How higher education can make the industrial strategy a success
Professor John Latham is Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive of Coventry University and is chair of the University Alliance mission group. Here he blogs on the[…]
Combined Universities initiative has important role to play says new interim Vice-Chancellor
An experienced Higher Education leader has reiterated the important contribution universities can make to plugging the region’s skills gaps and boosting the economy, after taking[…]
Midlands Universities launch ‘cash pot’ for growth-hungry businesses
Three Midlands Universities have joined forces to launch a new scheme offering up to £2,500 to help small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) create innovation[…]
New Chief Executive forges ahead with manufacturing hub plans
The University of Wolverhampton has appointed a new Chief Executive to get its Elite Centre of Manufacturing (ECMS) hubs off the ground. Ian Fitzpatrick, from[…]
Coventry University VC tells MPs to put skills “ahead of the curve” of UK industrial strategy
Coventry University’s vice-chancellor John Latham gave evidence yesterday to the UK parliament’s committee looking at industrial strategy, and called for skills to be at its[…]
A new kind of collaboration
Paul Noon, pro vice-chancellor of enterprise and innovation at Coventry University discusses how WMCU represents a new kind of educational collaboration. The word “collaboration” is[…]
Universities handed £500k boost to provide apprenticeships to help plug skills gaps
Birmingham City University and the University of Wolverhampton have been handed a £500,000 boost to train apprentices in key industries and help tackle some of[…]
West Midlands MEP praises “extraordinary” economic impact of Coventry University
West Midlands MEP Siôn Simon visited Coventry University on Friday 11 November to discuss economic growth in the region and the university’s impact. The former[…]