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Professor earns prestigious award for contribution to business success
Release Date : 24 March 2010
The University of Reading is delighted to announce that Professor Rachel McCrindle has been awarded the 2010 Knowledge Transfer Partnership's (KTP) Academic Excellence Award.
KTPs is a UK-wide programme helping businesses to improve their productivity through the better use of knowledge, technology and skills that reside within UK universities. The University of Reading's Knowledge Transfer Centre supports one of the largest and most successful KTP programmes in the country.
The Award recognises Professor McCrindle's outstanding contribution made by a member of academic staff to KTP, and the role they have had on influencing the uptake of KTP throughout their institution.
Rachel, who is Professor of Computer and Human Interaction at the University of Reading, has been a major supporter of KTP over the past 12 years and has either led or supervised a large number of projects throughout this period. These include the recent Partnership with the Riding for the Disabled Association, which used Rachel's expertise to create a new website that streamlined the charity's management through internal IT systems, and improved its vital communication procedures.
Dr Susan Matos, Head of Knowledge Transfer Programmes at the University of Reading, said: "Rachel's award is extremely well deserved. She endeavours to support a diverse portfolio of projects and is especially pro-active within the University in seeking and developing interesting new projects where she can add value for all partners. Her work on KTP varies from ‘hard-nosed' commercial projects in e-commerce, through defence-related highly innovative computer science, to the needs of social organisations in utilising modern technology in the most successful way."
Commenting on Rachel's achievements KTP Adviser Dr. Paul Naylor said: "It is with the utmost pleasure that I have been the Adviser for her projects. Rachel has maintained the greatest of enthusiasm for KTP, she goes out of her way to ensure that her projects are successful and is a very safe pair of hands for the business, the Associate, the University and for KTP, Rachel is always positive and attracts and engages all types of businesses as an exemplar of the ideal modern academic."
The University of Reading's Knowledge Transfer Centre matches the expertise of the University's staff and graduates to companies, helping them develop new products and services, as well as boosting their competitiveness and profitability. Please visit www.reading.ac.uk/ktc
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Notes for Editors:
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) are part of the Government's leading knowledge and technology transfer scheme, allowing businesses to access expertise available at universities. Businesses can then undertake strategically important projects such as new product development, internal improvements or developing business strategies. The Knowledge Transfer Centre at the University of Reading is the leading centre for developing and managing KTP in the country with around 50 projects.
The University of Reading is one of the leading places for developing and managing KTP in the country and, since its conception, the Centre has been responsible for over 150 Government-funded projects. www.reading.ac.uk/ktc
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