Ways to work with ISHE

The Institute for Sustainability, Health and Environment is focused on supporting real-world change through working with businesses, public bodies and the third sector to aid the creation of a sustainable, low carbon and healthy future.

If you are interested in working with ISHE please contact:

Dr. Sarah Hills
Knowledge Exchange Development Manager
E-mail: sarah.hills@uwe.ac.uk
Telephone: +44(0)117 32 86449

Services for businesses and organisations

Expertise is readily available through the creative and responsive interdisciplinary teams drawn from eighteen university departments. ISHE provides an extensive range of services for business and organisations, including:

Consultancy

We undertake a range of consultancy projects in areas such as:

the evaluation of complex sustainability and health intervention programmes;
change management and behaviour change;
the design of sustainable products, services and places;
strategy and policy development;
environmental management, including carbon reduction, resource utilisation and “waste” management;
governance for sustainability.

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs) is a Government-funded initiative to help businesses and organisations in the public, private and voluntary sector improve their effectiveness by giving them better access to the knowledge, skills and technology that reside within universities.

The KTP scheme enables UWE to recruit a talented graduate or postgraduate to work full time at your organisation on a strategic development project. This can be in a range of areas including, product and service development, strategic and operational management, marketing and communications or workforce training and enhancement. The graduate works closely with employees embedding the project into your organisation.

UWE helps define a priority project for your organisation, and provides expertise in the form of a Senior Academic Supervisor throughout the project, working closely with the partner organisation and the Associate.

KTPs are from 6 months to 3 years in duration. For SMEs up to 67% of the overall project costs are funded by government, whilst for larger organisations it is 50%.

See examples of current and completed UWE KTP projects.

Professional development and training

Our professional development courses are designed to bring your employees up to date with the latest developments and thinking. Professional development and short courses can also be tailored to meet individual company need, and professional body and CPD requirements.

Coaching and mentoring for executives and senior decision-makers

We can provide one-to-one support for leaders, helping you to realise the potential of embedding sustainability and health across all areas of business/organisational activity.

Business and technology development

We are also able to provide a range of other services to support the development of sustainable, healthy organisations and professions. This includes business innovation and ideas development, business planning, business incubation, technology transfer, patenting and licensing, technical services and facilities, such as rapid prototyping.