Education/Academia

The strong emphasis from Government on the HE sector as a key economic driver - generating, developing and transferring applicable knowledge to other sectors, inevitably means that the expectations placed on university institutions are changing.

Business and Community Engagement - described as a “significant new funding stream” - is a key theme and the thrust towards knowledge transfer and applied research grows in significance.

Against this background of increased mission and role complexity, Principality works to alleviate the pressures of diversification through delivery of ‘business’ oriented projects to increase productivity. Bridging the gap between academia and its markets:

• MDP Bangor – distance learning for post graduate diplomas

• University of Wales, Newport