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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
