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Innovation Point Ltd

Redesigning public services:The strategic importance of digital

@simonrenault

September 2016

Innovation Point

• Innovation Point is Wales’ innovation company.

• Your international innovation partner providing services to help you develop new and disruptive technology ideas.

• Finding Ideas. Funding Innovation.

Website: www.innovationpoint.uk

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Partnerships

Digital Catapult

Skills

Cyber Security

Academy

Skills

National Software Academy

Community

Digital Tuesday

Community

Digital 2016

H2020

Data Security in Local

Authorities

H2020

Critical Infrastructure

Innovate UK

Energy Game

Changer

Innovate UK

Hardware Accelerator

Project Portfolio

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Ideas

Opportunity

Innovation Ecosystem

Skills

Infrastructure

Funding

’the greatest recruitment challenges are currently experienced by those seeking workers with digital skills’….

…there are particular concerns about the ability of the education system to supply the quantity and quality of workers needed for digital roles’.

UK Commission for Employment & Skills – June 2015

The [ Digital ] Skills Gap

National SoftwareAcademy

National Cyber SecurityAcademy

National Software Academy

• Collaboration between Cardiff University, Innovation Point, Industry & Welsh Government;

• Degree course designed by industry for industry;

• BSc. Applied Software Engineering;

Addressing the [ Digital ] Skills Gap

National Cyber Security Academy

• Collaboration between University South Wales, Innovation Point, Industry & Welsh Government;

• Degree course designed by industry for industry;

• BSc. Applied Cyber Security

Addressing the [ Digital ] Skills Gap

Work Ready Students

• Students learn by practice, rather than just knowledge of theory - NO LECTURES

• Greater emphasis on coursework assessment;

• Emphasis on teamwork, agile methodologies, current development tools

Learn By Doing

Work Ready Students

• Students “come to work”;

• All projects are delivered for real clients;

• Clients bring non-business critical projects;

• Prototype development;

• Mimics the workplace as far as possible.

Opportunities for Engagement

Range of opportunities for you to get involved:

• Mentoring of students both in person and at a distance;

• Provision of projects for students to work on;

• Supervision of projects;

• Guest workshops and seminars;

• Provision of bursaries and sponsorship.

‘When considering what might enhance graduate

employability, respondents felt that institutional and

departmental engagement of universities and

colleges with business and industry leads to

enhanced employability.

A significant majority of business and industry

respondents (95 per cent) agreed that industrial

experience leads to enhanced employability of

graduates’.

Ahead of the curve

Thank you

Simon Renault

simon.renault@innovationpoint.uk@innopoint