Thames Valley Berkshire LEP European Social Fund Webinar: Supporting employers to promote career opportunities and experience of the world of work in Thames Valley Berkshire
Welcome and introductions Joanna Birrell – Programme Lead Allison Giles – Senior Enterprise Co-ordinator, Thames Valley Berkshire LEP Laura Davis - British Association of Supported Employment Andy Luff - ACL European* *retained by Thames Valley Berkshire LEP to provide technical assistance to applicants
Agenda 1. Introduction 2. Skills, Education and Employment in Thames Valley Berkshire 3. Thames Valley Berkshire ESF allocation – priority for investment 4. The CEC programme in Thames Valley Berkshire 5. Supporting SEND learners 6. Technical Assistance and the application process 7. Partner finder 8. Q & A
Joanna Birrell Programme Lead
Local Growth Growing Places Growth Hub European Careers & Business Rates Funds (LGF) Fund (GPF) Funding Structural and Enterprise Retention Pilot Capital Capital Revenue Investment Funds Company £142m £15m £36m £3.4m >£26m £66k A revolving fund, To finance the LGF ring-fenced to Over two years Over the period The Berkshire intended to operation of the implement specific (2018-2020) for 2014-2020. With Enterprise Adviser projects in the SEP. stimulate strategic Berkshire Business match funding, this Network, a joint Profiled over six economic activity infrastructure Growth Hub over represents c.£52m initiative by the years from 2015/16 by addressing the period 2014- investment over CEC and the LEP, is infrastructure and 2021, from the seven years formed of local Includes £4 million site constraints, following sources: business people for Skills Capital and promoting the who work one-to- • Regional Growth Projects – to date delivery of jobs & one with school invested in: Fund housing. and college • BEIS • Newbury SL leaders, helping • RDA Legacy • Reading SL Eng them to develop • Reading SL IT Funds effective employer • BCA SL • ERDF engagement plans, • HealthReach • Private Sector drawing on existing, local Likely to be replaced business networks by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund from 2021
Summary
ESF Call details • Up to £1,088,029 of ESF funding is available • DWP will award contracts with a minimum value of £270k • Projects must be completed no later than 3 years and 6 months after the proposed project start date; however, the Managing Authority reserves the right to vary the maximum duration in exceptional circumstances. • All ESF Projects must be completed by 31st December 2023. Project costs cannot be incurred beyond this date • Does require match funding – this is not an opt in call • Andy Luff is providing technical assistance and can provide guidance on match funding
ESF Call details • Deliver activities that showcase career pathways and progression opportunities in the LEP’s priority job families, e.g. through careers events and fairs that are inclusive and accessible to all young people, including those with additional learning needs; • Support employers to develop and offer experiences of work, apprenticeship and job opportunities, particularly recognising the forthcoming need for T level students to do an extended work experience placement
ESF Call details • Support employers to deliver activities that will help young people in school years 10 to 13 as well as those under the age of 25 to transition effectively from schools to T levels and apprenticeships. This could include activities such as mentoring, team building and transferable employability skills and must be accessible for all young people, including those with additional learning needs; and • Co-ordinate activities and simplify the process for employers by encouraging collaboration between different organisations and ensuring information about activities, offers and associated resources are easily accessible
ESF Call background • Our 2018 Skills Priority Statement identified that there is a disconnect between employers, education providers and young people and made the following recommendations • Encourage more firms to offer work experience/work inspiration and introduce a Berkshire wide programme that promotes the experience of work to young people. • Promote the wealth of opportunities available in the Berkshire economy to young people. • Provide high quality employability training provision. • Help young people make informed decisions, particularly in relation to Apprenticeships (including degree apprenticeships)
Useful resources: Thames Valley Berkshire Local Enterprise Partnership • Skills Priority Statement – Evidence base – Infographics • STEAM Strategy • Job Family Factsheets • Careers in Berkshire 2018 www.thamesvalleyberkshire.co.uk/skills-and- employment • TVB Enterprise Adviser Network www.thamesvalleyberkshire.co.uk/enterprise -adviser-network • The Careers and Enterprise Company www.careersandenterprise.co.uk/
Digital Technologies Job Family Local institutions Location Type of provision QA Slough Th UK's leading IT training provider, with over 1,500 IT and project management courses including Microsoft, Cisco, VMware, PRINCE2 University of Reading Reading BSc, MSc and Phd in Computer Science Windsor Forest Colleges Langley and A+ Certificate L2, CCNA Routing and Switching (CCENT), IT Higher Group Apprenticeship L4, software packages including Excel and Microsoft Windsor Office, Computing Diploma L3, Digital Marketer Apprenticeship L3, Information & Creative Technology BTEC Extended Certificate, L2 Newbury College Newbury Computing & Systems Development L4 HNC Diploma, IT Professional Apprenticeship, IT Computing L3 Extended Diploma Bracknell and Bracknell and IT BTEC Extended Certificate L2, IT BTEC Extended Diploma L3 Wokingham College Wokingham Reading College Reading Computing (Security) HND, Computing HNC, ICT L1 Foundation Pathway, ICT Practitioners BTEC L2 Award, ICT Practitioners BTEC L3 Extended Diploma, IT and Telecoms L3 Advanced Apprenticeship National skills shortages (Tier 2 Shortage Occupation List) 370 330 There were only 144 A-level 320 300 300 examination entries for • IT product manager 260 Computing A-levels in state- • Systems engineer, software funded schools in Berkshire in Digital technologies Apprenticeship starts developer, shader writer and games 2015/16, out of a total of 12,266 (Berkshire learners) designer in visual effects and 2D/3D entries for all subjects computer animation 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 • Data scientist • Senior developer Future workforce strategies • Cyber security specialist Train and retain Retaining overseas workers, utilising the Apprenticeship Levy to develop staff Thames Valley Berkshire LEP investment Diversify workforce Working with schools to promote tech careers to non-traditional recruits, providing flexible working, reviewing working hours expectations Digital Gum - a six-week course which aims to help apprentices and return-to-work parents fast track their digital careers. The project is funded by the LEP using Creating sense of Creating the physical environment that attracts cutting edge start-ups and thus the next generation of tech talent place Growing Places Funds
Digital Technologies Job Family Employees 55,700 (11% of all employee jobs in TVB) Major digital tech multinationals including Vodafone, Microsoft, Oracle and Cisco Self-employment 7,900 Systems have long understood the locational benefits of the Thames Valley. Many multinationals are based at Green Park, whilst the Thames Valley Science Park is home Employee jobs growth projection (2016-2024) 6% (3,550 additional jobs) to 70 companies, ranging from early stage start-ups to global R&D centres. Proportion of workforce over the age of 55 9% (low) (TVB figure) 47% of start-ups surveyed by Tech City UK said that a lack of highly skilled workers was their main challenge. Migrant workforce (national figure) 13% (medium) Automation potential (national figure) 27% (medium) 14,000 Number of jobs by occupation Male:Female ratio (TVB figure) 83:17 12,000 10,000 8,000 Reading – 10,800 jobs Slough – 7,000 jobs 6,000 4,000 West Berkshire – 2,000 11,800 jobs 0 Windsor and Maidenhead – 6,850 jobs Wokingham – Bracknell Forest – 8,350 jobs 11,000 jobs Workforce Challenge: Workforce Challenge: Workforce Challenge: Diversity Competing with London and high paying Overseas talent corporates Fewer women are studying technology based Entrepreneurs are concerned about the extent to which tech subjects at school and university meaning communities depend on a flow of overseas talent from EU and non- 60% of respondents to the 2017 Berkshire Skills Survey said employers have fewer women to choose from EU countries to run their businesses. Of the 13% foreign nationals they found it difficult to recruit tech professionals as they working in the UK tech industry who are not from the UK, just over when recruiting . couldn’t meet the salary demands of applicants. half are from outside the EU.
Allison Giles Senior Enterprise Co-ordinator, Thames Valley Berkshire LEP
What good looks like The CEC ‘What Works’ in careers and Enterprise research key findings: • There are different effects for different activities • How these activities are sequenced together matters and • How well they are implemented makes a difference #BerksEnterpriseAdvisers
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