NWUA has been successful in securing funding from HEFCE to deliver a linked set
of key actions to support the engagement of the Higher Education (HE) sector
with regional plans to respond to the economic downturn.
The project encompasses a wide range of activities including the collection and
dissemination of information on relevant HE activity to regional partners,
developing links between HEIs and regional partners and establishing a Higher
Level Skills Redundancy Response Fund to support the development of short course
provision to those at risk of redundancy, or who have been made redundant. The
specific aims of the project, which have been developed in response to regional
demand, are summarised below:
- To collect data, case studies and information on activity and
demand across the HE sector in the North West and share this with partners and
stakeholders, including via the NWUA website
- To support the potential role of universities as employers
- To explore and support potential interventions to counter
graduate unemployment
- To consider emergent sector-specific strengths in the region,
with a view to positioning the region in an optimal position during the economic
recovery
- To develop CPD provision to meet the needs of those at risk of
redundancy or those recently made redundant through a commissioning model
similar to the NW HLSP
- To support linkages between the activities above and NW
entrepreneurships schemes such as the High Growth Start Up Programme, NCGE
activity and related programmes
- To consider opportunities for supporting the public sector, in
particular health and social care, in relation to workforce issues and the
economic downturn
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NWUA has produced this report to highlight the ways in which North West HEIs have supported
businesses and individuals affected by the economic recession and to underscore the extremely
important role of the sector in driving sustained economic recovery.
To download this report please click
here (pdf).
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