employer engagement and higher level skills strategy group

EMUA's Employer Engagement & Skills (EES) Group is used by our members to co-ordinate the region's HEI response to government policies and proposals relating to higher education and employer engagement for learning and teaching. The EES Group is an important forum for our members to engage, not only with each other, but with partners such as emda, fDf and HEFCE around our strategies for employer engagement for higher level learning. Originally born out of the Leitch Report, the EES Group provides a forum where EMUA members can co-ordinate their activities in line with the framework Developing a Regional Action Plan for Higher Level Skills (originated by EMUA and endorsed by all regional partners in the Employment, Skills & Productivity Partnership) and more recently address BIS's new national framework for HE, Higher Ambitions and their newly published strategy Skills for Growth.

Important EES initiatives have included a collaboration with CFE Ltd to research the market for higher level skills in the East Midlands ( Using Demand to Shape Supply)and with emda to develop the region's Beyond Brokerage Higher Level Skills Advisory Service, which provides in depth advice to businesses about accessing flexible and responsive curriculum to up skill their employees.

The EES Group is Chaired by Jackie Dunne (Director of Lifelong Learning Institute, University of Leicester) who is EMUA's representative on the esp Executive.

Some useful links to information relevant to the EES Group activity are given below.

If you come across pertinent information which you think should be included in this section, or would like to find out more about this EMUA project, please contact Pat (email: p.needham@lboro.ac.uk Tel: 01509 217 867).

Internships

Many East Midlands Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) have schemes to support businesses to utilise the skills of new graduates (and even post-graduates) for short term internships, lasting 3 weeks to 12 months. To find out more about internships in the East Midlands, please click here.

Links

CFE - Using Demand to Shape Supply - July 2009 (1.05mb PDF)
An assessment of the higher level skeels needs of employers in England. Report by CFE to HEFCE.

Leitch Report

ssclln - Staff Development Events Guide 2009

World Class Skills: Implementing the Leitch Report in England [Government's implementation plan]

Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) response to Leitch Report

Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) Strategy for Employer Engagement

Higher Level Learning - Universities and Employers Working Together

National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts response to Leitch Report

Trades Union Congress response to Leitch Report

Further Education: Raising Skills, Improving Life Chances [14-19 White Paper; March 2006]

Work-based Learning: Illuminating the Higher Education Landscape [Higher Education Academy]

Demand for Higher Education to 2020 and Beyond [HEPI report, June 2007]

Employers' Perspectives on Improving Skills for Employment [National Audit Office]