Enhancing Higher Education Resources and Engagement for High Value Construction Recruitment (commission)

This project aims to provide a set of resources and develop industry-HE partnership initiatives as a response to the CITB’s call for commissioned employer-HE collaboration.

The project will provide contextualised learning through immersive and experiential learning opportunities to improve accessibility to practical learning.

A sustainable HEI-employer network will be established in two regions (Wales and Yorkshire) to establish best practice in collaborative partnerships, which will be a model for UK-wide scalability.

A set of physical and virtual resources will be developed that will specifically address three principal target groups:

• Level 3 school/college leavers
• Existing employees
• Graduates/Higher Diplomates from non-cognate disciplines.

• Contextualised curriculum learning resources for HE in 5 subject areas
• Suite of 5 case studies produced for HE learners, non-cognate learners and employees
• Meaningful and sustainable HEI employer networks developed in Wales and Yorkshire.