1 OUR MISSION THE VISION Working in partnership to drive We will help What we will achieve: world-class technical education. deliver FOR EMPLOYERS - SWIOT WILL: FOR LEARNERS - SWIOT WILL: The mission of the South West Institute of Technology is to: > tackle employers’ current skills > offer industry standard teaching skilled gaps and anticipate their future and facilities and new curriculum > provide employers with the skills that they need to succeed, now and in skills needs, drawing on applied in the digital, engineering and the future local people, research manufacturing sectors > provide learners with excellent technical education economic > enable employers to develop and > inspire and raise the aspirations > enable the South West to become one of the world’s leading regions for retain local talent, reducing the of learners, from school students digital, engineering and manufacturing technologies. growth and need to recruit from outside of to lifelong learners the region prosperity > provide learners with the non- Anchor HE Partners in the > provide industry standard, academic skills required in the specialist training facilities modern workplace, as well as South West. locally, reducing the need to technical skills train outside of the region > increase social mobility, reach > put in place learning provision under-represented groups, develop that is tailored to the needs of unidentified talent and improve employers, more quickly gender balance > enable the existing workforce > break down geographical barriers, to retrain and upskill, as well through a mix of local and digital as attracting new entrants to delivery Anchor FE Partners the digital, engineering and > enable learners to get good jobs manufacturing sectors and follow progression pathways > provide strategic leadership that have been mapped out with across STEM provision and employers initiatives in the South West, making them more coherent and easier to navigate FOR PROVIDERS - SWIOT WILL: FOR THE SOUTH WEST - SWIOT WILL: > promote technical education to > put the South West on the map, learners, parents, employers as a great place to learn, work, and other stakeholders, raising recruit, invest and innovate in its status relative to academic the digital, engineering and education manufacturing sectors > make it easier to attract expert > make a crucial contribution to teaching staff and provide them industrial strategy, raising with outstanding development regional and UK productivity and opportunities growth > enable innovation and create > promote social mobility and economies of scale, through the inclusion by offering new sharing of expertise and resources opportunities to a wide range of Anchor Employers between colleges and universities learners > develop new curriculum that is > contribute to and benefit from the informed by research and insight sharing of innovative practice, as from employers part of a national network of IoTs > develop new approaches to learning > attract substantial other funding delivery, through collaboration and investment, to enable SWIoT between employers and providers to have a greater impact on the region > promote the role of STEM in tackling major social problems, as well as creating economic opportunity 2 3 THE SOUTH WEST LEARNERS South West Delivery Growing the skills Level 3 learners 346 Locations and Investment. that employers Level 4/5 learners > Amounts shown on the map are the need. 1326 capital funding requested from DfE, totalling £15m. The SWIoT Each of the SWIoT partners Level 6/7 learners proposal also includes a further has extensive experience of 849 working to attract, recruit and £13m of capital investment from Technical teachers other sources. retain learners in Digital and Engineering subjects. We have 155 seen growth in learner numbers taking these courses at level 3 and also a growing requirement from local employers for higher level Digital and Engineering BRIDGWATER & TAUNTON COLLEGE Digital skills. All figures for Engineering £1.2 Million - Engineering Learners Learners TARGET GROUPS WESTON 1483 2023/24 1038 COLLEGE We are committed to addressing the balance of women, mature PETROC learners, people from HE cold £3 Million - Engineering spots and low-income households. We are heavily involved in a number of national planning and monitoring initiatives such as Somerset Access Agreements. In addition, SWIoT partners are members of the Total regional Next Steps South West Learners outreach network. 2521 As part of the SWIoT, partners Devon will share our individual TRURO AND PENWITH COLLEGE £2 Million - Engineering and Digital practice in this area to improve our effectiveness and YEOVIL work collectively to link with COLLEGE both regional and national Cornwall initiatives. 3,000 UNIVERSITY OF EXETER 2,500 £2 Million - Digital EXETER COLLEGE PLYMOUTH UNIVERSITY £5 Million - Digital 2,000 CITY COLLEGE PLYMOUTH £2 Million - Engineering 1,500 > There is another IoT proposal which includes delivery 1,000 locations in Weston and Yeovil Number of Learners and we’ve agreed to work 500 closely with them to make sure that the two IoTs complement each other. 0 AY18/19 AY19/20 AY20/21AY21/22AY22/23AY23/24 Academic Year 4 Level: 34567Total 5 SKILLED TEACHERS 155 UNIVERSITY OF EXETER Working closely together. Technical Leading university - world class research Teachers with excellent student satisfaction. The University of Exeter is ranked Expertise and experience of We are proud of the world-class of our courses. Drawing on the RECRUITMENT OF SKILLED TEACHERS: amongst the foremost universities particular relevance to the IoT skills of our current teaching expertise of the two universities, We believe that SWIoT will enhance in the UK and the world: includes: staff. With a number recognised SWIoT will establish the SWIoT our ability to recruit the best through National Teaching Observatory, ensuring that its teachers by: > 6th in UK, 9th in Europe and > Membership of the Alan Turing Fellowships we have a proven track teaching is directly matched to top 40 in the world in the CWTS Institute > packaging full and part time roles record in sharing our technical current and future occupations Leiden Ranking > Core Institute for Coding that will be attractive enough to teaching excellence regionally and and skills needs, through market > 12th in UK in the Times/Sunday partner nationally. intelligence, horizon scanning and help retain talent; key to this is Times Good University Guide > Creation of a new Institute for primary research. having roles that let staff focus We are already working closely with on their key skills and passion > 10th out of 121 HEIs in Data Science and AI delivering a the ETF on a number of initiatives SWIOT ACADEMY The Guardian tables step change in Exeter’s data and > creating roles that will be to increase the number of computer science capabilities We have created a SWIoT Academy promoted as SWIoT roles > Sunday Times 2012 University of technically skilled people coming to offer specialised training to the Year and three times winner > Delivery of SETsquared, > creating roles that will support into teaching in the South-West. current staff through the University of the Queens Anniversary Award the World Number 1 high- These include the Further Forces learners across SWIoT partners; of Exeter’s Academic Professional > One of just 9 TEF Gold tech innovation and business and Pathway programmes to tap into delivering both face to face, apprenticeship programme. Russell Groups universities, incubator supporting 1,000+ the military and graduate supply in blended and distance delivery; the University of Exeter businesses the region. The Academy, and our teachers, this aligns with ensuring our will also benefit from the close curricula offer is both fit for is commended for learning INVESTING IN SWIOT SWIOT OBSERVATORY enriched by business, industry partnership with employers and purpose but offering more than Investing in a £3.7m extension to and professional experts; To ensure a strong fit with direct access to the latest we can currently deliver as the new computer science building, an outstanding learning business, SWIoT will build employer industry-standard tools and individual partners incorporating a computer lab and environment; and a commitment to needs and industry standards into techniques. artificial intelligence arena - ensuring positive outcomes for the teaching creating a new technical centre all students. of excellence. 6 www.exeter.ac.uk 7 UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH Advancing knowledge and transforming lives through education and research. BRIDGWATER & TAUNTON COLLEGE We believe in the ability of each of our students to fulfill ABOUT US impact locally and around the > Guardian University Awards: 2015 their potential and become the best they can be. The University of Plymouth is world and with over 100,000 alumni winner for Social and Community renowned for high quality, pursuing their chosen careers Impact internationally-leading education, globally, it has a growing global > The first university to be awarded research and innovation. With a presence. the Social Enterprise Mark mission to Advance Knowledge and INVESTING IN SWIOT > Whatuni Student Choice Awards: 4th Bridgwater & Taunton College (BTC) with a focus on control & > TEF Silver Award Transform Lives, Plymouth is a The University of Plymouth is making in the international category in is an exceptionally successful instrumentation and behaviours > Queen’s Anniversary Prize top 50 research university with a major investment