Meeting the Need
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- OPUS: Oxford Professional Updating System
University of Oxford
Mr Michael Meredith
michael.meredith@conted.ox.ac.uk
01865 286918
A professional updating system that offers each student, via the Internet, a course that has been tailor-made to meet his or her needs, providing a more flexible and responsive educational service. - PHOENICS: A Physics Model for Pro-Active HE
University of Leeds
Dr Ashley Clarke
a.r.clarke @leeds.ac.uk
0113 233 3878
To define sustainable, expandable models of paid industrial placements for Physics undergraduates by bringing together the expertise of academic departments, specific employers and the "Year in Industry" organisation. - Marketing Graduate Skills
London School of Economics
Dr Peter Levin
p.levin@lse.ac.uk
020 7955 7346
Mr Ivan Kent
i.kent@synergesis.com
020 8563 9395
To pioneer a model of skills development that is flexible enough to improve the prospects of students entering any field of graduate employment and that is simple enough and robust enough to fit into typical university course structures and methods. - Understanding the Future: Bridging the Information Gap between employers and HE
e-skills NTO
Jane Standley
jane.standley@e-skillsnto.org.uk
01753 854792
Increasing higher education's ability to respond to changing demands of employers in IT services by ensuring that the industry better understands and responds to the needs of higher education in terms of its labour market intelligence and careers information; and that HE staff are better equipped to advise students about opportunities in the sector. - MathComm: Mathematics for Communicatins and Electronics
University of Westminster
Ms Alison Carter
carteraj@cmsa.wmin.ac.uk
020 7911 5156
Website: http://www.mathcomm.co.uk
To encourage more A-level Maths students to study for a career in electronics and communication engineering, to help address the shortage of suitable graduates for these industries. It will explore a method of linking the school curriculum with industrial practice. - Maths for Engineers WebDisk
Educational Broadcasting Services Trust
Dr Jim Stevenson
mail@ebstrust.u-net.com
020 7765 5023
Maths for Engineers Webdisk will offer a complete, individual, portable electronic learning service, creating a new delivery system accessible through standard PCs. - Northamptonshire Business Environment Forum
University College Northampton
Dr Paul Phillips
paul.phillips@northampton.ac.uk
Website: http://www.northampton.ac.uk/aps/env/nbef
An organisation that offers short courses both for students and employees from SMEs. It will encourage and equip students to work in local SMEs and offer continuing professional development that encourages lifelong learning for SME employees. - Quality Work Experience Opportunities
EEF
Ms Ann Bailey
abailey@eef-fed.org.uk
0207 654 1554
Enhancing the employability of students, addressing skill shortages and linking small companies with higher education by persuading more small SMEs in the engineering sector, including the electronic industries, of the benefits to them of taking students on quality work experience programmes. - Professional Pathway Project
City University London
Ms Ginny Williams
ginny@city.ac.uk
020 7477 8409
Accelerated entry to the workplace with part-time study on a day-release basis. Students who choose to take it will transfer to relevant four-days-a-week employment after one year of full-time study and complete their degrees by a combination of weekly attendance at University and e-learning over three further years. - FLIP: In-Company Flexible Learning Post Graduate Programme
University of Central England
Professor Phil Hallam
philip.hallam@uce.ac.uk
0121-3315427
Website: http://www.tic-online.com/
Assessing the effectiveness of learning programmes, undertaken by part-time students, which utilise new technology on a distance learning basis and produce a reliable guide, for use across the HE sector, to increase the contribution of higher level lifelong learning for the workplace. - Virtual Hothouse
Centre for Enterprise
Mr Michael Davis
michael@centreforenterprise.co.uk
0116 258 7345
An e-based business incubation centre which supports the development of new business opportunities initiated by students and graduates from East Midlands HE Institutions by accelerating the development of ideas and offering support through on-line mentoring and resources. - Photo Imaging Graduate Programme
Photo Imaging NTO
Mr John Stacey
john@photoimagingnto.org
0208 665 1110
Mr Tony Clarke
clark.solana@ntlworld.com
01442 381155
Developing and implementing a bridging programme for final year HND students and graduates of Photographic courses seeking to work in the Photographic industry and developing a Graduate Apprenticeship framework. - Growing Careers Partnership
Writtle College
Mr Phil McCash
pmc@writtle.ac.uk
01245 424257
Mrs Suzy Knight
skn@writtle.ac.uk
01245 424200
Website: http://www.growing-careers.com/
To attract graduates into horticultural businesses by developing and operating a Growing Careers Website which will act as a beacon of accessible LMI for job-seekers, and enable employers to better meet their graduate recruitment needs. - Professional Training for Construction
University of the West of England
Mr Tony Bryan
Tony.Bryan@uwe.ac.uk
01173 443212
A model for flexible delivery of education and training which will allow learners without previous experience of HE the opportunity to learn at their own pace and at times and places which suit them. - Learning Bites
Liverpool Hope
Ms Jill Armstrong
armstrj@hope.ac.uk
0151 291 3289
Learning Bites will provide students with specific learning outcomes in response to an immediate need for either local business or a community/voluntary group. - Developing Opportunities in Teams
St Helens College
Linda Evans
levans@sthelens.ac.uk
01744 623148
To build a new FE/HE/Chamber of Commerce partnership to respond to the needs of industry. - Capability Programme
Middlesex University
Professor Peter Newby
p.newby@mdx.ac.uk
0208 362 5345
Increasing higher education's ability to respond to changing demands of employers in IT services by ensuring that the industry better understands and responds to the needs of higher education in terms of its labour market intelligence and careers information; and that HE staff are better equipped to advise students about opportunities in the sector. - Key Skills Making Connections
The Open University
Ms Linda Hodgkinson
l.hodgkinson@open.ac.uk
01908 654324
Mrs Catherine Reuben
c.reuben@open.ac.uk
01908 858443
Website: http://www.open.ac.uk/StudentWeb/keyskills/connections_frame.html
To make the connections between learning in HE and how they are applied in employment contexts through awareness, development and use of higher level key skills. - Connecting Cultures
Colchester Institute
Mr Chris Lerwill
chris.lerwill@colch-inst.ac.uk
01206 518719
Mr Christopher Turner
christopher.turner@colch-inst.ac.uk
01206 518655
To enable creative arts graduates to work effectively within health care settings and assess the implications for the undergraduate curriculum in the creative arts. - What Next?
University of Durham
Rachel Laing
r.s.laing@durham.ac.uk
0191 3747752
A fully integrated approach to skills and careers training for undergraduates, by combining careers management, work skills development, careers training and work experience in a new and more effective way. - Developing Learning Organisations
Risk Management Alternatives
Ruth Pilkington
ruth.pilkington@learningorganisations.net
01772 765186
A model for co-operation between academic practitioners in the arts and humanities, and employers in a range of sectors, which will enhance the employability of graduates in the above disciplines, and will support cultures of learning within and between employing organisations. - Skills Plus
Lancaster University
Mr Peter Knight
p.knight@lancaster.ac.uk
01524 592894
Web site: http://www.open.ac.uk/vqportal/Skills-Plus/home.htm http://www.lancs.ac.uk/users/edres/research/skillsplus/index.htm (this link will remain operational, but the site is no longer maintained)
To work in 16 departments in four north-west universities to build curriculum, teaching, learning and assessment practices that will enhance students' employability and form a model for curriculum development to stimulate continued change throughout the higher education system as a whole.
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