Business@Suffolk January 2022

Business@Suffolk

Business@Suffolk January update from the Business Engagement Team

January update from the Business Engagement Team

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Introduction 2 How can we help?

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Investing in our work with business

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Did you know?

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Opening our doors on a new partnership

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Connecting with local talent

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Developing the skills within your business

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Funded training (ICET Project)

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Spotlight on our Business Partners

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January update from the Business Engagement Team

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INTRODUCTION Welcome to Business@Suffolk, our new-look, quarterly newsletter to keep you updated with how businesses from the region and beyond are interacting with the University of Suffolk.

Please remember this is your newsletter – if there is anything else you would like to see included, please get in touch.

We hope that this will inform you of the many ways you can work with us; whether accessing our knowledge, expertise and facilities, students and graduate talent, or letting us take care of your organisation’s training needs, including Apprenticeships.

HOW CAN WE HELP? Please complete our very short survey which will help us develop programmes and activities which will best serve our local business community.

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INVESTING IN OUR WORK WITH BUSINESS We want to expand our business relationships and be the place local organisations come to for help with growth. As a result, the University of Suffolk has recently expanded the team so that we can work with you in a

much more meaningful way. We now have Business Development Managers covering different sectors and working closely with the corresponding University Schools, and have simplified how you access the support you need.

We would like to take this opportunity to introduce the new team so you know who to get in touch with.

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Beth Sowersby

Hannah Pearse

India Green

Creative and Digital/ Sustainability and Energy

Health and Wellbeing

Crime and Social Justice, History and Heritage

Mike Johnson

Dr Kenny Lang

Leadership and Management

Knowledge Transfer Partnership Manager

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DID YOU KNOW? The University of Suffolk works with local, large employers, including BT, to enhance the skills of its workforce through a formal Apprenticeship scheme. If you pay an apprenticeship levy, and would like to explore partnering with our Apprenticeship Hub, please email the team.

You can find the current list of University of Suffolk Apprenticeship programmes on the Information for Employers page of our website.

We regularly review our offering, so please contact us if you have a specific requirement not already listed.

Apprenticeships are a valuable resource to Upskill existing employees to fill high-level skills gaps Recruit high-calibre candidates who often remain with the organisation after graduating Develop existing staff by encouraging them to mentor the Apprentice Expand workforce diversity by providing new opportunities and routes into education and employment for talented people

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OPENING OUR DOORS ON A NEW PARTNERSHIP Over the past few months it has been great to welcome new and old faces into our prime Ipswich location Business Innovation Centre.

Hot off the press we would also like to inform you that we have recently partnered with Innovation Labs to create Innovation Labs @ University of Suffolk. This now means tenants can access any of Innovation Labs spaces in the region and expand their network. The Centre offers both fixed and flexible office space, car

parking, workshop programmes and access to meeting rooms and other high-quality facilities such as our 3D Printing suite. Members see value in being co-located with our Business Development Managers and being the first to know of available grant funding, internships and other opportunities. If you want to have a break from working from home and to network with other businesses get in touch and find a plan to meet your requirements.

Photo: Phil Grayston and Bond Bryan Architects

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CONNECTING WITH LOCAL TALENT The Careers, Employability and Enterprise Team is here to match you with the wealth of talent available within the Suffolk student and graduate community. We run a variety of initiatives throughout the year, many in collaboration with local, national and international organisations, and we are always keen to hear from those that would like to get involved.

We’ve got lots of ways you could link with students, including live workshops (face-to-face or virtual), one-to-one appointments, face-toface drop-ins on campus, careers festivals and more.

This isn’t the only way to reach local talent. You can also offer an internship, work placement or graduate opportunity; connect with our academics to provide real life projects and problems for students to work on within their degrees; provide support to our entrepreneurs of the future; and much more. Speak to us about current funding opportunities to support this work.

Remember — our free online job board is always available for you to promote your vacancies throughout the year to our student and alumni communities.

Email the Careers, Employability and Enterprise Team

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DEVELOPING THE SKILLS WITHIN YOUR BUSINESS We offer a broad range of short courses and in addition to these current opportunities, we are very happy to discuss your organisation’s specific training needs and tailor courses to your individual requirements.

We have a free public lecture series and each School at the University hosts their own free seminars which are also open to the public — we’ll bring you details of these in future newsletters.

Our Leadership Academy has recently partnered with ILM (The Institute of Leadership and Management) to offer ILM level 3 and 5 training with our first courses starting in the next few months.

Plus, watch this space for the launch of the Suffolk Speaker Series, keynote addresses and networking delivered in partnership with Suffolk Chamber of Commerce.

Read more about our CPD / Short courses

These are widely recognised courses and those attending report that from day one, they are able to incorporate new skills learnt into their day-today work.

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FUNDED TRAINING (ICET PROJECT) The University is offering an exciting new range of specialist immersive digital and professional leadership training to SMEs (businesses with up to 250 employees) with 50% funding matched by the European Social Fund.

EUROPEAN UNION European Social Fund

The courses will run from our brand-new DigiTech Centre at Adastral Park in Martlesham and have been developed in response to a skills shortage identified in the region.

LEADERSHIP FOR WOMEN

(IN PARTNERSHIP WITH INSTITUTE OF DIRECTORS) A three-day intensive course for women business leaders to explore strategic leadership and the challenges they face in their careers.

These are in areas such as: Leadership for women Front-end web development Data analytics Leadership and strategy for directors Agile project management.

There are limited places available on these training courses and we would strongly encourage those interested to contact the project manager to access these courses.

DEFINE YOUR STRATEGIC APPROACH

Develop the mindset and skills needed for today’s dynamic business environment with Strategy for Directors, an immersive course designed to equip you with the confidence and tools to succeed in a volatile world.

Delivered through a blend of coaching, virtual and classroom learning and group activities, by the end of the programme you will be able to: Develop and execute an agile business strategy

This world class programme, combines the latest in leadership thinking with practical techniques, giving you an understanding of the key competencies required to be an inspirational leader; empowering you to build and sustain high-performing teams throughout your career.

Lead and manage people to achieve a high-performance culture

Register now and receive full IoD membership for one year, with access to benefits including CPD, events, advisory support and a network of directors and senior leaders.

Earn an optional ILM accreditation, gaining a gold standard qualification

Learn techniques to shift thinking; becoming more strategic and creatively agile Understand, apply and maintain good corporate governance and responsibility

Understand Emotional Agility and its significance for business growth

TRANSFORM YOUR APPROACH TO PROJECT MANAGEMENT Gain the world’s leading certification in Agile Project Management (AgilePM®) and become a Practitioner in just 4 days.

This course will enable you to successfully combine Agile techniques with more traditional governance methodologies, such as PRINCE2® and PMI®. Understanding these different project management styles will help tailor your approach and adapt to the changing business environment.

Ideal for both project managers and others involved in project management, and especially useful for anyone in engineering and information technology development for software projects and product or application development.

Strategy for Directors

£750 (with ESF funding)

£2,316 (with 50% ESF funding)

AgilePM® Combined Foundation & Practitioner 14-17 February 2022 £574 (with ESF funding)

Book at: uos.ac.uk/leadership-women

Book at: uos.ac.uk/strategy-directors

Book at: uos.ac.uk/agile-project

Leadership for Women

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SPOTLIGHT ON OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS Many of our graduates go on to run their own businesses or take up high level positions in local companies, testament to the quality of our graduates. Quite often they continue to work with us, providing opportunities for current students. One such alumna, Steph Calver, completed her first and postgraduate degrees with us, leaving in 2014. Steph is currently the Product Development Manager at Nomad Foods, the largest frozen food company in Europe.

They manufacture, sell and distribute across 13 European countries and have a manufacturing site based in Lowestoft.

Steph is currently promoting job vacancies on our social media platforms and job board and is in conversation with course leaders so that she can link with the students on related courses, share experience and raise aspirations and potentially lead to the creation of work placements and internships.

If you are a graduate of the University of Suffolk or one of our partner or previous institutions and would like to discuss how you can stay connected to the University, please email our Alumni Relations and Development Team or visit uos.ac.uk/alumni

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