Professional partnerships
York St John University is
strongly rooted within its region, with a large proportion of
students drawn from the Yorkshire and Humber area. It also works
actively with local and regional businesses, such as Nestle, CPP
and Aviva, to add to the wealth, skills and welfare of its
community. Listed below are a few examples of York St John’s areas
of community, partnership and professional activity.
York St John University is part of the Higher York Lifelong Learning
Network along with York College, Askham Bryan
College, University of York and the City of York Council. Last year
the network was awarded Economic Challenge Investment Funding by
Hefce of £300,000, match funded by Yorkshire Forward, to establish
and deliver a range of business development and individual support
initiatives to enhance business resilience in the region.
The University is actively involved with different areas of the
public and voluntary
sector, including NHS Trusts, the NHS Institute for
Improvement and Innovation, York City Council, Joseph Rowntree
Trust, Leonard Cheshire Disability, North Yorkshire Sport
Partnership, a range of LEAs and directly with schools and
colleges. Much of this work is supported by business development
staffs based in the University’s faculties and supported centrally
by the Pro Vice Chancellor’s external community engagement
work.
The Phoenix
Centre, successfully launched at York St John in
2009, is a pioneering initiative led by Science City York and
funded by Yorkshire Forward which provides a city centre business
incubator. It provides very low cost accommodation, mentoring and
skills development for graduate start-up creative and digital
businesses in York and attracts talented entrepreneurs into the
city to gain added value by working alongside University expertise
and facilities. In addition, the University has its own incubator
DesignWorks aimed at graduate design students and has just
developed a new partnership for delivery of training for artists
with Bar Lane studios and Science City York. Through the
Opportunities Gateway run by the University hundreds of students
are involved in volunteering and community projects.
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