Working with businesses and not for profit organisations
has always been an important part of this university's mission.
We've worked with businesses in many, many different ways
across research, education and engagement.
What we try to do is to find the best ways for businesses to reach what they need.
The organisations that provide meaningful opportunities for our students
and graduates quickly
realise the benefits that these students and graduates bring to them.
But I think what's really exciting is that we have the opportunity
to craft something bespoke for you.
It really is understanding how we can collaborate with you to understand
your business and to really work together to create meaningful partnerships.
The future, I think, is very exciting for us.
Our university is right at the forefront of a lot of areas.
We have many, many established and emerging partnerships.
We partner with organisations in the public, private
and voluntary and community sector Siemens, Procter & Gamble, Britishvolt,
Northumbrian Water, Dyson, partnerships with charities like the National Trust.
We work very, very closely with the National Health Service
and in particular Newcastle hospitals.
We also have a significant relationship with Accenture through our schools
of computing and our National Innovation Center for Data.
We work incredibly closely with Cancer Research UK on our cancer developments,
and we are always looking for ways in which to work with new
and emerging partners.
Those partnerships can be many, many different levels,
many different sizes and doing many different things.
But there are very, very important part of our business moving forward.
When we talk to businesses, it's very clear that they don't
just want us to do things for them, but that they want to work with us.
The country faces challenges moving forwards, and the university
wants to play its role in helping to meet some of those challenges.
There were three areas we wanted to work in business.
The first is working collaboratively with business so that we can work
with them to design projects which meet businesses needs
and which allow us to advance knowledge in a particular area.
The second area we want to work in is we want to work
with local businesses to help them become more innovative.
And the third ambition we have in the future is we want as a university
to create more companies.
We've had huge success in recent years and creating a number of companies
where hundreds of people now work for our spinoff companies.
We want to do more of that. We want them to become more successful.
The students and graduates that come to your organisations to work with you
on a project, an internship or a placement, bring so much to you, too.
So what we're looking for is really credible and meaningful ways
for you to work with us and for us to support you
in bringing students and graduates into your organisations.
We work with companies around the world.
Our cancer drug work was developed in collaboration with a company
based in the US.
We're working on some carbon capture technology with companies based in Europe.
We have collaborations with companies based in Asia, and we're always looking
to collaborate outside of the UK as well as inside the UK.
By partnering with Newcastle University, organisations
access groundbreaking expertise, a talent pipeline
that's global and diverse, and access to world class facilities.
What we can guarantee is to provide you with enthusiastic researchers
who have as much passion for your challenge that you have,
who will bring new ways, new thoughts, new approaches to doing things.
So between us, we can actually find a solution for your problem.
What really gets me out of bed in the morning is knowing that I can make
a difference and connecting the university with local and national businesses.
When you first make contact with us, we're here to listen and to help.
So don't be afraid of getting in touch.
It isn't that there's a one size fits all approach.
There's no shopping list, per se.
This is genuinely about thinking
about how we can help you meet your business needs.
I know it can sometimes
feel a little daunting to know who to contact in such a large
and what may seem a complex organisation, but it's really simple.
Just email business@ncl.ac.uk
and we'll make sure that the right person gets back in touch with you.