OXFORD, United Kingdom, March 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The College of Derby and Unipart have signed a partnership settlement, aimed toward creating new alternatives for college students, driving sustainable progress throughout the area and growing abilities and innovation for sustainable provide chains.
The three-year Strategic Partnership will foster collaborative working, strengthen hyperlinks between {industry} and training, and assist each organisations of their ambitions to develop and evolve their operations.
Headquartered in Oxford, Unipart is a provide chain efficiency enchancment companion with greater than 50 years of heritage, offering options to prospects throughout a number of sectors in 22 nations.
The partnership displays a shared dedication to innovation, civic engagement, and sustainability, and can create new work-based studying alternatives for college students and workers, in addition to collaborative analysis and innovation tasks.
Alternatives will embody a three-year fully-funded PhD studentship, graduate schemes, scholar placements, and perception from Unipart specialists on growing graduate attributes and abilities for the longer term workforce, and sustainable and digital practices throughout operations and provide chains.
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A key characteristic of the collaboration is its alignment with the College’s Institute of Carbonomics, which focuses on driving sustainable enterprise and environmental impression via analysis and training.
The settlement additional strengthens the College’s rising community of world {industry} collaborations, constructing on current partnerships with organisations together with McDonald’s UK&I to deal with complicated operational and sustainability challenges.
The partnership will even reinforce the College’s civic mission, addressing social, financial, and environmental challenges throughout the area, in addition to supporting initiatives to scale back vitality use and assist the College meet its sustainability targets.
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Professor Kathryn Mitchell CBE DL, Vice-Chancellor and Chief Govt of the College of Derby, mentioned: “We are delighted to be strengthening our partnership with Unipart through this strategic agreement.
“This collaboration reflects our shared commitment to innovation, industry engagement, and positive civic impact. By working together, we will create meaningful opportunities for our students, staff, and the wider community, while advancing our ambition to deliver sustainable growth and maximise the impact of our work with industry.”
Darren Leigh, CEO at Unipart and College of Derby alumnus, mentioned: “Unipart’s ambition is to be the driving force behind efficient, resilient and sustainable supply chains. Partnerships with purpose are core to Unipart developing to what it is today and to who we become tomorrow.
“We share the same commitment to supporting innovation and creating positive impact in the communities we serve – students, colleagues and industry. I am excited therefore about what this partnership will develop and deliver, together.”
The settlement additional reinforces the College of Derby’s place as an industry-engaged establishment working with world companions to ship alternatives for college students whereas contributing to regional financial progress and sustainable growth.
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