Policy Background

1. EMUA Background Policy Background • EMUA aims to • Represent the universities in the East Midlands • Nurture and stimulate cooperation amongst our members to the benefit of the region • Promote our universities as essential drivers in the economic, social and cultural development of the East Midlands • Promoting our region’s universities • Sharing best practice • Creating strategic partnerships • Facilitating collaboration • Influencing strategies • Supporting delivery of the RES • BIS Policy • Innovation Nation • World Class Skills • HEIF • Growth Capped • Phase-out funding for ELQ • Subnational review • Internships! • Denham HE Framework • Tuition Fees • HEFCE Agenda • RAE • HEIF4 • Employer Engagement: • Co-funding • WP • SSCs • Challenges for EMUA • Varied, and changing missions of EM HEIs • Willingness of HEIs to share information: perceived & actual competition • Internal communication of EMUA objectives, activity, institutional sign-up within member HEIs • HEI vs. EMUA relationships with regional/national organisations, particularly emda.& HEFCE • Key Regional Agendas • Business Support • Simplification • esp Partnership • Innovation; I-nets, Technology Plan; RIS2 • Aligning funding • Regeneration, Sustainable Development • employer engagement & skills group • EMUA members coordinate their activities in line with the framework: ‘Developing a Regional Action Plan for Higher Level Skills’ • Help HEIs establish employer demand for higher level skills • Work with HEFCE and appropriate regional agencies to address the market failure of Train to Gain brokerage for higher level learning • Support a co-ordinated approach to the development and supply of higher level courses by further developing the relationships with esp Partners, Sector Skills Councils, LLNs, fdf and other appropriate agencies. • Innovation & knowledge transfer group • The Innovation & Knowledge Transfer Strategy Group seeks to increase levels of innovation within the region. • Providing better access to knowledge and expertise • Exploiting knowledge through business creation • Developing the skills for innovation • Building the space for innovation • Creating synergy through networking and collaboration • Growing the learning region E KNOWN UNKNOWNS: The demand for higher level skills from businessesNovember 2008 BEYOND KNOWN UNKNOWNS: a further exploration of the demand for higher level skills from businesses January 2009 • Context for HE Sector • It’s the economy – stupid! • Rapidly changing policy landscape. • Application of funding streams associated with • HEIF4, • RAE 2008 • Employer Engagement • Diversity of HEI missions. Key Partners & Stakeholders HEFCE UUK emda esp Partnership Alliance of Sector Skills Council EMB LSC EMRA GO-EM EMFEC Podium (Olympics) GRADUATE FUTURES: The Impact of the Recession on Graduate Recruitment in the East Midlands: A Review of Expert Opinion, March 2009