Presentation given to Oxfordshire County Council Education Scrutiny Committee 12th July 2011

1. Skills Needs for “Enterprising Oxfordshire” Dr Martin Dare-EdwardsChairman of Oxon-LEP

2. Outline Oxfordshire LEP Introduction Oxfordshire LEP Current Priorities Skills needs for “Enterprising Oxon” Next Steps Skills Needs for “Enterprising Oxfordshire”

3. Oxfordshire LEP Introduction Seizing our opportunity to provide vision, knowledge and strategic leadership to drive sustainable private sector growth and high value job creation in Oxfordshire. “Touchstone” for all our activities: To increase the number of Sustainable,High-Value-Adding jobs in Oxfordshire Coordination for Coherence and Synergism: Sharply Prioritising our efforts to where we can add value(Row / Steer / Cheer approach) Will not impose on existing successful partnerships, but will strongly promote “unifications” or explicit collaborations Act as forum for issues that need assistance to resolve

4. Oxfordshire LEP – Current Priorities Priority Work Themes: Supporting Inward Investment Identifying and Promoting “Clusters of Excellence” Supporting Existing Businesses to Innovate and Grow Specialised Supply Chains in High Growth Sectors Securing Investment for Enabling infrastructure Projects Next Generation Broadband Access Transport-Connectivity for Growth Hot Spots & “East-West” Addressing Skills Mismatches Raising aspirations and tailoring provision to business need Spatial Priorities Science Vale UK - National & International excellence for Science & Innovation Bicester – Drive to establish coherent Housing and Employment-based Development, inclusive of the Eco-exemplar Oxford – Continue to support our inward investment as world-class centre of education, research and innovation

5. Skills Needs for Enterprising Oxon Skills to support Oxfordshire’s Clusters of Excellence Space Technology Cryogenic Technology Biotechnology Automotive and Motor Sport Collectively = Engineering Technical, Laboratory, IT and Mechanical, but important to be multi-skilled and flexible Skills to support the special requirements of Oxfordshire's huge and critical SME sector “Combined-skills”, (Life-Skills), Adaptability, Resilience, Self-reliance, Self-motivation...…as well as the "obvious" entrepreneurship attributes!). In both domains we also need to raise the aspirations of many of our young people, vs our enterprise growth needs!

6. Skills Needs for Enterprising Oxfordshire Next Steps

7. Oxfordshire LEP Backup Slides

8. Oxon-LEP Executive Board Chairman Dr Martin Dare-Edwards – Infineum UK Executive Board Vice-Chairs Adrian Shooter CBE – Chiltern Railways Prof Ian Walmsley - University of Oxford Cllr David Robertson – Oxfordshire County Council Executive Board (Champions) James Dipple - MEPC Jonathan Lloyd-Jones – Blake Lapthorne Stuart Miller – ByBox Tony Stratton – CPM and Oxford Inspires Ian Wenman – IoD Dr Sally-Ann Forsyth – Goodman / Harwell Oxford Prof Colin Whitehouse – STFC TBN – MoD Oxfordshire Sally Dicketts - OCVC Ann Ducker – South Oxfordshire District Council Bob Price – Oxford City Council Paul Inman – Oxford Brookes University

9. Oxon-LEP Forum Chairman Dr Martin Dare-Edwards “Ambassadors” Dave Richards (Prodrive) Jonathan Flint (Oxford Instruments) Ciaran Rafferty (Sophos) John Hoy (Blenheim Palace and VisitEngland) John Ormston (HR Wallingford) Jürgen Hedrich (BMW) VC Prof Andrew Hamilton (University of Oxford) VC Prof Janet Beer (OBU) Sir Jonathan Michael (NHS) Brigadier Neil Baverstock (MoD) Prof Steve Cowley (UKAEA) Keith Mitchell CBE (OCC)