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Thank you to my fantastic colleagues Anne E Green & @SaraHas61880960 for all of your work on this project. See👇to find out more about the 12 key short- & long-term priorities we identify for universities & regional stakeholders to expand their role in #upskilling & #reskilling

Highly relevant research in the context of the reskilling and levelling up agendas.

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R&D Investment in Our City-Region: Local Potential for Future Inclusive Growth Simon Collinson discusses a recent study by City-REDI and the West Midlands Combined Authority mapping the inflows of various kinds of public R&D investment into the #WestMidlands. bit.ly/3ikNjhF

Raquel Ortega-Argiles (Raquel Ortega-Argiles), László Szerb, Zoltan J. Acs, and Éva Komlósi win the 2021 Martin Beckmann RSAI Annual Award for best paper: Optimizing entrepreneurial development processes for smart specialization in the EU Read more - bit.ly/3hzLSN0

Join us next week for the launch of the 2021 State of the Region Report. It will be a great chance to hear about the latest data and analysis showing how the #WestMidlands is performing well & where partners need to work together to improve the region. @WM_REDI

Lift off! Can we develop a West Midlands Space Cluster? City-REDI / WMREDI, Uni of Birmingham has been funded by the UK Space Agency to support the development of a #WestMidlands #spacecluster. Find out more - bit.ly/2VsoKYz #WMSpaceCluster

The Principles of Smart Specialisation and #Space Cluster Development Raquel Ortega-Argiles outlines the principles of Smart Specialisation and Cluster Development and how it can work within the context of developing a #WestMidlands #SpaceCluster. bit.ly/3zHRJXk

Happy to share this new paper written with Anne E Green in the Journal of Education and Work examining "How well equipped are national surveys to capture new approaches to training?" Access it for free here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… #Training #informallearning #elearning #surveys

Pleased to see this paper published with Dr Abigail Taylor City-REDI @WM_REDI on new approaches to #Training and how well #survey #data captures trends in #learning #elearning #employment

How Can a Space Cluster Help the West Midlands to Diversify? Raquel Ortega-Argiles explains how the development of a #spacecluster in the #WestMidlands could allow the region to develop new technologies by following diversified specialisation processes. bit.ly/3tyoy6R

Meeting the Skills Needs of the Space Sector Anne E Green outlines the skills shortage in the #space sector, the skills needed, how the industry can attract a wider pool of recruits and what opportunities are available in the #WestMidlands and beyond. ow.ly/z54350GagLc

E-Cargo Bikes – The Future of ‘Last-Mile’ Logistics? Robert Lynam writes about the use of e-cargo bikes for ‘last-mile’ logistics, potentially reducing emissions, congestion and delivery times in the #WestMidlands. bit.ly/2WqDyHH

Meet Carolin Ioramashvili, City-REDI's new Research Fellow Carolin recently completed her PhD exploring the drivers of regional income differences in the UK and will be working on a project looking at the impact of STEM assets in the #WestMidlands. bit.ly/3kQt0Lt

📢A new edition of the #WMEconMonitor is out now! Bringing together data and intelligence from the WMREDI partnership into a single source that can be shared and utilised in planning and responding to the challenge of #Covid19UK. 🚛📉⛽ bit.ly/3B6naLG

See our work on the impact of #COVID19 on the Future Business District. Although focused on #Birmingham it has implications for business districts and cities elsewhere. City-REDI WMREDI ColmoreBID

Just published in #OpenAccess: 'The Covid-19 shock in European regions' by Philip McCann, Raquel Ortega-Argiles & Pei-Yu Yuan of City-REDI: rsa.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Interested in how the pandemic is changing partnership working? See our report on #partnershipworking to support recovery in the West Midlands & the North East. We analyse what has worked well / less well and future opportunities Charlotte Hoole Hannes Read Anne E Green Rebecca Riley

#blog from me on the #GreatResignation #GreatRetention #greatreshuffle #skills #flexible #work