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Queen's University Belfast / BT
Queen’s University Belfast is one of the leading universities in the UK and Ireland, with a distinguished heritage and history. With over 24,000 students, 4,200 staff and an annual turnover of some £300m, Queen’s University Belfast plays a unique leadership role in Northern Ireland. As a member of the Russell Group of UK research-intensive universities, Queen’s University Belfast combines excellence in research and education with a student centred ethos. As a leader of Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) development and delivery for 25 years, KTP is held in high regard within Queen’s and the programme has been the foundation for many research and teaching successes including 19 National KTP Awards. The KTP Programme has been helping businesses throughout the UK for over 40 years by recruiting suitably qualified graduates to take on a role that bridges academia and business.
BT is a British multinational telecommunications company with head offices in London. It operates in around 180 countries and is the largest provider of fixed-line, mobile and broadband services in the UK, and also provides subscription television and IT services. BT aims to achieve the goal of connecting a society that is evermore online through delivering a cutting edge network with software and services that help consumers get the most out of our offering. At the core of BT’s strategy lies an ambitious research plan conducted in various BT research centres across the globe. Especially BT Ireland Innovation Centre (BTIIC) in Belfast heavily focusses on furthering BT’s software capabilities, in particular in the field of artificial intelligence, data analytics and software engineering.