Food Consortium Collaborative Training Programme (CTP)

The Food Consortium Collaborative Training Partnership (CTP) brings together food manufacturers with a significant R&D base in the UK (Mondelez International, Nestlé, PepsiCo and Samworth Brothers) alongside the largest UK based independent science and technology provider and trainer for the food industry (Campden BRI) and the Haydn Green Institute (Nottingham University Business School) which is at the forefront of creating a culture of entrepreneurship and innovation, to connect ideas, people and communities to respond to societal, environmental and economic challenges and drive positive change through innovation. A CTP is an industry led doctoral training programme, in essence, a collaboration between industry and top UK universities, to support a cohort of PhD studentships through their studies and to provide an associated programme of industry specific training. The Food Consortium CTP is working with 17 UK Universities and includes a focus on innovation and entrepreneurship, with teams entered into the Your Entrepreneurs Scheme in the second year of study, and each student undertakes an industry placement. A CTP is so much more than simply a sponsored PhD because of the training that is provided and the community that is created within the cohort. All the studentships are focussed on building capacity and skills in specific themes aligned to the BBSRC funding body.