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News
NWUA Newsletter
The second issue of the NWUA newsletter gives a brief overview of our current
activities. Issue 2 includes further information about the Higher Level Skills
Partnership and details for the first two HLSP projects to have reached
completion. NWUA is currently meeting with member institutions to learn more
about the opportunities the HEIs are offering in Higher Level Sport
Volunteering and Coaching Skills. The Business Support Simplification Programme
(BSSP) and the Single Regional Strategy (RIS) are also discussed.
Issue 1
Issue 2
Issue 3
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The economic impact and potential of higher education institutions in the North
West: A report to the Northwest Development Agency (April 2009)
A report by SQW to NWDA, as part of the evidence base for the Regional Strategy
RS2010 The Economic Impact and Potential of HEIs in the North West shows that
overall, the HEIs in the North West and their graduates contributed c. 3.5
billion in Gross Value Added (GVA) to the regional economy in 2007.
The report outlines the replicable methodology for this analysis and provides a
breakdown of the contribution of aspects of HEIs activities to GVA. HEIs
importance as economy shapers through their roles in education and skills
provision; in research and knowledge exchange; and more generally to the
development of the knowledge-based economy through thought leadership are
highlighted. HEIs have significant roles as place makers, contributing to the
character and brand of the regions towns and cities, and through providing
other cultural, community and civic assets. One significant conclusion is that
the number of graduates from NW HEIs who stay and work in the region is the key
variable to improving GVA in the future. The report can be downloaded by
clicking on the links below:
Executive Summary
Full Report
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Regional Action Plan Newsletter
Issue 3 of the Regional Action Plan News Update continues to provide an update
on the achievements recorded so far, as well as continue to provide regional
stakeholders with an oversight of the range of projects and activities that
have been supported under the Regional Action Plan. Three of the four projects
highlighted in Issue 3 –“The Graduate Retention (UNITE) Project”, “Knowledge
Transfer Centre” and the “Centre for Enterprise” come from the Measure 1.4
portfolio of schemes which tasked the projects with “Developing the regional
knowledge economy: supporting business innovation and networking”. The fourth
article relates to the “Innovation Factory” based at the University of Bolton
and is the final project to be completed under Measure 3.1 which, under the
RAP, is intended to provide premises designed to support high-level knowledge
transfer provision for use by SMEs.
Issue 1
Issue 2
Issue 3
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