1. Rebecca Ward, NWUA rward@nwua.ac.uk 0161 234 0439 HE Sector Support Jobcentre Plus EURES Awareness Event Tuesday 2 nd February 2010

2. HE Offer What can the HE sector offer? –HEI Careers Services –Economic Challenge Investment Fund –Graduate Internships –Further Study Primarily for Professional & Executive clients Inconsistent and time bound! –JCP officers can contact me for more information rward@nwua.ac.uk 0161 234 0439

3. HE in the North West University of Bolton (9) University of Central Lancashire (2,7) University of Chester (18, 19) University of Cumbria (1, 3, 4, 5) Edge Hill University (8) Lancaster University (6) The University of Liverpool (16) Liverpool Hope University (17) The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (21) Liverpool John Moores University (15) The University of Manchester (12) Manchester Metropolitan University (13, 20) The Open University in the North West (11) University of Salford (14) Royal Northern College of Music (10)

4. Information, Advice and Guidance (IAG) Careers library resources Workshops –Job search –Employability skills Priority to own new graduates but some services more widely available HEI Careers Services

5. UniversityOwn GraduatesAny Graduate (1 year) Any Graduate (1-3 year) Any Graduate (+3 year) Website BoltonFull access to information and advice Full access to information and off-peak/ vacation access to advice Full access to information www.bolton.ac.u k/careers UCLanGraduates of other institutions can book for appointments and workshops but priority is given to UCLan graduates on a first come first serve basis www.uclan.ac.uk /futures Chester *Full access to information, advice and workshops Full access to information and advice www.chester.ac. uk/careers CumbriaFull access to information and advice and limited access to workshops No accesswww.cumbria.ac.uk/Services/SD AS/Careers/care ers.aspx Edge HillFull access to information and limited access to advice and workshops Full access to information and limited access to workshops www.edgehill.ac.uk/careers HEI Careers Services

6. UniversityOwn GraduatesAny Graduate (1 year) Any Graduate (1-3 year) Any Graduate (+3 year) Web site LancasterFull access to information and advice and limited access to workshops Full access to information, off- peak access to advice and limited access to workshops Full access to information and off-peak access to advice Full access to information www.careers.lan cs.ac.uk Liverpool HopeUntil September 2010 the services of Liverpool Hope University are open to graduates of any institution in the country no matter how long ago they graduated www.hope.ac.uk /careers LJMUFull access to information, advice and workshops Full access to information and advice and limited access to workshops Limited access to information, advice and workshops www.ljmu.ac.uk/ wow LiverpoolFull access to information, advice and workshops Full access to information and workshops, off- peak access to advice Limited access to information and workshops www.liv.ac.uk/ca reers HEI Careers Services

7. UniversityOwn GraduatesAny Graduate (1 year) Any Graduate (1-3 year) Any Graduate (+3 year) Website Manchester *Full access to information and advice and limited access to workshops Full access to information and limited off- peak/vacation access to advice Full access to information www.mancheste r.ac.uk/careers MMUFull access to information, advice and workshops Full access to information www.mmu.ac.uk /careers SalfordFull access to information, advice and workshops Full access to information and limited access to advice Full access to information No accesswww.careers.salf ord.ac.uk Open UniversityFull access to information, advice and workshops Limited access to information and advice www.open.ac.uk /careers HEI Careers Services * Charges for external graduates

8. NW ECIF activity Nine NW universities secured Economic Challenge Investment Funding from HEFCE –Nearly £3 million to support individuals and businesses in the economic downturn Over 6800 individual assists Over 340 business assists 48 new businesses –Employability skills –Re-skillling CPD –Graduate start-up support –Enhanced IAG, coaching and mentoring

9. InstitutionProject Details Proposed outputsContact Liverpool Hope University Careers Plus: Guidance, Events and Training for Individuals Liverpool Hope University Voucher Scheme 450 free places on Enhanced Career Development Events Programme with follow-on Training for 270 individuals Vouchers of between £50 and £5000 available to offset cost of provision Tel: 0151 291 3005 Web: www.hope.ac.uk/businessgateway Email: businessgateway@hope.ac.uk Liverpool John Moores University Graduate Accelerator Employability Programme: Five day career development course for unemployed graduates and professionals 360 free places Tel: 0151 231 8099 Web: www.ljmu.ac.uk/wow Email: gdc@ljmu.ac.uk University of Bolton CPD, APEL and other short courses 195 free places on CPD courses in 13 subjects and 40 days of certificated short courses for 12 delegates each 10 Short courses for the recently unemployed: 15 participants on each course Tel: 01204 374874 Web: www.bolton.ac.uk/ServicesForBusiness/Re cession/Home.aspx Email: bsdu@bolton.ac.uk University of Chester Accredited Postgraduate course in Business Innovation & Development for unemployed and underemployed graduates in the Cheshire & Warrington sub-region 300 places Assistance for unemployed graduates in Careers and Employability centre Tel: 01244 513066 Web: www.chester.ac.uk/careers Email: careers@chester.ac.uk

10. InstitutionProject Details Proposed outputsContact University of Cumbria Careers IAG to the unemployed Free or subsidised training: 75% discounts to unemployed individuals Taster courses provided in STEM related Logistics, Engineering, agriculture and environmental technologies. IAG to be provided to at least 500 unemployed graduates Discounted fees on HE courses for 100 people Access and bridging programmes in STEM subjects to 100 learners Tel: 01524 384 263 Web: http://www.cumbria.ac.uk/Ser vices/SDAS/Careers/careers.as px Email: careers@cumbria.ac.uk University of Liverpool Merseyside Graduate Internship Programme* *open to graduates from the University of Liverpool, LJMU and Liverpool Hope as well as those returning to Merseyside from other universities Intensive career management workshops 250 free places for career management training and access to resources for 500 Tel: 0151 794 4647 Web: http://www.liv.ac.uk/careers/g raduates/index.htm Email: Gradopps@liv.ac.uk University of Manchester Manchester Business School Enterprise Master Classes & Mentoring delivered through the Manchester Enterprise Centre Enterprise Master classes and mentoring for 750 students Tel: 0161 275 7082 Web: http://www.mbs.ac.uk/aboutu s/enterprise/index.htm Email: tara.monkman@mbs.ac.uk

11. Graduate Internships Support for over 2000 graduate internships –Graduates receiving JSA for six months+ can undertake internship for up to 13 weeks alongside claiming an allowance and looking for work. Graduate Talent Pool –http://graduatetalentpool.direct.gov.uk NWUA to produce summary of NW projects –rward@nwua.ac.uk

12. Further Study Sources of information on student finance –www.direct.gov.uk Student Finance Finance for Adult Learners –University Websites Fees and Finance pages –Bursaries –Discounts –Vouchers

13. Further Study NWUA database: www.nwua.ac.uk/discoverHE

14. www.nwua.ac.uk/discoverHE

15. Contact rward@nwua.ac.uk 0161 234 0439