CAPE is pleased to announce a new Policy Fellowship opportunity with Yorkshire Universities (YU), working together with the West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA).
This role will require the successful candidate to work closely with YU, WYCA, PERN and other partners in West Yorkshire, including local authorities, further education, health and care sector, communities and business.
Listen to the CAPECast podcast in which Sarah Chaytor, UCL’s Director of Research Strategy & Policy chats to YU Executive Director, Dr Peter O’Brien about how universities can help to support evidence use and address regional policy priorities.
The last twelve months have seen COVID-19 impact in ways we could never have imagined. No one can fail to be shocked by the stories of how the virus has devastated lives, communities, businesses and places, but perhaps at the same time we are also inspired and thankful for the efforts of those on the front-line who have kept essential services functioning.
In July 2020, Yorkshire Universities, the Yorkshire & Humber Academic Health Science Network and the NHS Confederation published Levelling Up Yorkshire and Humber: health as the new wealth post-COVID. The report set out the bold actions that are needed by local and national leadership to embed a renewed focus on health, tackle long-standing regional inequalities, and boost future investment in Yorkshire’s health and life sciences assets as we begin living with and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.
Learn more about how working with universities can benefit your business. The opening plenary explores business resilience and opportunities in the face of the pandemic, presenting a range of insights and an overview of available business support initiatives and programmes. Explore opportunities for collaboration with universities on initiatives across healthcare, inclusivecreative industries, textiles and low carbon heating and cooling in the breakout sessions.
AGENDA & RESOURCES
14:00 – Welcome and introduction to the plenary
Professor Shirley Congdon, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bradford and Chair of Yorkshire Universities
14:15 – Panel presentations Where business is now: perspectives from Yorkshire’s universities
Collaborative regional initiatives in support of pandemic recovery – including the Place Based Economic Recovery (PERN) and the West Yorkshire Economic Recovery Framework Professor Andy Brown, Divisional Director of Research (Leeds University Business School)
Recovery toolkit and analysis of survival strategies for businesses across the region David Spicer, Director of Business and Community Engagement (School of Management, University of Bradford) Presentation
Opportunities for university based business support in higher education “cold-spots” Natalie Allen, Business Development Manager (Calderdale University Business Centre, Leeds Beckett University) Presentation
Support for skills and investment opportunities for business start- ups during pandemic Claire Newhouse, Director of Centre for Apprenticeships, Work-based Learning & Skills (AD:Venture, Leeds Trinity University) Presentation
What are the current conditions for entrepreneurial innovation? Harrison Evans, Collaboration Manager (Nexus, University of Leeds) Presentation
14:50 – Interactive Q&A
15:10 – Collaborate to Innovate Breakout Sessions
COLLABORATE TO INNOVATE – Healthcare Hosted by Leeds Beckett University
Join us to explore the challenges and opportunities for innovation in Health. This session will give an insight into the innovative research and development in the region, showcasing the latest in health research, medical technology development and collaborative opportunities. We will hear from a number of speakers from across the region discussing key topics relating to innovations in response to Covid, white-box machine learning in healthcare, and opportunities for digital innovation surrounding the safety of medicines and the supply chain.
Session chair: Dr Duncan Sharp Dean of the School of Clinical and Applied Sciences, Leeds Beckett University
Speakers:
Professor Karen Ousey, Director for the Institute of Skin Integrity and Infection Prevention, University of Huddersfield
Professor Stephen Smith, Department of Electronic Engineering, University of York
Dr Liz Breen, School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Bradford
COLLABORATE TO INNOVATE – Inclusive Creative Industries Hosted by the University of York
The University of York is leading on enabling and supporting collaborative R&D for the creative sector across the region including immersive and interactive storytelling and the UK gaming sector. Come and find out more about our work through our interactive and visual case studies. Meet the people leading the research and businesses we have worked with and find out more about the different funding and engagement opportunities available to your business.
Session chair: Professor Damian Murphy Director of XR Stories, University of York
Speakers:
Dr. Sondess Missaoui, Research Associate, Digital Creativity Labs, University of York
Lucy Hammond, Marketing & Projects Producer, Pilot Theatre
Kate O’Connor, Industry Consultant, XR Stories & SIGN
COLLABORATE TO INNOVATE – Textiles Hosted by the University of Huddersfield
Interactive session exploring challenges and opportunities for collaboration relating to innovation in the textiles sector. The audience will learn more about current initiatives in technical textiles and the Future Fashion Factory Programme. The participants will also have an opportunity to inform a new study which is seeking to map the innovation landscape for textiles in the region; and identify key priorities for future industrial collaboration.
Session chair: James Devitt Industrial Collaboration Manager, University of Huddersfield
Speakers:
Professor Simon McQueen-Mason, Centre for Novel Agricultural Products (CNAP), Department of Biology, University of York
Professor Stephen Russell, Future Fashion Factory, University of Leeds
Professor Parik Goswami, Technical Textiles Research Centre, University of Huddersfield
Jonathan Hobson, Director of Perspective Economics
COLLABORATE TO INNOVATE – Low carbon heating and cooling Hosted by the University of Leeds
Interactive session exploring opportunities for collaboration and the co-development of strategies for sustainable low carbon heating and cooling. Perfect for businesses involved in the heating and cooling of their buildings or the supply chain side of electricity and heat generation.
Session Chair: Sandra Piazolo Professor in Structural Geology and Tectonics, University of Leeds
Speakers:
Fleur Loveridge, Associate Professor of Geostructures, University of Leeds
James Van Alstine, Associate Professor of Environmental Policy, University of Leeds
Stephen Thomas, Founder and Managing Director, OGI Groundwater Specialists Ltd
Martin Fletcher, Research Fellow, Leeds Beckett University
Vincent McCabe, Programme Lead (Clean Growth & Innovation), Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership (LEP)
Paola Zerilli, Department of Economics, University of York
“If the pandemic has shown us anything, it’s that we need to change the way we do business. As with any major upheaval, there have been winners and losers.” (19 March 2021, Yorkshire Post)
