Working with industry

We acknowledge the importance of working with industry in order to transfer our research outcomes and expertise to major business, industry, and government organisations. There are a number of ways that we work with industry including;

• Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) 
  A number of DTI-funded KTP projects are car­ried out between IRC and local SMEs in areas such as SCM, CRM, SOA, project manage­ment, Business Intelligence, Network Security and CRM (Customer Relationship Management) and web services.
  

• Short training courses 
  We offer a variety of short courses and training for different audiences (scientists, engineers, technologists and "hybrid" managers) at different levels, to meet their personalized demand and inspirations. IRC also provides consultancy and services in scientific computation, data analysis and data mining, business and IT strategies and infrastructure, business process design and re-engineering, development of e-commerce and e-business solutions.
  
  
• Consultancy
  A range of consultancy services across all areas of our expertise are offered, including scientific computation, modelling and simulation, data analysis and data min­ing, enterprise content management, business process design and re-engineering, and the development of e-commerce and e-business solutions.
  
  
  

• Collaborations with commercial partners

1. Deutsche Telekom
   Our tailored postgraduate programme in Enterprise Information Management and is aimed to meet the specific needs of Deutsche Telekom. With strong completion rates and excellent feedback, this course has now become best practice within the organisation.

2. Capgemini
   The MSc Business Technology Consulting course has been developed through a strong partnership with ourselves and Capgemini. The partnership's key aim is to promote business technology solutions and to exploit the integration of information and communication technologies for business benefit.

3. Royal Berkshire Hospital
   Through a KTP partnership we are currently collaborating with the Royal Berkshire Foundation Trust. Modern medicine offers a number of challenges including improving patient safety as well as the efficiency and cost effectiveness of high quality, patient focused service delivery. We are working closely with surgeons and medical practitioners to research and develop practical solutions to these problems. A number of our PhD and MSc students are involved with this project

4. Pricewaterhousecooper
   One of the world's leading professional services organisations is currently working with us to offer a unique undergraduate degree programme, the BA Accounting and Business. The course is delivered in partnership with both the Henley Business School and PwC to offer the fastest degree route to becomming a chartered accounting in the UK.