An Evaluation of Practitioners’ Views of Consultancy and Applied Research at the University of Derby

An Evaluation of Practitioners’ Views of Consultancy and Applied Research at the University of Derby

The aim of this research has two objectives; firstly, to evaluate the development of cognitive, transferable and intellectual skills in Higher Education students, secondly, to transfer that knowledge by means of collaboration with community organisations. Experiential learning and regeneration/diversification project work is needed by all communities. The collaboration is built upon our ability to provide graduates and a community with portfolios of independent evidence of achievement obtained from working with a partner organisation..