The Centres, based in Teesside Business School, are:
After a reception with music provided by jazz quartet the Noel Dennis Band, Alan Clarke will speak at 6.30pm, followed by brief descriptions of their work from each of the three Professors in charge of the new Centres. Vice-Chancellor, Professor Graham Henderson, will also outline the University’s research strategy.
Dr Alan Lawton, Teesside Business School’s Assistant Director (Research), said: “The Centres are very much in tune with the Government’s thinking of the transference leading edge research from the academic community to the business community.”
One example of a current project is a £97,000 contract to complete research for the Standards Board for England. (See release ‘Town hall ‘corruption’ - can it be monitored and controlled?)