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An overview of how HEIs can contribut age

Lancashire LE 10th Septem

how Lancashire's bute to the skills genda

EP Skills Board ember 2015

Skills demand trends in

• Data1 suggests that Lancashire has solid skills base bu
• Demand for higher level (NVQ4+) forecast2 to increase,
• Productivity and innovation – an argument for higher

Lancashire

ut is below national average for level NVQ4 and above. e, and fall in demand for NVQ1 and no qualifications. er skills

• 1. ONS Annual Population survey 2. UKCES Working Fu

Areas in which HEIs Con

• Professional Qualifications
• Higher Apprenticeships
• Employability Skills
• EU(ESIF) programmes
• CPD
• Coordinating role for the County
• Retaining skills in the region

ntribute

Professional Qualificatio

• Accredited courses – working with
• Lancashire HEIs are well aligned wi

EIC project)

• Good proportion of HEI undergrad
• Good proportion of HEI undergrad

vocational relevance

• PG Certs, Dips, Masters, MBA, Prof

part-time basis

• ns

h professional bodies ith LEP priority sectors (eg UCLan duates are on courses that have duates are on courses that have fessional Doctorates available on

Higher Apprenticeships

• HEA – a pathway leading to an HE q
• Fees 2/3 subsidised by governmen
• Increase 2m to 3m in term of parlia
• Employer levy to achieve this (in co
• UCLan is taking Higher Apprentices

10 in Software Development initial

• UCLan keen to cooperate with emp

scheme

• Potentially an element of flexibility

with work? E qualification while in work. nt iament

• nsultation)

s this September (10 in Health and lly, with more to follow) ployers to take advantage of y in how qualification completed

Employability Skills

• Employer feedback is that graduate
• Enterprise as an emerging theme
• Student Internships (UNITE +)
• Increased engagement and interac
• Promotes graduate retention in reg
• Careers teams – fairs, placements a

tes are lacking specific work skills ction gion and activities

EU (ESIF) Programmes

• ESIF provides a significant opportunit

productivity and employment challen boosting levels of innovation.

• ERDF – 1000s of SMEs helped to impr
• ESF – DWP will run ESF programme –

addressing unemployment. addressing unemployment.

• HEIs have extensive experience of EU

projects ready for forthcoming calls.

• Reskilling / retraining opportunities (p

sector need) e.g. in past Multimedia ( fees in shortage areas, e.g. engineerin

• Interested in doing again but depends

ty to focus specifically on Lancashire's

• nges. HEIs have a major role in

rove skills, productivity, growth – focus likely to be lower level skills U projects and getting a new round of (project basis, often to address specific (fees on master courses), subsidise ing and also women in STEM s on constraints of funding

CPD

• Employer funded
• Options for Accredited and non Ac
• Key requirements:
• Accessibility
• Flexibility
• Mixed delivery modes / blended

ccredited

Coordination Example

• The Engineering Innovation Centre Sk
• For example, as part of the EIC projec

number of FE partners on a skills prog clarity around the pathways to advan roles.

• Inspiring and Engaging Young People

guidance to make informed choices a

• f the sector.
• This work is being supported by a new

FE and schools

• The EIC is aiming to help increase the

locally trained people within Advance kills progression map (AEM) ct the University is working with a gression map to develop greater nced engineering and manufacturing

• this work will help provide careers

and challenge traditional perceptions w EIC Outreach Officer to worked with e numbers of locally sourced and ed Engineering and Manufacturing.

Example of Retaining Hi Lancashire

• Of the 5,200 UCLan graduates in 20

2,240 took up jobs with Lancashire 1,630 found employment elsewher

• This means that 43% of employed

Lancashire and 74% were retained Lancashire and 74% were retained compares to 63% who originally ca there).

• We estimate that the cohort of 201

with a Net Present Value of £640m North West over the course of the

igher Level Skills in

013/14 who entered employment, e-based employers while a further re in the North West. graduates were retained within within the North West (this within the North West (this ame from the North West to study 13/14 graduates will generate GVA m in Lancashire and £1.1bn in the eir working lives.

Edge Hill University Exa

• Employability and graduate retention: For Edge H

at six months.

• Edge Hill is part of consortium working on Unite+
• CPD and Co-funded training: As an example, Edg

programme with Viridor (a national waste mana

• Increasing access to higher education via a range

traditional: Edge Hill is a Top Two University in th traditional: Edge Hill is a Top Two University in th developing a broad range of students to achieve

• Development of new skills infrastructure, linked t

creative industries include TV and radio studios, r creative industries, an example include forensic CAVE environments and other data visualisation

• Employability and enterprise skills: projects whic

develop key skills, attitudes and attributes. Thes Hill’s Web Factory (developing web solutions for

amples

Hill, 95.3% of graduates in work or further study + project currently. ge Hill have developed a management degree agement company) e of different entry routes, including non- he UK for Social Mobility based on its success in he UK for Social Mobility based on its success in e graduate jobs. to industry requirements: examples for the , recording studios, animation studios. Beyond the computing lab and new infrastructure including n technologies. ich give students and graduates the opportunity to se include industry-specific initiatives like Edge r industry and the third sector).

Lancaster University Ex

• >50 ERDF SME programmes since late 1990s, 55

created/safeguarded

• LEAD - Leadership development programme for

University Management School.

• In an independent evaluation (Wren and Jon

annual turnover growth rates of 13.8%, emp profit increase, and 65% reporting productiv

• Centre for Global Eco-Innovation - SME-led Cent

investment

• 50, 3-year collaborative PhD projects with SM
• Wider programme of business support to 20
• Innovation in Manufacturing Engineering - UKC
• Seven month programme starting Novembe

Siemens and High Value Manufacturing Cata workshops and Workshops on ‘state of the a

xamples

500 in-depth SME collaborations, ~10,000 jobs r SME owner managers developed by Lancaster nes, 2012), participants report post-LEAD mean mployment growth of 16.8%, with 70% reporting ivity increase. ntre for Collaborative R&D - £4.8m in ERDF MEs, Strong export and international focus 00+ SMEs CES Funded er 2015 includes, Best practice from BAE Systems, apult, Innovation, leadership and management art’ equipment.

Working together on ski

• HEIs keen to continue the discussio
• E.g. new UCLan Centre for SME Develo
• Ongoing commitment of HEIs to LEP
• Contribution to development of ini
• Contribution to development of ini
• IAG/careers marketing
• Influencing young people careers cho

joint effort from HEIs and employers

• Influencing people to stay – providin

the potential if they stay eg Public ou and Young Scientist Centre

ills..

ion

elopment priorities

itiatives eg: itiatives eg:

• ices will need early intervention and

s – industrial visits ing great experiences and showing them utreach like Lancashire Science Festival