UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE

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UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE

• Dr Lis Smith
• Director of Skills, NWDA

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Government Policy Reform

• Leitch Review of World Class Skills
• Sub National Review
• Comprehensive Spending Review, Budget
• Innovation Nation
• Enterprise Strategy
• A new University Challenge
• Raising Expectations enabling the system to
  deliver
• Higher Education at Work High Skills High
  Value

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The Northern Regions

• 220bn economy,
• 860,000 businesses
• Combined population of 14.5M
• Larger than all but 4 of the 50 US states and 7
  of all EU countries.

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NW Regional economy

• NW Economy - 106B
• Gap in productivity - 17.8B
• Focus on
• Growing the size of the workforce
• Improving productivity

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• A new University Challenge
• Unlocking the potential of towns and people
• widening participation and unlocking talent
• Driving economic regeneration
• creating a highly skilled workforce, with
  relevant skills for the local business community
• job creation
• stimulating entrepreneurship and
• engaging with business to solve problems and
  boost innovation and competitiveness.
• Ability to deliver

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Market failure

• Low productivity, limited employer investment in
  workforce development
• Skills gaps and shortages preventing business
  growth
• Failure to attract new investment
• Failure to nurture and retain talent
• Lack of career and progression opportunities
• Low participation rates
• Limited access, failure to unlock talent

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Issues to consider

• Understanding the impact of HE on place
• Coverage of FE and HE spatially and travel to
  learn
• Specialism and expertise
• Role and engagement of partners
• Nationally
• Regionally
• Sub-regionally/County
• Locally

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Demand for HE Centres

• From HE
• From FE
• From Business
• From Community
• From Economic need

• Evidence base
• MODEL

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Developments in Northwest

• Oldham
• Burnley
• Cumbria
• Blackpool
• Blackburn
• Hope at Everton