Enhancing support for Higher Level Skills through the Bradford Council Economic Development Service
In September 2009 Bradford Metropolitan District Council, partnered with the University of Bradford and Bradford College, will embark on a project to establish a Higher Level Skills Champion based with the Skills Team within the Economic Development Service at Bradford MDC.
The overarching task of the Skills Coordinator will be to take forward the key actions/objectives of the Employment and Skills Board. Their role would be to assist the Council to deliver on the transformational priority to increase higher level skills, and to increase demand for higher level skills and education provision with employers in Bradford. In addition they will promote the value of higher level skills as a response to the recession and work to ensure the district has the higher level skills base to take advantage of recovery.
This project will have the following outcomes:
> 5 work place progression agreements
> 2 EBTA initiatives
In addition to these hard outcomes, the overall benefit of the project would be:
> to develop improved relationships between higher education providers and the business community through the work of the council’s Economic Development Service;
> to contribute to the delivery of Bradford's approach to the City Region MAA; and
> to contribute to the value added and sustainability of the emerging employment and skills infrastructure of the Bradford District.
For further details on this project contact Joanne Beaumont at j.e.beaumont@hud.ac.uk
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