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.
Read the YU response to the Inwards Foreign Direct Investment inquiry here.
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. Opening with a plenary exploring business resilience and opportunities in the face of the pandemic, Yorkshire Universities will present a range of insights and share an overview of available business support initiatives and programmes.
You’ll then have the opportunity to breakout into one of four interactive workshop sessions to explore opportunities for collaboration with universities on initiatives across healthcare, digital creativity, textiles and low carbon heating and cooling.
16 March 2021, 14:00-16:30pm, via Zoom
AGENDA
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 academic initiatives in support of pandemic recovery, including the West Yorkshire Economic Recovery Framework
Professor Andy Brown (University of Leeds Business School)
Recovery toolkit and analysis of survival strategies for businesses across the region.
Dave Spicer (University of Bradford)
Opportunities for University based business support in higher education “cold-spots”
Natalie Allen (Calderdale University Business Centre)
Support for skills and investment opportunities for business start- ups during pandemic
Claire Newhouse (AD:Venture)
What are the current conditions for entrepreneurial innovation?
Harrison Evans (Nexus, University of Leeds)
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.
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.
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.
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.
16:15 – Closing remarks, signposting and next steps
Dr Peter O’Brien, Executive Director of Yorkshire Universities
Sue Cooke, CEO of 3M BIC Innovation Centre, University of Huddersfield
16:30 – Finish
EVENT OUTLINE
4 February 2021, 10:30-12:00, via MS Teams
