Empower the talent of your staff, raise the profile of your organisation in your region and beyond, and discover new business and markets.
Jenny Ames Consulting Ltd accelerates collaborations between universities and users of research, including businesses, the public and voluntary sectors, civic society and communities, for mutual benefit. The purpose is to assist universities and other organisations to translate research knowledge and expertise based in universities to address challenges faced by businesses and society.
Our vision is that staff are empowered to ensure that research undertaken in universities achieves the maximum benefit (or impact) for the economy and society. Our mission is to work with universities and knowledge users outside universities to achieve this goal.
Working with
- businesses
- public sector
- voluntary sector
- civic society
- communities
Our Services
- strategy development and implementation
- talent development
- initiation and nurturing of cross-sector collaborations
Making it easy for your people to maximise the benefit of university research to the economy and society.
Through coaching and consultancy:
- Increasing staff confidence in initiating, developing and sustaining collaborations to achieve impact
- Enhancing staff awareness of the drivers of their employer and the changing external environment to improve staff engagement
- Growing staff engagement and sense of fulfilment
- Developing a clear understanding and plan for working with other organisations




Making a difference
Providing coaching of staff as an enabling mechanism. Ensuring that organisations and their staff are enabled to initiate, nurture and sustain strategic partnerships stemming from the needs of society, the outputs of academic research and the expertise residing in universities. These partnerships can involve universities and organisations including the private, public and charity sectors, civic society and communities.

Director
Jenny Ames BSc, PhD, PGCert, FRSC, FIFST, FLF, MAC
Jenny Ames has worked in academia for 35 years during which time she has gained considerable experience of working with a wide range of non-academic organisations in a variety of sectors. Jenny possesses a deep understanding of different types of universities in the UK. She understands the higher education landscape, and the external drivers universities face. Jenny holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Coaching and Mentoring Practice from Oxford Brookes University and is a Member of the Association for Coaching.