Centre for Enterprise and Business Development

What we do

  • Identify and source external funding for research and other projects and provide advice and support to academics on project development, management and bid writing
  • Broker relationships between the University’s knowledge base and external communities
  • Facilitate and support the development of bespoke training/short courses by academic departments for the business and wider communities (including international)
  • Organise networking events to bring together academics and external communities
  • Organise work placements
  • Broker and develop Knowledge Transfer Partnerships
  • Identify and channel consultancy opportunities
  • Provide extra-curricular support for enterprising students who are considering starting up a business
  • Support the exploitation of the University’s Intellectual Property
  • Provide translation and interpreting services
  • Develop and manage EU and other externally funded projects

For additional information and useful downloads visit the Academic Enterprise pages