To do this, we will innovate and catalyse ambition to realise a more inclusive and sustainable economy:
PRIORITY 2
• Capitalising on the University’s expertise and the Council’s ambition to act towards job and employment resilience for Luton’s workforce: the University will work with the Council, to create a pipeline of talented graduates to fill airport-related roles, green industries, new technologies and artificial intelligence, using Luton Rising as a case study.
Building an inclusive economy that delivers investment to support the growth of businesses, jobs and incomes.
• Promoting social justice and diversity in the workforce through learning from and cascading models that are working,including using the University’s Community Targeted Outreach Programme (CTOP) – a culturally competent approach to recruitment, so that all sectors take an inclusive and sustainable approach to local recruitment.
• Embedding resilience and longevity in Luton’s workforce by creating enabling conditions, incentives and skill provision for diverse, Luton resident workers to build long term careers in Luton, particularly in key sectors such as aviation, manufacturing, green growth, digital, healthcare, public services and the creative industries. This includes how Luton’s Employment and Skills Strategy can be extended, how Luton businesses can interact and engage students more easily, and how the apprenticeship levy transfer scheme can be applied and supported by the University.
• Building on Luton’s reputation for creating sustainable start-ups through delivering consistent support with finance, advice, personnel and product/service design, connecting Council-University resources and providing support to new entrepreneurs, especially in sustainable transport, green growth, data and AI.
A CIVIC AGREEMENT FOR LUTON – UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE AND LUTON BOROUGH COUNCIL 10
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