Knowledge Transfer
Transferring knowledge to our external partners.
Criteria
- Work undertaken by Loughborough University academics that is underpinned by excellent research
- Must have had an economic impact on a specific organisation or sector or a significant social or cultural impact
- Must involve collaboration with external organisation/s
- Must involve knowledge that is being embedded within an organisation or sector
- May also involve knowledge exchange between the University and the collaborating organisation/s
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Finding hi-tech solutions for a modern police force
Winner
Senior officers at Leicestershire Constabulary teamed up with experts from Loughborough’s department of Information Science to evaluate the Force’s mobile technology network.
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Expertise brings manufacturing jobs back to the UK
Lloyd Loom engaged in a Knowledge Transfer Partnership with Loughborough Design School to identify an alternative sustainable material and design a frame so that production of their outdoor range could be shifted back to the UK.
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Chemistry know-how develops next generation fuel-markers
John Hogg Technical Solutions is developing a sophisticated new marking technology for fuel protection to take to market next year. A Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) with Loughborough’s Chemistry Department is helping them achieve this goal.
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Overcoming barriers to gas-powered vehicles in the UK
Experts in Loughborough’s School of Civil and Building Engineering are working with haulage company The Hardstaff Group on a project which will use portable refueling stations to enable businesses to take part in a regional trial of gas-powered vehicles.
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Sports science boosting footballers’ performance
Leicester City Football Club is using Loughborough’s sports science expertise to regain its status as a Premiership football club.
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