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Industry collaboration

Industry collaboration

Opportunity. Collaboration. Growth. Creating opportunities for students, strengthening collaboration with industry and driving growth for individuals, organisations and the wider economy.

The most valuable business education happens when academic excellence meets industry expertise. At Royal Holloway Business School, we work alongside an exceptional network of businesses who help shape an educational experience that combines academic excellence with real-world relevance. Our collaborations ensure students graduate not only with academic excellence but also with the commercial insight, practical experience and professional confidence to succeed in a rapidly evolving global economy.

Through guest lectures, live consultancy projects, mentoring, networking opportunities and applied learning, students tackle real business challenges, hear directly from experienced professionals and gain first-hand insight into the skills, behaviours and commercial awareness that employers value most. 
Our collaborators contribute directly to teaching, research, employability and career development, ensuring our programmes remain relevant, innovative and closely aligned with the needs of business. Together, we create an innovative learning environment that equips students to thrive in an increasingly dynamic and competitive world.

Supporting London businesses

Royal Holloway Business School is proud to support the Mayor of London's ambitions for skills, employment and economic growth through our collaboration with Grow London. As a recognised provider within the Grow London ecosystem, we connect ambitious businesses with talented students and academics to address commercial challenges through student-led projects.

These projects provide organisations with fresh perspectives and evidence-informed recommendations whilst giving students the opportunity to develop analytical and problem-solving skills in live business settings.

Work with us

We are always looking to work with organisations that share our commitment to developing future talent.

Working with Royal Holloway Business School gives organisations access to talented students, fresh perspectives and opportunities to help shape future talent through teaching, mentoring, consultancy, research and innovation.

If your organisation would like to become an industry collaborator, get in touch to explore how we can work together.

We are working with many different businesses including those below. Click beneath to discover more.

Collaborators

We are delighted to welcome Lina Kačiulis, Head of Regulatory Affairs at QuickSTAT—a Kuehne+Nagel company specialising in time-critical, life-saving logistics—as a contributor to Royal Holloway Business School’s two-year Accelerated BSc Business & Management (London) programme.

Lina has extensive specialist expertise in pharmaceutical logistics, operating in time-critical, complex, highly regulated global environments.

Her contribution will give students valuable insight into a niche, patient-centric service in which logistics directly supports life-saving outcomes.

This collaboration strengthens our commitment to preparing students for the workforce and helping them apply their academic learning in real, impactful business contexts

Bringing investment insight and growth capital expertise into the classroom.

We are pleased to announce that Guy Pope from BGF will be contributing as a guest speaker to our two-year Accelerated BSc Business & Management degree. As an investor focused on supporting the growth of ambitious businesses, Guy will share real world perspectives on scaling companies, investment strategy and entrepreneurial leadership, giving students valuable insight into how growth capital supports business expansion.

Industry engagement like this helps to create an immersive learning experience, connecting academic study with the realities of investment and business growth.

Royal Holloway Business School have collaborated with C.I.KNOW  as part of our two-year Accelerated BSc Business & Management degree. 

Led by CEO Dinesh Mangaru and his amazing team, C.I.KNOW  work with global and leading brands including Magnum, Heineken, Tate & Lyle, Tosca, Twinings, DO&CO, Jonsson Workwear amongst others. Their work in ESG includes building a computer lab in Nepal, among many other impactful projects and they were also the winner of the 2025 LCCI Apprentice Employer of the Year.

C.I.KNOW  will contribute live case studies, guest speakers and industry debates, bringing real organisational challenges into the classroom, creating an industry immersive learning experience for our students.

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