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Last week, a request landed on our ‘virtual desk’, originating from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and linked to a series of economic recovery roundtables that are expected to inform the emergency budget announcement scheduled for the second week in July. Given the challenging turnaround time, YU, together with our colleagues from the N8 Research Partnership, agreed to pool our respective ideas and produce a joint response. The topics where BEIS were seeking inputs, included: innovation, investment, net zero (carbon), levelling-up and (business) start-ups and scaleups. I was asked to contribute to the the start-up and scaleup theme, and was set the following exam questions: Tom Forth and Richard Jones’ recent report, ‘The Missing £4 Billion’, published by the innovation specialists, Nesta, presents in-depth analysis and a series of thought-provoking, yet practical, proposals on how to rebalance the current uneven geography of research and development (R&D) spending within the UK. The report is timely and has gained much attention, not least for the case the authors make for government to devolve 25 per cent of the planned uplift in R&D funding to nations, cities and regions. A stark statistic contained in the report is that large parts of the UK, including Yorkshire, are missing out on £4 billion a year in public R&D funding. Add to that private investment, and the same regions are unable to access a further £8 billion per annum. Not insignificant sums when you consider the total investment that is needed to ‘level up’ the nations and regions. At this time of year prospective students gear up for university. Amidst the uncertainty, 2020 might be no exception despite some of the current thinking. What, in the current climate are students expecting in September? Anecdotal evidence suggests that ‘the student experience’ (i.e. ‘being at uni’) is the first thought of many. It’s always been a moot point as to how far their provider’s responsibility extends into that wider area so let’s focus on specifically educational provision. Last week’s 2020 HEPI/Advance HE Student Academic Experience Survey offers some initial insights at a time of the lockdown period. Background: the APPG is keen to make representations to the government with clear policy proposals that would support business, education, culture and sport and other sectors to rebuild after the lockdown.‘Starting and scaling up business…in a period of recovery’
Monika Antal, YU Executive Manager
Innovation Deals
Dr Peter O’Brien, Executive Director
COVID-19 and beyond: understanding student expectations
Professor Roger Lewis, YU Associate
YU submission to the Yorkshire & North Lincolnshire All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG)
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As the Chancellor @RishiSunak outlines plans to support the economic recovery from #Covid19, including a £2bn package to prevent youth uneployment, academics in @CRESR_SHU have published a report suggesting double that amount is needed.
More here 👉 https://www4.shu.ac.uk/mediacentre/new-report-recommends-further-investment-avoid-youth-unemployment-crisis
Is a fairer economy possible in #York & #NorthYorkshire?
@mike_hawking Policy and Partnerships Manager at @jrf_uk talks about what is needed to create a fairer society post-#COVID19
#RishiSunak #PlanForJobs #recovery
https://www.businessinspiredgrowth.com/news/creating-a-fairer-york-north-yorkshire-post-covid-19/
UNIfied is a joint collaborative project between @sheffielduni and @SHU. The UNIfied team has created online modules for Y9 pupils to complete from home #HigherEducation #schools #virtuallearning #wideningparticipation #outreach
Access the resources here https://www.hepp.ac.uk/partner-provision/unified/
Breaking News: NCUB has been asked to launch a new Taskforce to advise on the future of UK R&D. The Taskforce, requested by @UKRI_News, will consider how partnerships between #universities & #businesses can be strengthened to drive prosperity
Read more➡️https://www.ncub.co.uk/latest-news/new-collaboration-taskforce-announced-to-aid-economic-recovery
