1. Welcome to the first edition of KTP
Connect, a newsletter to keep
Associates, academics and
businesses informed about KTP.
At Queen’s, KTP is just one of the
many ways the Research &
Enterprise Directorate at the
University develops relationships
with businesses.
Queen’s is ranked No. 1 in the UK
for participation in KTP with 36
current active projects across the
University, more than any other UK
institution.
Queen’s has had more than 350
KTPs with companies, mostly but
not exclusively in Northern Ireland,
involving over 300 graduates
employed as KTP Associates. We
have won 11 National Awards to
date and are in the running for an
unprecedented 3 categories in this
year’s competition. These Awards
are national recognition of the
difference Queen’s makes to
businesses every day through KTP.
The role my team plays in bringing
researchers & companies together
produces great benefits for the
University. We see the results of
our academic research being
translated to impact and advancing
the success of local business and
we see employment opportunities
opening up for graduates – a win-
win for everybody. We understand
our Northern Ireland economy and
are making significant impact on it.
It’s absolutely vital to sustain and
grow our economy that companies
are able to innovate, and
collaborations with the University
are essential for that.
Although 20 years in post, every
year my job has been different and
challenging. In my early years,
KTP and other business
collaboration activities were not an
academic priority, but now with the
growing importance of the research
impact agenda, we’re part of
something that’s become vital for
Queen’s.
It is our hope that KTP Connect will
help you stay connected.
Inside this issue
NEWSLETTER │ KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER PARTNERSHIPS
www.qub.ac.uk/ktp
Dr. Mary Flynn
A Message from the
Head of KTP
KTP Academic Ambassador
Professor Su Taylor
School of Planning, Architecture
and Civil Engineering
Professor Su Taylor has been
involved in 11 KTP Partnerships
with local precast concrete
companies & has published 52
academic papers on her work!
Business Leader for Tomorrow
Paul Callender
McFarland Associates Ltd.
“Paul Callender’s ability to network at an
extremely high level internationally, find
new markets & apply novel technologies,
is what has made this KTP so successful.
He has consistently gone beyond the
original goals for the project and satisfied
the requirements of both the company &
academic partners. At the end of his KTP
he will be offered a senior role within the
company.”
- Brian McFarland, Managing Director
1. Introduction & Awards
2. News & Events
3. New KTP Associates
4. Keep Up with KTP
The KTP Showcase highlighted the
"Best of the Best" from NI over the
past year. QUB’s KTP partners,
Associates and supporters won three
awards. We were delighted!
NI Regional Award
Hughes Insurance
"The KTP was
hugely successful
for us, embedding
new technology &
expertise in our
business, and
contributing to a 4.5% increase in
customer retention figures.”
- Gareth Brady, Chief Executive
Regional Awards
All regional winners are also nominated for
the National Awards in London on 4 Nov.
We wish them the best of luck!
Issue 1 │ Oct 2014

2. KTP Challenge: Agri-Food
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Universities around the UK are participating in “National
KTP Week” from 3-7 November 2014 to raise awareness
for the KTP programme to students, academics and
companies. As the UK’s leading institution for KTP, we
are keen to make our event the best in the nation! With a
special celebration in store, KTP at QUB will make it rain
with candy galore!
That’s right, we will carry out an
Apprentice-style task: the “KTP Sweet
Shop” on Monday, 3rd November. The
challenge will see our KTP Associates
divided into competing teams, provided
with packets of vintage sweets (branded
with KTP) to sell around Queen’s candy-
wonderland campus. Raffle tickets will
also be sold for a chance to win a vintage candy pack!
The aim of the event is to give our KTP Associates a
business-related task, but more importantly, to educate
our students about the valuable career opportunities
offered through the KTP programme; and, the profits will
be donated to Leukaemia & Lymphoma NI!
Leukaemia & Lymphoma NI
supports leukaemia research taking
place with the Haematology
Research Group at the Centre for
Cancer Research and Cell Biology
in Queen’s University Belfast, as
well as at Belfast City Hospital. The
organisation is a member of the
Association of Medical Research
Charifities (AMRC) - and, the only charity in Northern
Ireland that is dedicated to fighting Leukaemia and
Lymphoma. Every day three people are diagnosed with
a blood cancer. We hope that our contribution will help
provide support for further research to find a cure.
*If you would like to make a donation or
purchase raffle tickets, please contact
Michelle Graham: 028 9097 3973
The KTP community has been challenged to help
diminish commercial risk, improve business
performance and ensure overall growth of the agri-food
supply chain and sectors. As an incentive, Innovate
UK (formerly the Technology Strategy Board), the
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
(Defra), the Scottish Funding Council, the Welsh
Government and Invest Northern Ireland will divide
combined funds of £2.3 million amongst 25
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships.
Invest NI hosted a networking and brokering event in
August at CAFRE's Loughry campus—at which KTP at
QUB attended and participated with a display stand.
In order to be
considered to
receive funding,
KTPs must
apply and
provide
proposals of
projects that
will: “1) innovate
to benefit
consumer health, wellbeing and choice; 2) improve
productivity, resource efficiency and resilience in the
supply chain; and/or 3) assure safety and security
across the supply chain.”
*Is your business interested in
participating in this competition with
QUB?
**Contact Lorraine Marks to discuss ideas:
l.marks@qub.ac.uk
The Agri-Food industry is important to
our local economy and there are major
global business opportunities waiting to
be grasped. Through collaboration with
our academic communities to access
knowledge & expertise, companies can
position themselves for faster growth. We
are about the development of innovative
products & processes, improving the
safety, quality & authenticity of supply
chains and linking our agriculture & food
graduates with local industry. KTP is the
perfect vehicle for this.
- Professor Chris Elliot
Director of the Institute for Global Food Security at QUB
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National KTP Week: 3-7 Nov
Mary Flynn, Head of KTP (center)
Grad Career Fair: 22 Oct
KTP participated in this year’s
Engineering, Science &
Technology Career Fair at
QUB’s Student Guidance
Centre—which turned out to be
our most successful career fair
to date!
While onsite, graduates met KTP team members, collected
info sheets & other KTP swag! More importantly, students
registered their interest and learned about available
opportunities with Hutchinson Engineering, Travan &
Aridhia Informatics!

3. Recent KTP Appointees
Duy Bui
Autoline Insurance
Susan Lawther
Banah UK Ltd
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Autoline Insurance Company, though being
young, is well-known in the field of car insurance
with a considerable number of awards [and
provides] a professional working environment
where I [can] gain valuable experience in dealing
with big data analysis.
As a KTP Associate, I do believe that I [will] receive
enormous valuable experience and academic
knowledge in the data analysis field, which [will]
be a solid ground for my career as a data analyst
in the future.
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KTP is a great opportunity to be able to
connect with industry partners & gain fantastic
training for my own personal development.
The people at Banah UK are passionate about their
product & are wanting to see it develop to the best
that it can be. This means they are keen to get the
best out of their staff and do this by providing
adequate training & support. I'm enjoying learning
new things & being involved in developing a fantastic
new product.
I think KTP will help me to think big and be positive. It
will enable me to realise more about the potential I
have & where I can go.
”
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Barry Lynam
Smiths Engineering
KTP offers an opportunity to be a part of
any latest research and put it into practice by
transferring & applying that research in software
company. It’s really exciting to learn from the
academic supervisors and as well as the company
you get to work with.
I’m looking forward to get my programming skills
polished, learn team work, try and achieve goals by
working in collaboration with other colleagues and
most importantly learn to manage time.
“
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Anum Naveed
Relay Software Ltd
The KTP programme offers up a variety of
opportunities to gain accolades & recognition for
the dedicated work carried out in the project.
You are continually meeting new people and other
associates from related, as well as a range of
diverse industry disciplines. This helps in forming
key relationships & offers valuable networking
opportunities which will similarly benefit the
acceleration of your KTP Project in addition to your
future career in industry.
The work I am carrying out in Smiths Engineering
will help develop my knowledge of, and ability to
apply, design for manufacturing and assembly
principles and associated processes.
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4. Keep Up with KTP
Connect with KTP
www.qub.ac.uk/ktp
KTP@qub.ac.uk
63 University Road, BT7 1NF
KTP & Business Networks
Gillian Luke
Office Administrator (Job Share)
g.luke@qub.ac.uk
+44 (0)28 9097 3971
Kerry Smyth
Office Administrator (Job Share)
k.j.smyth@qub.ac.uk
+44 (0)28 9097 3971
Michelle Graham
KTP Finance Officer
m.graham@qub.ac.uk
+44 (0)28 9097 3973
Lorraine Marks
Support Officer
l.marks@qub.ac.uk
+44 (0)28 9097 3970
Mary Flynn
Head of KTP
m.flynn@qub.ac.uk
+44 (0)28 9097 3314
Coming Up
Hallowe’en Party: Eat, Drink & Be Scary
In the spirit of trick-or-treat, Queen’s Research & Enterprise
Directorate and its teams will host a family-friendly
Hallowe’en bash for staff—and their loved ones.
We have lots of tricks and treats in store for children of all
ages!
Look in the next issue of KTP Connect for photos and a
written summary of our Hallowe’en fun!
A Hallowe’en joke (for your pleasure):
Why wasn’t Dracula invited to our party?
@KTPatQUB
5—6 November: Innovate UK 2014
Innovate UK (formerly known as the Technology Strategy
Board) and UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) will launch
Innovate UK 2014
at the KTP National
Awards.
This one-of-a-kind event will continue for two days at
Billingsgate Old in London, UK—and, will bring together
the research base, businesses, UK and international
investors, international visitors from 30 overseas markets
& government organisations, to help fund & support
innovative ideas and make a real difference to UK
companies.
Further details can be found at www.innovateuk.org/
Innovate UK 2014 offers an opportunity
to make contact with people from the our most
successful and creative businesses, universities and
government departments. The event will provide
an opportunity to build relationships to support
growth and innovation in the UK & I am looking
forward to being part of it.
- Lorraine Marks, KTP Support Officer
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028 9097 2568
If you have any
ideas of topics that
would be of interest
for future issues,
please get in
contact with me!
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