{"id":49734,"date":"2014-11-05T11:33:30","date_gmt":"2014-11-05T11:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=a3ccb93f15db1c471298bb340936cc5e"},"modified":"2014-11-05T11:33:30","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T11:33:30","slug":"news-story-best-of-the-best-awards-recognise-outstanding-partnerships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=49734","title":{"rendered":"News story: Best of the Best awards recognise outstanding partnerships"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Last night\u2019s Best of the Best Awards 2014 recognised the stand-out successes of this year\u2019s Knowledge Transfer Partnerships.<\/p>\n<p>Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>help businesses access knowledge and expertise within UK universities and colleges<\/li>\n<li>ensure results for the business and academic partners, and the recently qualified Associate who delivers the project<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"transforming-packaging\">Transforming packaging<\/h2>\n<p>Associate Andrew Gill, Sheffield University and packaging specialist Floreon won \u2018Best UK Partnership\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>An overjoyed Andrew explained how the KTP helped take his business forward:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">This award recognises the outstanding achievement of the KTP. We formed a completely new company, created 5 jobs and have an expected annual turnover of \u00a320 million in 2 years\u2019 time.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He continued:  <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">The KTP has been fantastic for my career and I am now a director and shareholder of the company. I would like to thank Shaun Chatterton of Floreon and Alma Hodzic from the University of Sheffield for their brilliant support.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShaunC2908\">Shaun Chatterton<\/a> of Floreon \u2013 which is transforming packaging \u2013 added that his company wouldn\u2019t have existed without the KTP.<\/p>\n<p>Awards recognised were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3 id=\"best-uk-partnership-winner--associate-andrew-gill-sheffield-university-and-floreon\">Best UK Partnership winner \u2013 Associate Andrew Gill, Sheffield University and Floreon<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This award best exemplifies the benefits of collaboration for innovation<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3 id=\"business-leader-of-tomorrow-winners-\">Business Leader of Tomorrow winners \u2013<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3 id=\"shervin-younessi\">Shervin Younessi<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3 id=\"diana-nyamugure\">Diana Nyamugure<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3 id=\"daniel-smith\">Daniel Smith<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3 id=\"paul-callender\">Paul Callender<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3 id=\"miguel-martinez-alvarez\">Miguel Martinez-Alvarez<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Business Leader of Tomorrow awards recognised the achievements of Associates who, while working on their KTP project, have best demonstrated the potential to become a future business leader<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3 id=\"business-impact-winner--quadralene-limited\">Business Impact winner \u2013 Quadralene Limited<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Business Impact award recognised the company partner that has continued to demonstrate outstanding impact in the years subsequent to their KTP<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3 id=\"engineering-excellence-winner--yasa-motors-limited-oxford-brookes-university-and-jonathan-biddulph\">Engineering Excellence winner \u2013 YASA Motors Limited, Oxford Brookes University and Jonathan Biddulph<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Engineering Excellence award, sponsored by the Royal Academy of Engineering, recognised partnerships that have demonstrated excellence in the application of engineering skills<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3 id=\"academic-ambassador-winner--professor-susan-taylor\">Academic Ambassador winner \u2013 Professor Susan Taylor<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Academic Ambassador award recognised the outstanding contribution made to a KTP by a member of academic staff<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3 id=\"rcuk-knowledge-base-impact-winner--the-phoenix-partnership-leeds-limited-university-of-leeds-and-samantha-crossfield\">RCUK Knowledge Base Impact winner \u2013 The Phoenix Partnership (Leeds) Limited, University of Leeds and Samantha Crossfield<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The RCUK Knowledge Base Impact award recognised the Research Council-funded partnership that has delivered outstanding best UK partnership<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3 id=\"rcuk-societal-benefit-winner--nottinghamshire-fire-and-rescue-service-nottingham-trent-university-and-thomas-simpson\">RCUK Societal Benefit winner \u2013 Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service, Nottingham Trent University and Thomas Simpson<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The RCUK Societal Benefit award recognised the Research Council-funded partnership that has delivered outstanding societal benefit<br \/>\nKnowledge Transfer Partnerships is a UK-wide programme. It\u2019s funded by Innovate UK and other public sector partners.<br \/>\nThe programme supports UK businesses to improve innovation, competitiveness, productivity and performance. This is achieved through better use of knowledge, technology and skills available within universities and other parts of the UK knowledge base.<\/p>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p>Get expert knowledge from universities and research organisations \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/innovation-get-details-about-innovate-uk-funding-competitions#knowledge-transfer-partnerships-ktp\">find out more about Knowledge Transfer Partnerships from Innovate UK<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p><a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KTP_Online\">Follow KTP Online on Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Best of the Best Awards 2014 took place last night (Tuesday 4 November).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49734"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49734\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}