The UK Futures Programme is now open for proposals for co-funding of up to £150,000 from employers in the manufacturing sector. The fund will invest in projects that develop, pilot, or scale out ideas and can be delivered in collaboration between employers, education providers and skill bodies, such as Proskills.
The purpose of the fund is to design new ways of boosting the skills and business practices needed to maximise the value of UK innovation, with particular focus on how staff can undertake and support the management and commercialisation of innovation.
Some of the areas in which projects could be developed include:
- Innovation-relevant management development.
- Innovation-relevant commercialisation development.
- Recruitment, retention and career pathways.
- Job design - Incentivising innovation.
Projects could be focussed on:
- Introducing new training for staff, line and/or senior managers
- The development of organisational structures and processes
- Facilitating work placements or sharing staff between organisations
- Mentoring, coaching, peer-to-peer learning
- Building new or developing existing employer networks to address Skills for Innovation
- Developing or adapting tools and techniques for restructuring innovation management, aligned to broader organisational strategy.
If you are interested in collaborating with Proskills contact Andy Challis, head of operations and development at Proskills on ?0788 101 3983, or email: andy.challis@proskills.co.uk