NEWS > National Award for North West skills scheme
Published: Friday, 10 Dec, 2010
North West Universities Association, NWUA, was delighted to announce on 07 December 2010 that the North West Higher Level Skills Partnership, HLSP, has been awarded the Outstanding Employer Engagement Initiative at the Times Higher Education, THE, Awards 2010. The annual THE awards are recognised as a major event in UK higher education, and are the largest awards of their kind in the sector.
North West Universities Association, NWUA, was delighted to announce on 07 December 2010 that the North West Higher Level Skills Partnership, HLSP, has been awarded the Outstanding Employer Engagement Initiative at the Times Higher Education, THE, Awards 2010. The annual THE Awards are recognised as a major event in UK higher education, and are the largest awards of their kind in the sector. With eighteen categories, these national awards attract top level entries in subjects from research, sustainable development, student experience and international collaboration to name but a few. The project, originally funded by HEFCE and subsequently by the Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA), has been highly successful in addressing employer engagement with Higher Education on a regional basis.
The partnership led by NWUA includes NWDA, Sector Skills Councils, Business Link NW, GONW, AoC, the Skills Funding Agency and the NW Provider Network. The project has overseen the development of 60 projects across seven sectors (Advanced Engineering & Materials; Biomedical; Business & Professional Services; Construction; Digital & Creative Industries; Energy & Environmental Technologies; Food & Drink), as well as a Redundancy Response Fund, a section of funding reserved for the development of provision tailored to meet the needs of those recently made redundant or under notice of redundancy. More than 70 courses will be developed in total, ranging from small, bite size chunks of CPD as small as five credits, to full HE qualifications. These courses meet specific needs articulated by industry through the sector skills councils and will address significant gaps in the skills needs of Northwest and national industry. ***
There are currently 11 Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) involved in HLSP projects across the North West, as well as more than 15 Further Education Colleges (FECs). Across the 60 projects HE providers are working with more than 350 businesses who have given more than GBP1m worth of in kind contributions to the development projects. Over 1,000 learners are already on courses, and a further 2,500 are expected once all provision is at delivery stage.
For further information visit www.nwua.ac.uk or www.nwda.co.uk
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