Enterprising Huddersfield (UK)

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Gain Creators / Outcomes

  • Local businesses benefit from a more entrepreneurial, innovative and adaptable workforce critical for a changing economy.
  • Businesses, schools, colleges and university have a better understanding of curriculum demands, and the interface between entrepreneurship education and the world of work. 
  • Entrepreneurship more likely to be considered as a career choice by young people with increased self-belief in their ability to undertake self-employment, or start a business or social enterprise

  • Local businesses benefit from a more entrepreneurial, innovative and adaptable workforce critical for a changing economy.
  • Businesses, schools, colleges and university have a better understanding of curriculum demands, and the interface between entrepreneurship education and the world of work. 
  • Entrepreneurship more likely to be considered as a career choice by young people with increased self-belief in their ability to undertake self-employment, or start a business or social enterprise

Gains / Needs

  • Kirklees Council and its partners want to build a culture of adaptation and responsiveness to change to support its citizens and businesses.
  • Kirklees wants to be recognised as the best place to do business and where people prosper.
  • Innovation, enterprise and entrepreneurship skills need to be developed to drive innovation, resilience and prosperity.
  • Students, teachers and parents need to identify a common core curriculum.
  • Businesses need to work more closely with education to bring enterprising skills and world of work to life in the classroom.

  • Kirklees Council and its partners want to build a culture of adaptation and responsiveness to change to support its citizens and businesses.
  • Kirklees wants to be recognised as the best place to do business and where people prosper.
  • Innovation, enterprise and entrepreneurship skills need to be developed to drive innovation, resilience and prosperity.
  • Students, teachers and parents need to identify a common core curriculum.
  • Businesses need to work more closely with education to bring enterprising skills and world of work to life in the classroom.

Target Group

Kirklees Council, University of Huddersfield, schools and colleges and the business community.

Kirklees Council, University of Huddersfield, schools and colleges and the business community.

Implementation Method

  • Enterprising Huddersfield as a partnership has a central steering group to guide development of the entrepreneurship education eco-system.
  • The partnership has an action plan including dissemination of learning from the partnership to wider local enterprise partnerships, national and international policy makers.
  • The partnership is considering development of a formal agreement/commitment as part of a wider generic ‘economic compact’ (the ‘Kirklees Deal’) including other corporate social responsibility elements.
  • The partnership links further to a broader metropolitan region (City of Leeds) where its activities are an exemplar for others to emulate.
  • This is done through partnership between business and education as well as between businesses and their workforce. This provides a foundation for businesses and individuals to be more productive, to develop and create wealth

The final beneficiaries: young people, schools and local businesses.

  • Enterprising Huddersfield as a partnership has a central steering group to guide development of the entrepreneurship education eco-system.
  • The partnership has an action plan including dissemination of learning from the partnership to wider local enterprise partnerships, national and international policy makers.
  • The partnership is considering development of a formal agreement/commitment as part of a wider generic ‘economic compact’ (the ‘Kirklees Deal’) including other corporate social responsibility elements.
  • The partnership links further to a broader metropolitan region (City of Leeds) where its activities are an exemplar for others to emulate.
  • This is done through partnership between business and education as well as between businesses and their workforce. This provides a foundation for businesses and individuals to be more productive, to develop and create wealth

The final beneficiaries: young people, schools and local businesses.

Enterprising Huddersfield

The objective of ‘Enterprising Huddersfield’ is to build on Huddersfield’s local entrepreneurial assets to help local people in being more enterprising, innovative and able to generate economic growth.

Key actions:

  • Building awareness and knowledge amongst pupils, teachers and business of enterprise and entrepreneurialism as a skill to build the individual’s resilience;
  • integrate enterprise and enterprising skills with the curriculum;
  • increase awareness of entrepreneurship as a career option for young people.

All 3 actions are implement by partnership members and involve:

  • commitment to entrepreneurship and STEM curriculum, with business mentors and advocates for curriculum reform and teacher training;
  • learning-by-doing: case study and project work within the curriculum supporting enterprise education activities as well as work placements.
  • enterprise advisors attached to schools to build strategic leadership in schools;
  • adoption of the ‘Kirklees Learner Passport’ in schools.

The objective of ‘Enterprising Huddersfield’ is to build on Huddersfield’s local entrepreneurial assets to help local people in being more enterprising, innovative and able to generate economic growth.

Key actions:

  • Building awareness and knowledge amongst pupils, teachers and business of enterprise and entrepreneurialism as a skill to build the individual’s resilience;
  • integrate enterprise and enterprising skills with the curriculum;
  • increase awareness of entrepreneurship as a career option for young people.

All 3 actions are implement by partnership members and involve:

  • commitment to entrepreneurship and STEM curriculum, with business mentors and advocates for curriculum reform and teacher training;
  • learning-by-doing: case study and project work within the curriculum supporting enterprise education activities as well as work placements.
  • enterprise advisors attached to schools to build strategic leadership in schools;
  • adoption of the ‘Kirklees Learner Passport’ in schools.

Activities

  • Partnership development involving stakeholders working towards a single vision and work plan to build an enterprising culture in Kirklees.
  • Commitment to our local enterprise eco system through cooperation and synergies between stakeholders and their activities.
  • Creating opportunities so that the eco-system achievements are greater than the sum of our parts.
  • Address gaps in the enterprise eco system and use our collective resources to design and deliver appropriate solutions;
  • Elaboration of an enterprise calendar and increase uptake and awareness of enterprise curriculum activities in our schools, colleges, universities and business.
  • Network of enterprise advocates/ambassadors who champion and support delivery.
  • Training and wider support to increase new start ups

  • Partnership development involving stakeholders working towards a single vision and work plan to build an enterprising culture in Kirklees.
  • Commitment to our local enterprise eco system through cooperation and synergies between stakeholders and their activities.
  • Creating opportunities so that the eco-system achievements are greater than the sum of our parts.
  • Address gaps in the enterprise eco system and use our collective resources to design and deliver appropriate solutions;
  • Elaboration of an enterprise calendar and increase uptake and awareness of enterprise curriculum activities in our schools, colleges, universities and business.
  • Network of enterprise advocates/ambassadors who champion and support delivery.
  • Training and wider support to increase new start ups

Resources

  • A co-ordinator and associated secretariat support.
  • Group of Enterprise Advisers and business mentors.
  • Marketing and promotion resources.
  • Shared customer relationship management system

  • A co-ordinator and associated secretariat support.
  • Group of Enterprise Advisers and business mentors.
  • Marketing and promotion resources.
  • Shared customer relationship management system

Pain Relievers / Solutions

  • Instead of having ad-hoc activities Enterprising Huddersfield is the ‘golden thread’ providing coordination and focus to creating an enterprising and entrepreneurial culture.
  • The partnership reinforces co-operation between existing stakeholders as well as acting as a catalyst for creating and sustaining new relationships.
  • Students, schools, colleges, the university and employers have better knowledge about the local labour market and how entrepreneurism and enterprising individuals are vital to a sustainable, job-creating, wealth generating economy.
  • Through the creation of enterprising employers, the workforce is more engaged in high performance work practices. This generates greater employee satisfaction, retention and increased gross value-added per-head.

  • Instead of having ad-hoc activities Enterprising Huddersfield is the ‘golden thread’ providing coordination and focus to creating an enterprising and entrepreneurial culture.
  • The partnership reinforces co-operation between existing stakeholders as well as acting as a catalyst for creating and sustaining new relationships.
  • Students, schools, colleges, the university and employers have better knowledge about the local labour market and how entrepreneurism and enterprising individuals are vital to a sustainable, job-creating, wealth generating economy.
  • Through the creation of enterprising employers, the workforce is more engaged in high performance work practices. This generates greater employee satisfaction, retention and increased gross value-added per-head.

Pains / Challenges

  • Some schools do not value development of entrepreneurship skills. Central government qualifications’ frameworks and school performance targets override the objective of schools, colleges and universities preparing rounded, resilient, entrepreneurial young people;
  • Businesses do not value high-performing work practices which foster and utilise the outputs from enterprising individuals;
  • Students and teacher/lecturers are not in “touch” with the world of work and the importance of entrepreneurship as a valued career option;
  • Businesses are not socially responsible resulting in a lack of integration between education and business.

  • Some schools do not value development of entrepreneurship skills. Central government qualifications’ frameworks and school performance targets override the objective of schools, colleges and universities preparing rounded, resilient, entrepreneurial young people;
  • Businesses do not value high-performing work practices which foster and utilise the outputs from enterprising individuals;
  • Students and teacher/lecturers are not in “touch” with the world of work and the importance of entrepreneurship as a valued career option;
  • Businesses are not socially responsible resulting in a lack of integration between education and business.

Success factors

  • Partnership has a very strong local ownership and identity with common vision and commitment to change
  • Partnership has evolved organically with high trust and commitment by partnership members.
  • All partners identify value in their engagement
  • External recognition for efforts of the partnership reinforce commitment

Additional information:

The partnership comprises 38 strategic leaders of change, 59 initiatives and 52 organisations have been identified to support the eco-system in its way forward. Partners include; Kirklees Council’s Economic and Skills Strategy team, Business Facing Teams and Centres, Children and young People’s Service, Creative Economy team, University of Huddersfield’s 3M Buckley Innovation Centre and, Duke of York Enterprise Centre, Kirklees College and their Peter Jones Enterprise Academy, Kirklees Youth Enterprise Centre, Mid Yorks Chamber of Commerce. More details:

Contant information:

Sue Weston
Kirklees Council
Investment & Regeneration Service - Skills
1st Floor, Civic Centre 3
Huddersfield
West Yorkshire
HD1 2TG
Telephone: 01484 221000

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