1. Dr Celia Brigg Assistant Director (Skills) North West Higher Level Skills Partnership

2. Outline BackgroundAims and Objectives Brokerage Sector Priorities NW Higher Level Skills PartnershipOutcomes to DateSuccesses and Challenges Next Steps

3. Background National and regional policy HEFCE Strategy NWUA lead for NW HLSP Business Plan August 2006 Project Start October 2006

4. Background DIUS HE at Work NWDA Proposal Approve d July 2008 Until 31 st March 2011 Expand and Extends work

5. NW HLS Partnership AimsObjectives Brokerage Train to Gain Training and Resources Specialist Advisors Development of Provision SSCs – Sector Panels Development Funding ASNs

6. NW HLS Partnership Brokerage Specialist Advisors Referrals across 7 sectors Module developed Training undertaken for Train to Gain Brokers Discover HE Protocol for joint working HLS Targets

7. NW HLS Partnership Advanced Engineering and Materials Digital and Creative Industries Business and Professional Services Construction Food and Drink Biomedical Energy and Environmental Technologies

8. Development of Provision Sector panels Panels produce guidance Issue calls for proposals Assess proposals Agreed funding NW HLS Partnership

9. 28 Projects Funded 34 courses across 4 sectors 8 now reached delivery stages 10 HEIs and over 15 FECs involved Over 150 employers engaged Expected to involved over 700 learners

10. Monitoring and Disseminating activity Skills Brochure Short Guide to HE Sector Expertise ESF Alignment Conference March 2009 Evaluation / Impact Study NW HLS Partnership

11. SuccessesChallenges ProvisionCollaborationSustainabilityBrokerage Funding Methodologies TimescalesPartnership

12. NW HLS Partnership SuccessesChallenges ImpactAdditionality Wider links with employers Understanding of HE Knowledge of HE Demonstrating Value Added

13. NW HLS Partnership Next Steps Sector Expansion Impact Study Further work with Brokers Discover HECo-fundingDissemination

14. Further Information Fiona Stanier, Specialist Advisor (Construction) fstanier@nwua.ac.ukfstanier@nwua.ac.uk Eddie Keating, Specialist Advisor (Business and Professional Services) ekeating@nwua.ac.uk ekeating@nwua.ac.uk Peter Davies, Specialist Advisor (Digital and Creative Industries) pdavies@nwua.ac.ukpdavies@nwua.ac.ukKaren Lang, Specialist Advisor (Advanced Engineering and Materials) klang@nwua.ac.ukklang@nwua.ac.uk Claire Lowe, Specialist Advisor (Energy and Environmental Technologies) clowe@nwua.ac.uk clowe@nwua.ac.uk Rebecca Ward, Specialist Advisor (Food and Drink) rward@nwua.ac.ukrward@nwua.ac.uk Olesya Shipova, Senior Officer oshipova@nwua.ac.ukoshipova@nwua.ac.ukVirginia Mitchell, Senior Administrator vmitchell@nwua.ac.ukvmitchell@nwua.ac.uk

15. Further Information Dr Celia Brigg, Assistant Director (Skills) cbrigg@nwua.ac.ukcbrigg@nwua.ac.uk 0161 2348891 or 07769 883434 www.nwua.ac.uk/pathfinder