TUS Student Handbook 2023/24

DEVELOPMENT
The Development Unit (DU) plays a vital role in
enabling communities, enterprises, and stakeholders
to co-create solutions to societal problems and the
Sustainable Development Research Institute (SDRI) is
co-located with the Development Unit.
The Development Team implements a wide range
of projects in partnership with academic institutes,
professional organisations, local and central
government, representative organisations, industry,
and commercial bodies. The Unit is dedicated to
implementing the TU’s vision of supporting individuals,
companies and industries in the Midlands and Mid-West
to achieve social, economic and environmental changes
through applying its expertise in a collaborative manner.
Our team is particularly focused on working with people
to solve real problems and challenges.
Priority focus areas for the Development Team include
Social Enterprise, Sustainable Energy and Rural
Development. We have worked with a network of over
160 partners across the EU and have experience in
national and international programmes including
Horizon 2020, Interreg, Erasmus, and COSME, both as
coordinators and as partner beneficiaries. Our dynamic
team has extensive experience in proposal development
and work in an agile environment to respond to specific
partnership needs and requirements.
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