How can MPA Member Organisations Make Better Use of UK Academic Resources

Traditional project management in the United Kingdom is facing an increasing worldwide challenge from both old and new competitors. An initiative, funded by the Treasury, to address the question of how universities could better link with industry and the government to boost new business ventures resulted in the Cambridge-MIT Institute (CMI) partnership. Established in 2000, it is modelled on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States and is designed to enhance university/industry engagement, and focus on the needs of the economy by developing new approaches to education, research and practice.