BDI Champions University Design Industry Partnership Scheme

British Design Innovation (BDI), the influential trade body representing some of the best product design companies in the world, has called on Regional Development Associations (RDAs), Research Councils, Business Links and other government agencies to "put Britain first" by utilising their members' experience and expertise in publicly-funded design projects throughout the country.

As a positive first step in their call to action, BDI is proposing the creation of formal design and innovation partnerships between top-class private sector design companies and higher education institutions (HEIs).

BDI is the representative voice of many of the most qualified top-end product, service, innovative 3D packaging, digital and brand designers in the world, each with over a decade of experience in sectors such as aeronautics, biotechnology, consumer electronics, food and drink, medical, nanotechnology, telecommunications and transport.