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KESS Partners’ Workshop
Part-funded by the European Social Fund (ESF) through
the European Union’s Convergence programme
administered by the Welsh Assembly Government.
KESS Central Team
Mr Bryn Jones
Project Manager
Tel: 01248 383887
Email: [email protected]
Mr Chris Hillier
Business Development Manager
Tel: 01248 382357
Email: [email protected]
Mr Brian Murcutt
Senior Project Administrator
Tel: 01248 382162
Email: [email protected]
Ms Katie Minton
Senior Clerical Admin
Tel: 01248 383582
Email: [email protected]
Mrs Penny Dowdney
Research Skills Development Manager
Tel: 01248 382266
Email: [email protected]
Mr Steve Moss
Senior Clerical Admin (Finance)
Tel: 01248 382162
Email: [email protected]
Project Headlines
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Officially launched in Nov 09 by the Deputy First Minister and
Education Minister;
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Led by Bangor on behalf the HE sector in Wales;
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The largest of the 4 ESF collaborative HEI projects (ATM, WBL
and Foundation Degrees);
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400+ scholarships over 5 years;
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96 KESS scholarships live in Wales (Oct. 10);
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Unique in the way it uses ESF to support Higher level skills
development
Project Background:
Developing Research
Skills
Research Skills
Training
Knowledge Economy
Skills Scholarships
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• Objective One
• Jun 05 - Jun 08
• Bangor, Swansea
& Aberystwyth
• 80 PhD Places
• Full Evaluation
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Objective One
Oct 04 - Oct 07
Bangor University
50 PhD Places
Full Evaluation
Convergence
2009 - 2014
All Welsh HEIs
220 PhD Places
200 MRes Places
EU Structural Funds
2007 - 2014
West Wales
& the Valleys
Convergence
Region
The 3 core components of a KESS Scholarship:
Research
Collaborative
Project
Higher-level
Skills
Development
Knowledge Economy Skills
Scholarships
WAG’s Priority Sectors:
Digital
Economy
Low Carbon
Economy
Welsh Assembly
Government’s Priority
Sectors
Health &
Bioscience
Advanced
Engineering &
Manufacturing
Financial Makeup of a KESS Scholarship:
KESS Scholars at the project launch,
The Management Centre, Bangor University
Thursday 19th November 2009
Further information / Contact details:
web:
www.bangor.ac.uk/kess
e-mail: [email protected]
tel:
01248 38 2162 / 3887
Brian Murcutt
Senior Administrator
Requirements – Academic Supervisors
Academic staff are required to:
• Supervise participants (including weekly meetings);
• Attend Quarterly meetings with company supervisor and student;
• Complete timesheets to record time input into the project. This will
be used to calculate the match funding (210 staff hours per annum
per student);
• Review and act upon quarterly financial budget statements;
• Budget responsibility;
• Contribute to the formulation of quarterly progress reports;
• Student annual review – inline with BU postgraduate condition
University match funding
Evidence for match funding:
• University (staff time) – completion of certified monthly
timesheets, activity details and supporting payroll
documentation
• Project staff to be allocated on the University online timesheet
system
• Individual projects will be reviewed every 6 months
• Overheads
Requirements – Company Partner
The Company partner is required to:
• “host” student for minimum of 1 month per year;
• Attend Quarterly meetings with academic supervisor and
student;
• Provide named supervisor for participants whilst on company
premises;
• Complete timesheets and provide staff cost details to enable
calculation of in-kind contribution (annual visit by KESS);
• Pay annual invoices for cash contributions;
• Contribute to the formulation of quarterly progress reports
Company Match funding
Evidence for match funding:
• Company In-kind – completion of certified timesheets, activity
details, signed declaration and supporting payroll
documentation
• In-kind (match) total of £1,500 p.a.
• In-kind (match) templates available on KESS website
www.kess.ac.uk
• Cash contribution dependant on company size between £2,500
– £3,500 p.a.
• Individual project In-kind (match) will be reviewed every 6
months
Requirements – Participants (Students)
• Complete monthly timesheets (average 39hours per week);
• Timesheet template now available on KESS website www.kess.ac.uk
• Stipend payments will be made on submission of certified timesheets;
• Stipend payments will be paid direct into Bank Account;
• Attend weekly meetings with academic supervisor;
• Attend quarterly meetings with company and academic supervisors;
• Achieve agreed milestones;
• Instigate and contribute to quarterly reports for companies;
• Spend at least 1 month per year at company
Requirements – Participants (Students) cont.
• Participate in project evaluation;
• Final report to Company Partner (Presentation or Report);
• Complete/Achieve Postgraduate Skills Development Award;
• Submit thesis by given deadlines and achieve professional qualification;
• Actively seek employment opportunities in the West Wales and the
Valleys area at the end of the project;
• Respond to any requests for information regarding employment
destination at the end of the project;
• Participate in publicity activities as required and ensure all publicity
includes recognition for the ESF.
Conditions of participating
• The project would not run utilising existing resources;
• Participants would not be able to participate without the financial
support provided through the ESF;
• Participants should endeavour to obtain employment in the West
Wales and the Valleys area at the end of the project period;
• Project should lead to increased outcomes in terms of number of
qualifications at the equivalent of NVQ level 5-6 achieved (PhD or
MRes);
• Completion of Postgraduate Skills Development Award (PhD 60
credits / MRes 30 credits)
Conditions of participating (cont.)
• Project should lead to an increased number of jobs created in the
Convergence West Wales and the Valleys area;
• Should provide an opportunity for businesses to increase their R&D
knowledge, develop new products and processes and attract new
staff for future development;
• Strengthen the region’s research and technological base – in
partnership with high technology clusters in the West Wales and
the Valleys are.;
• Ownership of IPR is retained by the Universities
Scholarship Budget
Item
Student Stipend (starting)
Amount (£)
KESS Mini 9,270
KESS Maxi 13,869
Travel / Conference Costs (p.a.)
1,000
Equipment / Consumables (p.a.)
3,000
Skills Development / Training / Student Support
(p.a.)
1,000
Academic Travel (p.a.)
200
Ineligible Costs
• Internal Transfers;
• Store recharges (unless audit trail has been approved);
• Stationery (One order per PhD student/project);
• Photocopies;
• Printing – Central Print Unit;
• Postage;
• Other internal transfers
Expenditure – Eligible Costs
Equipment
• Any single item must not exceed £1,000 (including VAT);
• Desk top PC (Monitor/tower/keyboard/mouse are treated as
one);
• Must follow University purchasing policy (details on Finance Web
page);
• Must be registered on Department / KESS equipment register;
• Owned by University and must be returned to Department
Expenditure – Eligible Costs
Travel
• Budget is for the student;
• Incurred directly by the University (Train/Flights/Accommodation);
• Reclaim expenses following University policy;
• Small Academic travel budget
Consumables
• Chemicals, Materials, other costs etc…
Audit trail
• Internal Transfer – audit trail to supplier invoice;
• External purchase – audit trail to supplier invoice and bank
statement;
• Purchasing Cards – audit trail to supplier invoice and bank
statement;
• Consolidated Invoices (e.g.. Lyreco);
• Procured to Pay (PtoP) – does not include consolidated invoices;
• Company In–kind – KESS Annual visit to undertake audit;
• Petty Cash - audit trail to supplier invoice and bank statement and
details description on Agresso, otherwise not eligible.
Chris Hillier
KESS Business Development Manager
Marketing and Publicity
Marketing and Publicity- Overview
• Marketing focus:
– Maximise the publicity potential of projects
• Good for company partners
• Good for participants CVs
• Good for the University and collaborative research in general
– Begin to build legacy activity
• Network
• Public engagement
– Stakeholder communication
• Raising profile for all parties
Marketing Materials – Case Studies
• New KESS website as part of
www.higherskillswales.co.uk
• Case Studies
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Simple data collection form
Case Studies output centrally
Used for PR where appropriate
Used online as examples of best practice
Provided to company partners as PDF files for
their own marketing
Marketing & Publicity
• Network
– Inaugural KESS network event DEC. 2010
– Incorporating ‘Graduate Junction’ – online KESS
network
• Public Engagement
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Communicating research
Entries open to all KESS projects
Image and abstract gallery
Tour of public spaces
Final show and winners
Chris Hillier
KESS Business Development Manager
Integrated Sustainable Development Plan
Integrated Sustainable Development Plan
• Overview
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Fulfilling cross-cutting themes in a joined up way
Beyond box-ticking
A system already in place on other convergence projects
Managed centrally by an arms-length team with experience
of delivering SD awareness and training to SMEs in the
convergence area
Integrated Sustainable Development Plan
• What company partners are asked to do:
– Complete a 10 minute online survey
• What company partners get in return:
– A set of ‘off the shelf’ policy documents
• Environmental
• Equality and Diversity
• Welsh Language
– Eco-code advice on energy saving, waste management
e.t.c.
– Signposting to other funded support in the convergence
area
Integrated Sustainable Development Plan
• Integration with Grad school and skills
– Sustainable development scenario as vehicle through
which key skills are transferred
• Leadership
• Persuasion/Influencing
• Presentation
• Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
• Regulation and regulatory bodies
Penny Dowdney
Research Skills Development Manager
Postgraduate Skills Development Award
• Skills Forge software: initial skills audit; drop-down menu of
provision; booking system; calendar; records (skills training
and supervisory meetings); details can be locked –
implementation : pilot Nov.
• MRes: 60/120 credit split: 30 KESS credits: need to attend a
2-day GRAD School (10 credits).
• PhD: 60 KESS credits: 3-day GRAD School in year two (20
credits).
• GRAD Schools run North, Mid + South Wales spring /
autumn.
Postgraduate Skills Development Award (cont.)
• Credits can be made up of modular courses (generic or discipline-specific);
• Credits can be made up of an equivalent number of hours of agreed training
(e.g. workshops / events etc.)
• Any queries discuss with supervisor and contact Penny;
• Training will meet the needs of the individual;
• Students may be able to pick up training at partner institutions;
• List of provision to be posted on Skills Forge;
• Guideline: 20 credits = 3 days of training (at appropriate level);
• Certificate on completion of PSDA;
• Completion will be monitored (Skills Forge;)
• Training throughout PhD period.
Postgraduate Training Network
• To provide collaborative, discipline-specific research and
business training;
• Cross-institutional network;
• Workshops; summer schools; poster fairs etc.
• Public Engagement project;
• Involvement of external partners;
• Programme of events and seminars;
• Enhance and support existing planned events;
• Will pioneer events new to Wales
Cwestiynau / Questions?
Diolch yn fawr / Thank you