WORKSHOP 4.2 HE and innovation in regions and cities

Jan Gilder, University of Wolverhampton, tel: 07967218293

Jas Bains, Accord Group, tel: 07866534730

5 March 2015

One of the largest housing and health & social care providers in the Midlands

Annual turnover 170m Euros plus over 48m Euros annual capital spend 1,048m Euros assets (at cost) Successful growth & new business, financially strong with capacity to grow A social business creating profit for core purposes Engaged and ready to do more business with Europe

Award winning social business creating profit for social purpose

Over 13,000 units in ownership & management Directly engaged 25,000 housing customers Over 70,000 hours of care delivered weekly Employs over 5,000 staff HCA Partner delivering 500 new homes every

year

Accord Overview

One of the largest UK Universities in the Midlands with nearly 23,000 students

A major role in shaping a democratic and inclusive society Award winning for working with business and community engagement Enhancing individual life chances by encouraging and enabling individuals and

business to develop their own capabilities Serving an adaptable economy, regionally, nationally and internationally

A different kind of business investing in the entire student experience

The University of Opportunity Annual turnover 230m Euros Employs over 2,400 staff Presence in 120 countries globally, including

a Brussels office 94% graduate employability record last year Create 70 graduate businesses a year Help about 1000 SMEs a year

University of Wolverhampton Overview

A Shared Opportunity

80% of UW students come from a 25 mile radius

We are more than located in this area- we belong

100% of Accord tenants are located in this 25 mile radius

Wolverhampton

About the Black Country

FTE @ 240 days each

4 22%

5 39M locally

2 450K pp

6 19bn Euros

s

9 105th to 87th

10 2014 – 2020

Black Country GoalsAll 82 secondary schools (incl. 40 underperforming) perform above national average with a focus on key

STEM subjects + English & Maths; All 304 primary schools (incl. 131 underperforming)

perform above national average.

SCIENCE BUILDING and SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT

Education standards improved (21pp) higher than national percentage point rise (13.4pp)

Skills Factory

85 HVM employers training engineering apprentices

2332 trained via bite-sized courses

12 Schools & 100 pupils worked with Manufacturing Institute on a Skills Challenge so 13/14 year olds choose Engineering + Manufacturing careers

25 school / teacher / master craftsmen / work experience placements

Results10.5M Government Investment included in Black Country Economic Plan

4.9M Investment awarded to a 10M University Opportunity site build.

The Ambition is Clear

As history shows we were at the heart of the industrial revolution

We are now at the heart of a different type of revolution

Do more than what we should, do what we can