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projectsHere are just a few examples of projects where the regions universities are working together successfully to achieve great results. If you have more examples please share them with us. Regional Internships SchemeUniversities in the East Midlands are proud to be part of ‘Backing Young Britain’, a £13.6m Government initiative to help young people into work. It will provide around 7,000 graduate internships in small businesses by the end of the year. De Montfort University, in partnership with our nine other higher education institutions, is managing the £500k scheme to boost the job prospects of graduates across the East Midlands.The funding aims to support both the increased numbers of unemployed graduates in the economic downturn, and employers in the Government’s priority areas for economic growth. The East Midlands scheme will deliver 370 internships across the region by the end of September 2010.Graduates will be placed in priority employer sectors identified by the Government – low carbon products and services, digital industry, life sciences and pharmaceuticals, advanced manufacturing, professional and financial services, engineering construction and industrial opportunities presented by the ageing population. Small companies can build their businesses through new skills and flexible resources, and benefit from access to talented and ambitious individuals who are keen to work. They can bring in graduates, at significantly reduced employment costs, with specific skills to complete time-limited projects. For each intern universities will provide employers with up to £1,600 toward salary costs. Positions must be for ‘graduate level’ work, pay at least the minimum wage and last for three to six months. For more information on the internships scheme, please contact Kasser Hussain on 0116 207 8433 or at khussain@dmu.ac.uk. Beyond BrokerageThis scheme, funded by emda and delivered by the East Midlands NTI, provides frontline brokers with easy and supported access to the expertise and high level skills training their clients need from the region's universities, FE colleges and private providers. The scheme, through its team of specialist High Level Skills Advisers, provides a streamlined, finely targeted and cost effective method of bridging the gap between demand and supply for high level skills. Enterprise IncEnterprise Inc is aimed at improving the enterprise skills and entrepreneurship capability of 500 students and graduates across the East Midlands. Nine East Midlands universities are involved in this project, which has funding support from HEIF, ERDF and emda. Enterprise Inc has been designed to encourage and support students who want to develop enterprising ideas into businesses.
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