Achievements and Outcomes - Knowledge Transfer Partnerships

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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
Achievements and Outcomes | Impact Report 2011-12 Key benefits highlighted by associates: 100% of former associates rated the overall benefit of participating in a KTP as either medium or high 90% of associates rated the benefits of developing technical and management skills – (rating exposure to a commercial environment) as medium/high 73% were offered employment by their host company. Nationality: Information on the nationality of associates registered at the end of the year is summarised in the following map, with the percentage split remaining consistent with the previous year. Of associates registered, 76% were from either the UK or the rest of Europe. Other Europe Other Asia 106 74 28 14 North America 16 6 United Kingdom 581 436 Republic of Ireland 24 21 Middle East 16 23 42 31 China South America 7 5 Africa 28 24 Indian sub-continent Australia/ New Zealand 3 3 75 65 Key No. of associates registered: March 2011 March 2012 Total 926 702 Figure 11: Numbers of associates registered by region of nationality - March 2011-2012 Technology Strategy Board | 15
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