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Progressing from labour market intelligence to HE level provision that is well supported by employers

Lead Institution: University of Exeter
Collaborating with: Petroc College, Weymouth College, Plymouth University, University of Bath, University of the West of England

Outputs

South West Conference

South West Conference

The main project and sub-projects resulted in the production of the outputs listed below. Links to the main project outputs (developed by the Marchmont Observatory) are on the left of this page. 

The sub-project outputs (from the Universities of Bath, Exeter, Plymouth and UWE and Petroc and Weymouth College) can be found via individual sub-project pages which can be accessed via links at the bottom right of this page.

Reports

  • A Good Practice Review (Marchmont Observatory, July 2011a)
  • LMI and Employer Engagement Report (Marchmont Observatory, May 2012)
  • Overview Report (Marchmont Observatory (June 2012)

 Final Case Study Reports            

  • Final Case Study Report – Marchmont Observatory (June 2012)
  • Final Case Study Report – University of Bath (May 2012)
  • Final Case Study Report  - University of Exeter (May 2012)
  • Final Case Study Report – Plymouth University (May 2012)
  • Final Case Study Report  - University of the West of England (May 2012)
  • Final Case Study Report – Petroc (May 2012)
  • Final Case Study Report  - Weymouth College (May 2012)

 Tools and Resources

  • A Guide to Reviewing Employer Engagement  (Marchmont Observatory, July 2011b)
  • LMI Template (Marchmont Observatory, May 2012)
  • LMI Handbook (Marchmont Observatory, May 2012)
  • Employer Engagement Process Checklist (University of the West of England  2012)
  • Organisational Needs Analysis Tool (Petroc, May 2012)
  • Customer Satisfaction Questionnaire (Petroc , May 2012)
  • CRM Guide (Petroc , May 2012)
  • CRM Powerpoint Presentation (Petroc , May 2012)
  • CRM Movieclip (Petroc , May 2012)
  • Employer Engagement Toolkit: Workflows, Protocols and Risk Assessment  (Plymouth University and  Weymouth College, May 2012): HE STEM Employer Engagement Toolkit consisting of 18 guides aimed at staff working in FECs and HEIs who are new to employer engagement 
  • Customer Relationship Management Strategy (University of Exeter, May 2012)
  • Opportunities for engagement within the College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences at University of Exeter (Employer Facing Brochure) (University of Exeter, 2012a)
  • CDP Employer Survey Questionnaire  (University of Bath, May 2012))
  • Specification CRM module (Weymouth College, May 2010)

 Other Case Studies

  • Case Study Collection (University of Exeter, May 2012)
  • Initial Engagement
  • Maintaining Relationships with Industry
  • Customer Relationship Management Systems
  • Student Projects, Placements and Legal Issues
  • Industry Events
  • Engaging with Small to Medium Enterprises
  • Case studies  (University of the West of England, 2012a)
  • Internal processes affecting employer engagement
  • Industry discussion
  • Student data analysis
  • Case study of effective engagement of engineering employers on TDK Lambda (Petroc, 2012)

 Other

  • Community of practice: the project partners met through five partner meetings and bi-lateral meetings.
  • Audio and video resources on the Creative STEM website at  http://www.creativestem.co.uk/

Staff involved

Chris Evans
Project lead, University of Exeter

Hilary Todd
Project coordinator, University of Exeter

Cerian Ayres
Petroc College

Dr Barrie Cooper
University of Exeter

Dr Ross Kay
Weymouth College

Hilary Stevens
University of Exeter

Mark Stone
Plymouth University

Suzanne Maxwell
University of Bath

Wendy Fowles-Sweet
University of the West of England

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