Company partnerships
Turn industry context into responsible learning and pilots.
Companies can contribute problems, professional judgement, settings and routes to adoption. CIE's role is to protect educational integrity, participant rights and evidence standards.
01 / Partners
Four useful contributions
Offer a well-bounded industry problem, lawful non-confidential information and feedback from people who understand the context.
When appropriate, design a small pilot or support open methods and resources for young innovators.
02 / Partners
From challenge to pilot
First determine whether the question belongs in a learning programme, then define data, confidentiality, IP, review and participant effort.
A pilot needs its own goal, owner, success criteria and stop conditions. Programme participation cannot bypass procurement, safety or compliance.
03 / Partners
Students are not free suppliers
Learning activity primarily produces research and prototypes. A deployable product, full consultancy or ongoing operation requires a fair, paid professional arrangement.
Recruitment, promotion and product marketing remain separate from education, and participants are free to decline.
04 / Partners
Data, IP and public claims
Only data the company is entitled to share may enter a project; sensitive material requires minimisation, permissions and retention controls.
Background IP, new work and licences are defined in writing before work begins. Names, logos and result narratives stay within confirmed permission.
05 / Partners
Current status
No company partner, challenge, pilot or sponsorship is confirmed on this page.
Future pages will state the company's role, scope, period and publishable results to avoid implying blanket endorsement.