About us
A research-led university in the heart of London, King's College London is a leading higher education provider of services to external organisations, with expertise in pharmaceuticals, materials and engineering, environmental, public policy, IT, and the cultural and creative industries.
Recently launching a new portfolio of innovative technologies and intellectual property (IP) under a new initiative, Easy Access IP, we are pioneering this new way to share intellectual property, offering free licences to some of our IP and using quick and simple agreements.
For more information, please see how we can work with you.
King’s offers real benefits to partners:
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In the top seven UK universities for research earnings (£144 million in 2009-10)
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2,800 academic researchers collaborating across nine Schools of study
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The only UK university to have six Medical Research Council centres
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Academic partner in King’s Health Partners, the UK’s largest Academic Health Sciences Centre
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A leader in medical health research in the UK and Europe’s largest centre for medical and professional healthcare education
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Pioneering Easy Access IP, a new way to share our intellectual property, we offer free licences and simple, quick agreements in our Easy Access portfolio
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Experienced in partnerships with cultural and creative industries, including Tate Modern and Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre
We have three teams dedicated to connecting industry to our academics and research:
Consultancy and contracted services
The Consultancy Unit ensures that appropriate arrangements are in place to manage financial and contractual arrangements for work done for external parties. We help academic staff identify and manage project opportunities to develop higher quality proposals. We routinely support informed decision making around project acceptance. We perform post-contract financial and contractual support. Active project management is available by special arrangement.
Typically, assignments are for the provision of services with deliverables, such as reviews, specific advice, sample analysis, testing, evaluation, assessment, validation, or scientific development. The clients for this activity are external organisations such as government departments, NHS, NGOs, charities, other universities, as well as business, industry, and other companies.
We help academic staff with bespoke projects and support units across the College that regularly provide services
Partnerships
We make it easier for academics in contact with business to win funding to support and develop those relationships. Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) and Collaborative Awards for Science and Engineering (CASE) are the two best-known examples.
We encourage innovative thinking and enterprising behaviours through the Lion’s Den Challenge. This also helps identify and develop research ideas into successful business plans and bring people together to create successful ventures
IP and licensing
The IP and Licensing team is responsible for assessing and protecting IP that arises directly or indirectly from research activities within King’s and King’s Health Partners (KHP) and licensing such IPR to existing and new companies.
Contact details
To speak to someone about working with us please contact the relevant team.