Professor Jennifer Latto Adviser on Higher Education to Government Office North West and North West

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Professor Jennifer LattoAdviser on Higher
Education toGovernment Office North West and
North West Development Agency

• The Knowledge Economy on Merseyside

HE and the Labour Market
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School Leavers (year 11) staying in full time
education 2001

• Merseyside overall 68.2
• Liverpool 64.9
• Sefton 71.7
• Knowsley 61.7
• St. Helens 69.1
• Wirral 72.5

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NVQ level 3
National
NW
Merseyside
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NVQ level 4
National
NW
Merseyside
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National Data
Government White Paper 2003 pp 17
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Drop Out Points
Specific Interventions
School
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VIth form Or FE College
Aimhigher (previously P4P Excellence Challenge)
Foundation Degree
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Alliance for Skills ProductivityRegional
Skills Partnerships
University
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Business BridgeGraduates Into EmploymentKnowledg
e Transfer Partnership (was TCS)
Employment
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Objectives of Aimhigher

• To raise aspirations and motivation to enter HE
  among young people in schools, further education
  and workplace learning
• To raise the attainment of potential HE students
  so that they gain the academic or vocational
  qualifications and learning skills that will
  enable them to enter HE

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• To strengthen progression routes into HE via
  vocational courses, including Modern
  Apprenticeships
• To raise students aspirations to attend HE and
  to apply to the institution and/or course best
  able to match their abilities
• To improve the attainment, aspirations,
  motivation and self-esteem of gifted and talented
  young people aged 14-19 and the quality of
  support

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• Groups under-represented in HE
• young people from neighbourhoods with lower than
  average HE participation
• people from lower socio-economic groups
• people living in deprived geographical areas,
  including deprived rural and coastal areas
• people whose family have no experience of HE
  (parents or siblings), and young people in care
• minority ethnic groups or sub-groups that are
  under-represented in HE, in certain subjects and
  certain types of institution
• groups that are currently under-represented in
  certain subject areas (for example - women in
  engineering), or in certain types of institutions
• people with disabilities

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Students at Merseyside HEIs 2001
Cameron Wilson, Merseyside Graduate Employment
Study
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Graduate Retention on Merseyside

• 62 of Merseyside residents who study here, stay
  here to work
• 30 of Merseyside residents who study elsewhere
  return here to work
• 20 of students who come here to study stay to
  work
• Graduate unemployment for 3 HEIs 5 (national
  average)

Cameron Wilson, Graduates into Employment Study
2003
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Population of Merseyside 2000
Mark Hepworth, Local Futures Group
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Drop Out Points
Specific Interventions
School
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VIth form Or FE College
Aimhigher (previously P4P Excellence Challenge)
Foundation Degree
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Alliance for Skills ProductivityRegional
Skills Partnerships
University
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Business BridgeGraduates Into EmploymentKnowledg
e Transfer Partnership (was TCS)
Employment
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Business Bridge

• Partnership between University of Liverpool, JMU
  and Hope
• Deliver business support to SMEs
• Through short term projects undertaken by
  students
• Success with micro SMEs (45 lt10 employees)
• Minimal exposure to HE or business support
  agencies
• 400 student placement opportunities per year
• 2900 projects so far

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Business Bridge Findings from participant survey

• 33 of these graduates working in Merseyside SMEs
• 13 gained jobs directly from Business Bridge
  employer
• 87 thought it made them more employable
  reference, better CV, work experience

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Graduates Into Employment Unit Liverpool
University

• Un- or under- employed graduates
• 6 month subsidized placements
• Work on key area of business
• Pre-training in business skills
• Many retained by company afterwards
• Career management workshops

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Gremlins in the system
Transport
Childcare
Labour Market
Skills Supply
House Prices
Schools Performance
Cultural Leisure Environment
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Business Clusters
Traded i.e. business links outside region
wealth generator
Local life-style businesses e.g. plumbing,
laundering, limited expansion but supports others
20 with major growth potential
Michael Porter, Harvard Business
School.Institute of Strategy Competitiveness,
Cluster Mapping Project
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Composition of Regional Economies United States
Traded Clusters
Local Clusters
32.1 2.5 41,678 134.0 5.0 144.1 20.48 592
67.1 2.8 26,049 83.8 3.8 79.3 1.38 241
Share of Employment
Employment Growth, 1993 to 1999
Average Wage
Relative Wage
Wage Growth
Relative Productivity
Patents per 10,000 Employees
Number of SIC Industries
Note 1999 data, except relative productivity
which is 1997 data, and patents data which is
1998 data Source Cluster Mapping Project,
Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness,
Harvard Business School
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Cameron Wilson, Merseyside Graduate Employment
Study 2003
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Cluster Development Progress Progress to Date
(4/2000 6/2003)
Implementation
Mapping
Engagement
Strategy
Biomed (BioNoW) Digital Industries (Digital
Industries NW) Chemicals(NWCI) Aerospace(NWAA)
Environmental Technology ( EnviroLink) Energy (
Renewables NW) Textiles (NWTexNet)
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Cluster Development Progress Progress to Date
(4/2000 6/2003)
Mapping
Engagement
Strategy
Implementation
Food (NWFA) Creative Industries Tourism Financi
al Professional Services Automotive Aviatio
n Construction Healthcare Maritime Sport
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HE in the E.U.

• Paris
• Bologna European Qualification Framework
• Berlin Communiqué 2003. 3rd cycle (doctoral level)

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Europe Unit

• Central observatory of European HE major
  research issues
• Co-ordinate UK involvement in European
  initiatives policy debates
• Produce UK statements in areas of EU policy
  lobby

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Mobility programme for HE

• Erasmus Socrates studying in another EU
  country
• Leonardo work experience placement in EU as part
  of course in FE/HE
• Erasmus Mundus
• EU students studying in wider world
• 250 inter-university Masters courses
• Scholarship scheme for 3rd country nationals