for Business
The School of Computer Science has a long and successful track record of providing high quality, competitively priced commercial services to the private and public sectors. Since the early 1990’s the School has drawn on its own, in-house expertise and the University’s expertise to undertake a variety of services.
Our services
Services include:
- software development
- evaluation of software usability and usefulness
- development and evaluation of e-Learning systems
- feasibility studies
- market research and requirements capture
- assessment of an organisation’s IT resources and strategy
- consultancy
- project management and training
We have worked with individual client companies and with consortiums on projects ranging in value from £1K to £250K, ranging in duration from a few days to over two years. Read more about the services we have to offer .
Our products
The School has also developed a number of products through its research, and is seeking to commercially exploit these products.
Funding
Our commercial services to the public and private sector(s) are funded in a variety of ways. We offer commercial consultancy at competitive rates.
We are able to draw on part-funding from research and industry funding providers. These include Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs) and Knowledge Partners in the East of England (KEEPs) grants. For more information on KTPs visit the KTP Online Portal or contact our Business Partnerships Office.
There is also the opportunity for investment from the University’s UHInvest scheme.
Our Track Record
Our Knowledge Transfer Programmes (KTP) are a particularly appealing mechanism for collaborating with the School. They are an excellent funding mechanism for companies to work with the University on a project that has a competitive, strategic value to the partnering company.
The School has recently successfully secured KTP funding for seven commercial projects with a total value of approximately £0.75M.
Our Knowledge Partners in the East of England (KEEPs) are a compact version of KTPs, and typically last six months in duration. KEEPs are part-funded by the East of England Development Agency and are only available to organisations and companies based in the East of England.
The School of Computer Science has successfully secured two recent KEEPs . The School also worked with a variety of national and international companies within the East of England.