Contract Research
If your company has an innovative idea or concept that you wish to deliver but lacks the resource and knowledge in-house to achieve it, commissioning contract research with NTU can help.
Driving innovation through contract research
Contract research puts you in the driving seat. This is paid for directly by your organisation and focuses on finding a solution that will specifically benefit your business and you will own any intellectual property created.
These projects have a pre-determined scope or specification within which our academics will work to in order to deliver the desired solution professionally and confidentially. We can be based on your company site or work within our own state-of-the-art facilities.
To find out more about contract research, get in touch at workingwithyou@ntu.ac.uk, or call +44 (0)115 848 8899.
Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021
In the latest Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021, 86% of NTU’s research impact was found to be either world-leading or internationally excellent. The overall quality of each Unit of Assessment NTU submitted to REF in 2021 also saw an improvement from the previous REF in 2014.
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Thu 03 Jul 2025
New report calls for robust regulation of home care robots
As the UK grapples with workforce shortages and an ageing population, interest is growing in the use of robots to support care at home. But a new report from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers – co-authored by Nottingham Trent University researcher Professor Daniele Magistro – sounds a note of caution, spotlighting ethical, regulatory, and practical challenges surrounding the deployment of socially assistive robots (SARs) in home-based settings.
Student-led research tackles frontline healthcare issues
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