Working with Industry

Delivered by Dr. Mary Doherty, IBioIC Skills Manager

Delivery Costs: Available on enquiry as multiple delivery options are available

Course Overview

This one-day professional development course helps researchers and academics build effective collaborative partnerships with industry. You'll understand what industry partners expect from collaboration, discover how academic and business cultures communicate differently, and build confidence in articulating your research value to companies at all stages of maturity.

Whether you're an academic seeking external funding, a post-graduate researcher exploring career options, or an early career professional considering industry collaboration, this workshop demystifies the researcher-industry interface and equips you with practical frameworks to make these partnerships work.

Learning Objectives

Academic-industry collaboration drives innovation and opens career pathways you might not have considered. However, the language, priorities, and decision-making processes differ significantly between sectors. This course bridges that gap, giving you the confidence and tools to engage with industry on equal footing.

What You'll Learn

During this workshop, you will explore how to develop successful academic-industry collaborations. You'll examine the genuine benefits and challenges of these partnerships and discover different routes to building them. You'll also develop competence with key business frameworks and language, so you can communicate your research value more effectively and speak with clarity and credibility to companies in your field.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this day, you will be able to:

  • Create high quality engagement plans and research partnership proposals that speak to industry priorities

  • Identify specific benefits of collaboration and design strategies to achieve them

  • Engage confidently with industry partners, regardless of sector or company size

  • Use evaluation and impact assessment to demonstrate and monitor partnership success

Delivery Options

This course is available online or in person, making it accessible wherever you are in the UK and beyond.

Find out more about the course and delivery dates. Email us at skills@ibioic.com