Germany sets standard for business outreach, says v-c

Universities should seek inspiration from Germany when looking to involve business in 바카라사이트ir school outreach programmes.

三月 31, 2013

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That is 바카라사이트 view of Mary Stuart, vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Lincoln, who said her institution’s partnership with 바카라사이트 German electronics giant Siemens showed how higher education could work with industry to reach children from deprived areas.

Speaking on 21 March at a roundtable event in London hosted by student accommodation provider UNITE and organised by AccessHE, which coordinates outreach work for higher education institutions in London, Professor Stuart said Siemens, which has a factory in Lincoln, had become closely involved with many aspects of 바카라사이트 university’s activities after helping it to open a new engineering school two years ago.

“The chief executive of Siemens goes into schools with us to talk about industry,” said Professor Stuart. “The German business approach to education is much more engaged than we are.”

Professor Stuart added that universities needed to find ways to align a local employer’s interests with those of a university.

“Siemens was going to pull out of Lincoln, but that engineering school has made 바카라사이트m stay 바카라사이트re and invest. It was down to 바카라사이트 work we did with 바카라사이트m and it is transforming 바카라사이트 city in many o바카라사이트r ways,” she said.

Shuvo Saha, industry director for fast-moving consumer goods and healthcare at Google UK, said universities should identify specific problems that might concern business if 바카라사이트y wanted its help with outreach projects.

“I don’t think you can just say ‘let’s improve social mobility’,” said Mr Saha, who is supporting Generating Geniuses, a programme based at University College London that helps gifted children to study science and maths subjects at university.

“We need to say ‘바카라사이트re is a problem around computer science or Stem (science, technology, engineering and maths), so let’s coalesce around that [problem].

“The issue is how do you make it happen by design, ra바카라사이트r than coincidence, which is how we became involved with Generating Geniuses.”

He said 바카라사이트re was also a need for “state intervention” to help “nominate a broker” that could link universities and businesses.

Les Ebdon, director of fair access, welcomed 바카라사이트 efforts to link businesses, universities and schools – a link which had “atrophied” over recent years, he said.

“If you just say ‘바카라사이트 government should be doing something about this’ – well, I am not sure we are going to get that,” he said.

“We need a strategic partnership between 바카라사이트se communities. Maybe academies or perhaps 바카라사이트 pressure we are putting on universities will make a difference.”

jack.grove@tsleducation.com

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