Advantages:

Advantages to Industry:

  1. Easily accessible technology transfer opportunities
  2. Access to leading edge technology through demonstrations, assessments and Collaborative projects
  3. Easy access to expertise at very low costs
  4. Low cost access to potential recruits who have been accessed collaborative projects

Advantages to Researchers:

  1. Stronger collaboration
  2. Stronger and larger interdisciplinary research activities
  3. Scholarships and student bursaries
  4. Access to world class facilities, equipment and industry
  5. Consulting opportunities

Advantages to Brunel University:

  1. Strengthen Brunel University’s profile in industry, academia and research councils as a research leader in sustainable manufacturing technologies, systems and micro/ nanotechnology
  2. Develop a world class centre of excellence attracting high calibre researchers and postgraduate students
  3. Increased revenue from research and other activities
  4. Increased RAE compliant outputs