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Welcome Colin Booth Principal Barnsley College

Leeds City Region? . Covers eleven local authorities across North, South and West Yorkshire. Is the largest English city region outside London, with a ?51 billion economy that generates 5% of UK GVA. Has a population of 3 million and over 100,000 businesses. Has a new local enterprise partnership

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Welcome Colin Booth Principal Barnsley College

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    1. Welcome Colin Booth Principal – Barnsley College

    2. Leeds City Region… Covers eleven local authorities across North, South and West Yorkshire. Is the largest English city region outside London, with a £51 billion economy that generates 5% of UK GVA. Has a population of 3 million and over 100,000 businesses. Has a new local enterprise partnership (LEP): a private-public partnership – to drive the Leeds City Region economy. The LEP’s vision : working across the private and public sectors to develop the Leeds City Region as the natural alternative to London for investors.

    3. The Skills Network… Colleges, Universities and other skills providers have an essential part to play in delivering the skilled workforce. These organisations have come together in the Skills Network to lead joint working between skills providers and the Leeds City Region LEP and its employment and skills board. Barnsley College is pleased to be part of the Skills Network and to support this event, organized by the Skills Network and the Employment and Skills Board.

    4. Green jobs to 2020 Yorkshire Cities commissioned Quantum Strategy and Technology to produce a piece of research entitled; ‘The Prospects for Green Jobs to 2020’. The purpose of this event is to communicate some key messages from this research to Further and Higher Education Institutions and work-based learning providers in Leeds City Region.

    6. The Think Low Carbon vision To be an internationally recognised centre of excellence for low carbon innovation To develop the national workforce in sustainable construction and engineering To develop strong commercial and business relationships

    8. How will we achieve this? Phase 1 – Open the Think Low Carbon Centre Phase 2 – Build TLC Demonstration Houses Phase 3 – Build 50 new houses (Code for Sustainable Homes level 5 & 6) Phase 4 – Build new TLC Construction Training Centre Phase 5 – Build TLC green incubator/Industrial unit

    9. Think Low Carbon Centre Open from today !

    10. Think Low Carbon Centre £4.5m construction 65% funded through ERDF Activities Business development Develop UK & International partnerships New product / materials / structures demonstration Knowledge & skills transfer - seminars & conferences

    11. Think Low Carbon Centre Opportunities Responding to the carbon reduction targets and new skills required for green agenda. Build relationships with the local economy by assisting SMEs Developing new environmental apprenticeships and HE courses

    14. Wendy Bussey will provide tour of the Centre after this afternoon’s event. Please meet her in the reception area for 4.40pm Wendy Bussey – Think Low Carbon Centre Manager: 01226 216 795 w.bussey@barnsley.ac.uk

    15. Now over to Richard Pearce who led on this research from Quantum Strategy and Technology and who is going to distill some of the key messages re skills and the implications for providers.

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