Strategic partnerships

The University has a number of strategic alliances across different sectors of industry.  These  partnerships enable the University to develop opportunities and raise its profile  leading to better quality of services delivered to students. 

 The partnerships take many different forms ranging from long-term strategic alliances  with larger companies such as BT and Cisco, to smaller project-based collaborations with  SMEs. These are not only with commercial organisations but also with public sector bodies  and government organisations such as Advantage West Midlands and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS).

Partnership Development Stairway

Coventry University has produced a simple partnership development process and  methodology aimed at  promoting a culture of knowledge sharing and improved partnership  working. The  aims of which are to:

• Implement the partnership development framework at all levels of the University
• Formalise the multi-touch and strategic collaborations
• Increase the number of partners at all partnership development phases
• Improve knowledge sharing regarding current and future partnerships
• Improve our current knowledge management systems to increase internal  communication
• Work towards a culture of information sharing and improved partnership working
• The Strategy includes the use of the diagram below to map on the companies and  organisations we are working with so that we can clearly see the status of the partnership
   

If you would like further information about developing a partnership with Coventry University then contact us at the Corporate Partnership Unit by telephone: +44 (0)24 7623 6364 or email: cpu.cad@coventry.ac.uk