Achievements and Outcomes - Knowledge Transfer Partnerships

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships
KTP continues to offer recently qualified people
the opportunity to enhance their career prospects
through managing a challenging project that is
central to an organisation’s strategic development
and long-term growth.
Outcomes and benefits for the associate
Figure 9 gives a summary of data relating
to the 702 associates registered at the
end of March 2012 and corresponding
groups registered at the end of the previous
four years. The average age at which
associates are recruited continues to
be around 29. Just over one-third of new
associates are women, consistent with
recent years.
Important associate trends
in more detail
Employment:
During the year, 319 associates completed
the full term of their contract compared
to 245 in 2010-11. Of those who provided
feedback, 73% were offered employment
by their host company (consistent with
73% in 2010-11) and 73% of these offers
were accepted (78% in 2010-11). This
means that over half of associates (53%),
accepted employment with their host
company upon project completion.
New associates:
Within the year, 273 new associates were
recruited into the KTP programme,
compared to 592 in 2010-11. This reflects
the reduced number of partnerships.
The types of qualifications and degrees
held by associates recruited in 2011-12
are shown in figure 10. The proportion of
associates recruited with first class or 2(i)
degrees remained high during 2011-12 at
86%. The category of ‘Other’ includes those
associates who gained their qualification
abroad within a grading system which
cannot easily be transposed or those
who left the scheme without providing the
required information. The most notable
changes from previous years are the
increase in engineering degrees (up to
40% from 30% in 2010-11) and science
degrees (up to 27% from 19%), and a
reduction in business management
degrees (5% compared to 11% in 2010-11).
In addition to this, the percentage of
associates recruited with a PhD or masters
qualification has continued to remain
around 60% (see figure 9), consistent with
past years.
Figure 9: Numbers of associates registered on Knowledge Transfer Partnerships 2008-2012
March 2008 March 2009 March 2010 March 2011 March 2012
No. of associates registered 741 672 721 926 702
No. with higher degrees on recruitment 415 358 392 543 428
(56%) (53%) (54%) (59%) (61%)
No. affiliated to professional 232 212 203 262 196
institutions on recruitment (31%) (32%) (28%) (28%) (28%)
Mean age 28.8 28.9 28.6 28.6 29.1
Female 29% 31% 33% 35% 34%
Figure 10: Degree qualifications of associates recruited in 2011-12
Discipline
Degree classification
1 2i 2ii 3 NVQ/ Other Total %
HND
Agriculture 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Business management 3 9 1 0 0 0 13 5
Design 4 4 0 0 0 0 8 3
Engineering 57 33 8 0 0 10 108 40
Humanities 4 4 1 0 0 1 10 4
Information Technology 14 9 1 0 0 0 24 9
Materials/Metallurgy 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 2
Mathematics 4 1 0 0 0 0 5 2
Science 25 38 4 1 0 7 75 27
Other 10 12 1 1 0 1 25 9
Total 126 110 16 2 0 19 273 100
% 46 40 6