Putting the Spark into your business - working with a University Laura Woods Director of Academic Enterprise.

Putting the Spark into your business- working with a University

Laura WoodsDirector of Academic Enterprise

What do Universities offer business?

What do we offer business?• Academic Expertise• Access to graduates and student placements• Research• Professional Development• Partnerships• Access to Networks (including European Networks)• Technical Facilities• Business Incubation• Emerging Technologies

What benefit do we bring?Increases in:• performance• competitiveness• productivity• annual profit• embedding of knowledge, technology & skills• long term relationships• maximised potential & growth

Access Graduates

Achieve SuccessDouble Eleven

http://www.double11.co.uk/

http://www.tees.ac.uk/sections/business/news_story.cfm?story_id=3784&this_issue_title=August%202011&this_issue=219

Access Graduates + Expertise

Datum 360 Stiller Group Guardian Marine Testing

http://www.tees.ac.uk/sections/news/pressreleases_story.cfm?story_id=4005&this_issue_title=April%202012&this_issue=227

http://www.tees.ac.uk/sections/business/news_story.cfm?story_id=3720&this_issue_title=May%202011&this_issue=216

http://www.tees.ac.uk/sections/news/pressreleases_story.cfm?story_id=3991&this_issue_title=April%202012&this_issue=227

Access Networks & Partnerships

R&D Tax Credit – Clive OwenAlumni

Technology Strategy Board

http://www.een-northeast.co.uk/

http://www.een-northeast.co.uk/

http://www.tees.ac.uk/sections/news/pressreleases_story.cfm?story_id=2954&this_issue_title=February%202009&this_issue=189

http://www.tees.ac.uk/sections/common/video_player.cfm?videoid=432&catid=12

http://www.innovateuk.org/

http://www.cliveowen.com/sectors/technology/partnership-RandD

Access Expertise and Facilities

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Access Training

Management Masterclass Series Enterprise Development Programme(Middlesbrough & Darlington)

http://www.tees.ac.uk/schools/tubs/masterclass.cfm

http://www.tees.ac.uk/docs/DocRepo/Business/EDP.pdf

http://www.tees.ac.uk/docs/DocRepo/Business/7774%20TUD%20EDP%202012.pdf

Access Business Incubation & Accommodation

• 200+ companies

13 Strides

http://www.13strides.com/

http://www.double11.co.uk/

Over to you….

For an individual business review

Contact the Business Team on:[email protected] 384068www.tees.ac.uk/enterprise

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.tees.ac.uk/enterprise

Potential Co-Funding Sources

Technology Strategy BoardERDF (SME only)EUOther

http://northeastaccess2finance.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/2202-nea2f-guide-web.pdf

Putting the Spark into your business - working with a University Laura Woods Director of Academic Enterprise.

Documents

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