Innovation
Announcement of successful bids. 01 Dec 2008
Our congratulations go to the 5 ‘winning’ bids, who subject to agreeing contracts are;
- South West Composites Gateway
Aerospace Training SW, West of England Aerospace Forum and GWE Business West - Lead partner: City of Bristol College - Innovation in Sustainable Construction
East Midlands NTI Construction Network - Lead partner: West Nottinghamshire College - College: Business Innovation Accelerator
South West Business Innovation and Knowledge Exchange College Partnership - Lead partner: Cornwall College - Knowledge Transfer Leadership
The Corporate College Consortium - Lead partner: Barnfield College - £ink to FSXchange
National Skills Academy (NSA) for Financial Services
We were overwhelmed with both the volume and the quality of the pathfinder bids, and apologise for the time taken to get back to you. We are unable to provide all 133 bidders with written feedback on their application however the Innovation hotline - 0114 259 1383 - will be open from 01 Dec 2008 to allow you to discuss your bids with us.
The Specialisation and Innovation fund was over subscribed by a factor of 30 - a tribute to your appetite to help businesses innovate, and a powerful measure of your innovation potential. Ministers are very keen to keep you all engaged as the pathfinder programme is taken forward. They have high ambitions for FE to show how it can drive SME innovation during the economic downturn. We will need everyone’s help to deliver that ambition. The Innovation team at the LSC will be in contact with the 5 winning bids shortly to begin contracting.
IMPORTANT: Please note that due to the high number of bids received an announcement about successful bids will not be made until the beginning of November at the earliest.
Innovation Hotline: 0114 259 1383
Welcome to the Further Education and training provider Innovation site
From today FE colleges and training providers can tap into a new fund to help them connect with businesses in an innovative and collaborative way.
This fund has been created to help England compete in the global skills race – putting the FE sector at the heart of improving the skills of businesses and individuals. It will help unlock the talent of the FE workforce and drive business innovation, enabling FE colleges and training providers to refine and expand the way they manage and deliver their employer training solutions.
Please find on this site;
i) An explanatory ppt
ii) A funding prospectus
iii) An application form
Links
EU Innovation conf 22-24 Oct
http://www.europe-innova.org/index.jsp?type=page&previousContentId=10485&cid=9818&lg=EN
EU Innovation main page
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/innovation/index_en.htm
Materials from the Innovation workshop
FE Specialisation & Innovation Fund Event 1st September 2008
DIUS Presentation LSC Presentation
Questions from workshop
Further Education (FE) Specialisation and Innovation fund Q&A
Further Information
Business Innovation and Support in FE (BIAS) - LSDA (Sept 2004)
This report is a research report produced by the Learning and Skills Development Agency (LSDA) in 2004. The report has not been amended since that date but has been used as part of the background work for Innovation Pathfinders. It provides examples of work that the FE sector can undertake to support businesses grow and improve.
The Race to the Top – a review of the Government’s Science and Innovation policies - Sainsbury (Oct 2007) www.hm-treasury.gov.uk
Innovation Nation White Paper - DIUS (March 2008) www.tsoshop.co.uk
Unlocking Talent in the Innovation Nation - Windsor Report (April 2008) jonathan.mackey@dius.gsi.gov.uk
Knowledge and Technology Transfer in FE’- NEF(May 2008) www.neweng.org.uk
For more information please contact innovation@lsc.gov.uk
