We’re delighted to see Geco Connect featured by Strathclyde Business School, with a new article and LinkedIn post highlighting our partnership with the University of Strathclyde and the recent award success of The Solutions on Demand Group.

The coverage brings welcome attention to the collaboration behind Geco Connect and our shared ambition to improve the experiences of children and young people in care and education.

Connecting academic expertise with practical challenges

The Solutions on Demand Group and the University of Strathclyde are working together through a 24-month Management Knowledge Transfer Partnership, funded by Innovate UK.

Based within Strathclyde Business School’s Department of Work, Employment and Organisation, the partnership supports the commercial development and growth of Geco Connect across residential care, secure care and education.

The article highlights the contribution of KTP Associate Taranjot Singh Chopra, alongside expertise from organisational psychology, social work and social innovation.

Bringing these perspectives together helps connect the platform’s development with an understanding of how people work and the environments in which they provide support.

Keeping children and young people at the centre

In the article, Dr Joanna Butler, Principal Knowledge Exchange Fellow, emphasises the partnership’s potential to reduce administrative pressure and create more time for staff to engage with young people.

That purpose matters to us.

Care and education professionals need systems that help them carry out their responsibilities while making space for relationships, conversations and direct support. Technology earns its place when it helps people do that work well.

For Geco Connect, collaboration provides an opportunity to ask better questions, challenge assumptions and learn from different areas of expertise.

Sharing the work with a wider audience

Following the Group’s recent award successes in Glasgow and Ayrshire, it is encouraging to see Strathclyde share the story with its wider community.

We hope this visibility encourages more conversations about the support practitioners need and how collaboration between businesses, universities and the care sector can contribute to practical improvements.

Thank you to Strathclyde Business School for highlighting the partnership and to everyone contributing their knowledge, experience and commitment to the work.

Read the full article on the Strathclyde Business School website.