Leeds Trinity University, with support from GHWY, has been successful in its bid for the West Yorkshire Graduate Skills Programme.

GHWY has partnered with the West Yorkshire Combined Authority to review recent and forthcoming changes to apprenticeship models, designed to benefit the creative sector.

The University of Bradford has been ranked the top university outside of London for supporting social mobility.  

Bradford College has secured a 'good' rating from its recent Ofsted inspection in a highly positive report.

GHWY, in partnership with the West Yorkshire Combined Authority’s Skills for Growth Team, is hosting a roundtable discussion to explore apprenticeships for the creative sector.

LEP's FutureGoals website makes it easier to access careers information, resources, support, and guidance for all ages. 

Go Higher Skills Group members have engaged in two Labour Market Information round table discussions hosted by Yorkshire Universities.

Let’s Talk Real Skills is a European Social Fund programme for which Go Higher West Yorkshire is a delivery partner.

Over the coming months we will be redeveloping our web pages for employers.

We are delighted that GHWY will be represented on the West Yorkshire Skills Partnership, formerly the Leeds City Region Skills Network.

Over the last couple of months, members have been engaging in Labour Market Intelligence workshops hosted by Yorkshire Universities.

GHWY recently delivered an information session about the apprenticeship Levy Transfer Service to members.

GHWY is a delivery partner for the West Yorkshire Consortium of Colleges-led, European Social Fund programme Let’s Talk Real Skills. 

Go Higher West Yorkshire is a delivery partner for Let’s Talk Real Skills, a region wide programme that aims to improve the regional skills and training system. 

Students at Leeds City College will benefit from training initiatives and work experience as a result of a newly signed agreement with Leeds Playhouse.

The criteria for the Apprenticeship Grant for Employers (AGE) has been widened to encourage more businesses to apply.

Go Higher West Yorkshire’s partners are well prepared to support the growth of a skilled workforce to Channel 4, which recently announced it will be opening its new national HQ in Leeds.

Partners are gearing up to deliver an increased number of degree apprenticeships across our region. This has been made possible through the highly innovative and fruitful ‘Driving Social Mobility through Degree Apprenticeships’ project.

Employers, educators and policymakers need to collaborate more closely to address skills needs, according to a new Universities UK report.

 

In order to meet the rapid pace of change driven by factors such as technological advances it will be necessary for them to adopt more flexible partnerships, different modes of delivery, quicker responses, and new combinations of skills and experience.

 

‘Solving Future Skills Challenges’ also highlights the need for greater work experience provision and calls for more flexibility within the student funding system.

 

Read the full report.

Work by the GHWY partnership to develop a collaborative Stand Alone pledge has been backed-up by a new research paper.

Estranged young people (18-24 year olds studying without the support and approval of a family network) have been highlighted as a vulnerable group.

Unstable housing, financial difficulties, and an inability to prioritise their course of study have a negative impact on the chances of estranged young people succeeding in higher education.

 

The report concludes that poverty is the prime reason for such students to discontinue their education, and urges institutions to think innovatively about how to offer better support.

 

Recommendations include Higher Education institutions becoming part of the corporate parenting structure for estranged young people, and introducing a specific bursary to help them afford accommodation over the summer period. GHWY partners are responding to the needs of this group of young people through pledging whatever support they can offer in key areas.

 

Read the full paper in Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning.

 

Next month its Estranged Students Solidarity Week and we'll be raising awareness across the partnership.