as a newly merged College and are working in partnership with D&G Precision Engineering Ltd, who design, manufacture and assemble mechanically engineered products.

Find out more

• Visit The West of Scotland KTP Centre for more information about KTP or contact Roy Gardner, Commercial Director;
• T: 0141 271 2107
• E: roy.gardner@central-glasgow.ac.uk
• Read our testamonial on KTP
• Related article: The Herald 17th January 2010
• Alternatively: Click below to download a case study on KTP.