KnowledgeNorthWest 2000-06

KnowledgeNorthWest
KnowledgeNorthWest (KNW) was a collaborative project between the Higher Education institutions (HEIs) in England’s North West. It established to support knowledge transfer and innovation in the region by facilitating business access to the vast and wide ranging knowledge and expertise available across the region’s HEIs. It commenced in 2000 as the Knowledge & Skills Brokerage Service (KASBS) with funding from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), the project concept developed significantly over time, with additional support from both the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA). The project operated until 31st March 2006, with almost £2.3m funding drawn down during the life of the project.
Developing over time the project had two key arms:
  • Knowledge & Skills Brokerage Service - providing a single point of contact to facilitate business access to the knowledge, expertise and skills available within the region’s knowledge base
  • Facilitating Higher Education Strategic Engagement with Regional Priority Clusters – providing a regional support mechanism to enable HE strategic engagement with regional priority clusters and sectors
The project also had significant resource to support both intensive marketing, to stimulate business interest in the HE offer, and IT infrastructure developments, including a high profile web enabled enquiry point, a Client Management System (CMS), and an integrated Knowledge Management System (KMS).


KNW Final Report (2007)
KNW Final Report (2007)

This final report has been produced to identify and disseminate what the project delivered, the achievements, impact and the lessons learnt.