Salutem delivers learning and physical disability services, children's services, education services and mental health services. Since 2018 it has been involved in various entrepreneurial activities at Kingston University, and has judged students' ideas at our flagship Bright Ideas competitions.
Salutem has also run a hackathon where students from multiple disciplines came up with creative ways to use technology to monitor, predict and manage complex behaviour in Salutem's service users. The hackathon has led to Kingston University and Salutem working on a government-subsidised project to bring artificial intelligence to areas of care that will allow more time for human one-to-one care, whilst reducing menial tasks that are performed better and safer if automated.
Salutem has also provided scholarships for academically excellent students who might not otherwise have been able to go to university. This academic year Salutem are supporting two students on the Learning Disability Nursing course, and will look to widen the support to more Kingston students in other areas of care over the next three years.
The strong relationship between Kingston University and Salutem is based on the personal connections the two founders have with Kingston University. Ian Morley, the Chairman of Salutem is an Industrial Fellow of Kingston and taught on the MSc Strategic Finance Course. The daughter of John Godden, the CEO of Salutem, studied at Kingston. These personal relationships have led to a more structured business collaboration in recent years.
"The hackathon was a hugely positive experience for all involved. The students were energised and engaged creating innovative solutions and ideas that were really impressive. The University team communicated well and created a great sense of focus and expectation to make the most of the time we had together and meet the challenging brief we set." – Zoe Anderson, Group Head of Positive Behaviour Support for Salutem Healthcare.