BCU links up with software developer
BIRMINGHAM City University’s School of Computing, Telecommunications and Networks has signed a major deal to work with global software development company, 5G Technologies.
The aim of the collaboration is to support the government’s energy saving strategy by undertaking a wide range of research and development projects to improve efficiency and reduce energy costs.
The school will initially provide a consultancy service for 5G, which provides worldwide value-added automation intelligence solutions and products to a wide-range of clients from leading edge technology start-ups to large, global Fortune 50 enterprises in the areas of manufacturing, energy, utilities, retail and sports.
In addition to the consultancy work, which will centre around the integration of Real-time Maintenance and Energy Management software into a range of global companies, the link-up could lead to collaborative research opportunities for staff and students.
The collaboration is also expected to increase the school’s postgraduate provision by attracting more full-time, overseas students.
5G will be embedding its software technologies into the university’s courses and offering opportunities for collaborative research in a wide variety of areas such as energy management, plant maintenance, and real-time plant to enterprise integration.
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Mark Paul, Programme Manager and BCU lecturer, said: “This strategic relationship with 5G opens up a number of collaborative opportunities for the university. In addition to consultancy we will also be able to embed their technologies into a number of undergraduate and postgraduate courses enabling students to get ‘hands on’ experience of industrial plant maintenance software.”
Jon Kent, Commercial Manager, 5G Technologies Europe, said: “This relationship with BCU shall be a shining example of active university-industry collaboration for fast-tracking the diffusion of new ideas and products in manufacturing and business intelligence to the industry.
“Through our relationship we shall jointly work towards building the capabilities for the SMEs in the UK to adopt new technologies to their competitive advantage without having to incur huge capital costs.”
