Achievements and Outcomes - Knowledge Transfer Partnerships

Achievements and Outcomes | Impact Report 2011-12
The KTP Best of the Best Awards recognise only
those partnerships that have, in the view of a panel of
independent assessors, achieved above the original
expectations of the project for all three partners.
The finalists truly represent the best of the best.
KTP Best of the Best Awards - October 2011
Overall Winning Partnership: Cherry Pipes Limited/Queen’s University Belfast. From left to right, Associates Justyna
Grabowska and Paul Beaney with Dr Vince Cable MP, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, and Ian
Shott, Technology Strategy Board Governing Board member.
The 2011 KTP Awards were held as part of
the Technology Strategy Board’s Innovate
’11 conference at the Business Design
Centre in Islington, London in October 2011.
Recognising excellence
Ultimately, these awards are about
celebrating success – the best of
our success!
Our award winners come from the public
and private sector and are engaged in
fields ranging from space satellite
technology and public health care
through to high-value manufacturing
and environmental technologies.
Despite the continuing challenges of
the current economic environment,
KTP continues to support innovation
and the application of new ideas for UK
businesses, helping them to thrive in
increasingly competitive global markets.
The finalists, as ever, represent just a
handful of the many outstanding projects
undertaken and completed every year in
a diverse range of sectors and industries.
We believe that KTP truly demonstrates
how British talent and ingenuity can work
at an impressive and effective level.
The awards categories we recognised in
2011 were:
Best UK Partnership – recognising the
partnership that has excelled in the
level of benefits achieved by all three
participants and that best exemplifies
the benefits of collaboration for
innovation. The overall winner is
selected from outstanding finalists
from across the UK
Business Leaders of Tomorrow
– recognising the achievements of
associates who, while working on
their KTP project, have demonstrated
the potential to become a future
business leader
Engineering Excellence – sponsored
by the Royal Academy of Engineering,
this award recognises partnerships
that have demonstrated excellence
in the application of engineering skills.
Business Impact – recognising the
business that has benefited most
from its KTP project in the 12 months
after completion.
Academic Excellence – recognising
the outstanding contribution made
to KTP by a member of academic
staff and the role they have had in
influencing the uptake of KTP
throughout their institution
Winner of the best overall partnership –
Cherry Pipes Limited working with Queen’s
University Belfast and Associates Paul
Beaney and Justyna Grabowska
Other winners included:
Bombardier Transportation UK -
Business Impact Award
Aurora Medical - Engineering
Excellence
Graham Cockerham of Sheffield Hallam
University - Academic Excellence
Five KTP associates were also recognised
as Business Leaders of Tomorrow.
For more information on the winners and
finalists from 2011, please visit the awards
page on our website at http://www.
ktponline.org.uk/2011awards/
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