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

Professor Jennifer Latto Adviser on Higher Education to Government Office North West and North West Development Agency. HE and the Labour Market. “The Knowledge Economy on Merseyside”. % School Leavers (year 11) staying in full time education 2001. Merseyside overall 68.2 Liverpool 64.9

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

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  1. Professor Jennifer LattoAdviser on Higher Education toGovernment Office North West and North West Development Agency HE and the Labour Market “The Knowledge Economy on Merseyside”

  2. % 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

  3. NVQ level 3+ National NW Merseyside

  4. NVQ level 4+ National NW Merseyside

  5. National Data Government White Paper 2003 pp 17

  6. Drop Out Points Specific Interventions School 1 VIth form Or FE College Aimhigher (previously P4P & Excellence Challenge) Foundation Degree 2 Alliance for Skills & ProductivityRegional Skills Partnerships University 3 Business BridgeGraduates Into EmploymentKnowledge Transfer Partnership (was TCS) Employment

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. Groups under-represented in HE: • young people from neighbourhoods with lower than average HE participation • people from lower socio-economicgroups • 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 subjectareas (for example - women in engineering), or in certain types of institutions • people with disabilities

  10. Students at Merseyside HEIs 2001 Cameron Wilson, Merseyside Graduate Employment Study

  11. 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

  12. Population of Merseyside 2000 Mark Hepworth, Local Futures Group

  13. Drop Out Points Specific Interventions School 1 VIth form Or FE College Aimhigher (previously P4P & Excellence Challenge) Foundation Degree 2 Alliance for Skills & ProductivityRegional Skills Partnerships University 3 Business BridgeGraduates Into EmploymentKnowledge Transfer Partnership (was TCS) Employment

  14. 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% <10 employees) • Minimal exposure to HE or business support agencies • 400 student placement opportunities per year • 2900 projects so far

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. Gremlins in the system Transport Childcare Labour Market Skills Supply House Prices Schools’ Performance Cultural & Leisure Environment

  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. Cameron Wilson, Merseyside Graduate Employment Study 2003

  21. Average Timescale 5 months 6 months 10 years 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)

  22. Average Timescale 5 months 6 months 10 years Cluster Development Progress – Progress to Date (4/2000 – 6/2003) Mapping Engagement Strategy Implementation Food (NWFA) Creative Industries Tourism Financial & Professional Services Automotive Aviation Construction Healthcare Maritime Sport

  23. HE in the E.U. • Paris • Bologna European Qualification Framework • Berlin Communiqué 2003. 3rd cycle (doctoral level)

  24. 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

  25. 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 Master’s courses • Scholarship scheme for 3rd country nationals

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