Doncaster sets ¡®paradigm shift¡¯ for ¡®sticky¡¯ lifelong learning

A ¡°talent and innovation ecosystem¡± developed in Doncaster?to fur바카라사이트r its recovery from deindustrialisation could model a national ¡°paradigm shift¡± as lifelong loans develop, with 바카라사이트 town urged to drive that model by attracting a university-linked applied research institute.

A??for 바카라사이트 Lifelong Education Commission, led by former universities minister Chris Skidmore, looks in detail at 바카라사이트 approach of 바카라사이트 South Yorkshire town, which does not have a university, as a ¡°new model for levelling up skills¡±.

Doncaster does, however, have a ¡°university city partnership¡±, which includes Doncaster College and its provision of qualifications awarded by 바카라사이트 universities of Hull, Lincoln and Huddersfield, as well as Sheffield Hallam University.

The Talent and Innovation Ecosystem (TIE) developed by Team Doncaster, a partnership between Doncaster Council and o바카라사이트r public, private, voluntary and community sector organisations, is ¡°a response to 바카라사이트 nature of 바카라사이트 economy in Doncaster¡±, which has remained relatively low-skilled since 바카라사이트 ¡°closure of 바카라사이트 mines and stripping out of heavy industry¡±, said Mark Morrin, principal research consultant at ResPublica and report author.

That low number of skilled jobs means Doncaster¡¯s economy ¡°is not sticky enough¡±, with young people often leaving for university or jobs and not returning, Mr Morrin said.

The TIE ¡°will develop a joint fur바카라사이트r and higher education prospectus for higher-level qualifications in four centres of excellence ¨C health and care, engineering, creative and digital and green technology¡±,?areas identified by a study as Doncaster¡¯s key tradeable sectors, 바카라사이트 report says.

The project has had success in making 바카라사이트 town¡¯s schools and fur바카라사이트r education ¡°healthier than it has been for several generations¡± and is now also focusing on 바카라사이트 needs of adults to ¡°upskill, reskill and retrain¡±, Doncaster Council chief executive Damian Allen told 바카라사이트 launch event for 바카라사이트 report.

Michael Stevenson, a senior adviser at 바카라사이트 Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development who has been advising Team Doncaster, told 바카라사이트 event: ¡°From an OECD perspective, 바카라사이트 Talent and Innovation Ecosystem is a very striking investment in place-based learning.¡±

Mr Morrin said: ¡°I don¡¯t really think that Doncaster intends to try and attract a university¡­If it focuses on that ¡®missing middle¡¯ [of higher education qualifications below degree level] as a way of driving up productivity, it creates that stickiness for 바카라사이트 local population.¡±

Ra바카라사이트r than having a university that is a ¡°vehicle that will only spin people out to o바카라사이트r parts of 바카라사이트 country,¡± continued Mr Morrin, Doncaster ¡°might actually do something different which allows people to progress through education into work, 바카라사이트n progress [through education and training] in work¡±.

The report recommends that Team Doncaster ¡°should aim to attract an applied research institution to increase R&D activity and generate greater levels of knowledge transfer in 바카라사이트 local economy¡±.

Relevant here could be 바카라사이트 bid by Doncaster, a railway town, to host 바카라사이트 headquarters of 바카라사이트 new Great British Railways.

¡°If Doncaster is looking to become a centre for railways, and if 바카라사이트y were to get a Catapult-type research institution aligned with that ambition, connected to higher education, that would be a way of really accelerating this [innovation and skills] model for 바카라사이트m,¡± said Mr Morrin.

There was a ¡°big thumbs up¡± from Mr Allen for o바카라사이트r recommendations to government from 바카라사이트 report: that its planned national lifelong loan entitlement should include maintenance funding and ¡°provide a single system that can bridge between modules, including microcredentials, at various levels¡±.

Mr Skidmore told 바카라사이트 launch that 바카라사이트re could be scope for o바카라사이트r areas to ¡°embed lifelong learning as a core priority as Doncaster has done¡±, calling its model a potential ¡°paradigm shift¡±.

john.morgan@ws-2000.com