b'Partner News Spring 2024 11AcademicInclusive industry- The authors developed industry-linked Unit design and student projects at Manchester Metropolitan University that reflect thus: research-informed-and-enriched lecture, linked STEM-enterpriseworkshop and tutorial sessions contain modern industry-linked engineering topics; industrial partners co-design and co-deliver specialist contents; innovative industry-education model forlinked projects presentations to the relevant industry partners; and UKs IETs Accredited Higher Education Programme learning outcomes and Chartered Engineers raising job-creatingengineering competences are emphasised. The innovation of this pedagogy lies in the transformation of the learning experience graduates of the students whilst embracing cutting-edge industry co-design and codelivery of specialist contents. This includes systems for recruitment and selection of industry participants; university innovation incubation; facilitating job placements; job By Sunday Ekpo MIET, Muhammad Ijaz MIET,creation; and graduate-to-graduate and and Stephen Powell industry partnerships. Manchester Met has utilised the industry-linked engineering pedagogy to secure a long-term Sonys Sensing University Program partnership that offers access to Sonys Low Science, Technology, EngineeringInclusive industry-linkedinternship programmes and multidisciplinary and Mathematics (STEM) education andengineering pedagogy R&D capacity-building partnerships with entrepreneurship uptake amongst women;Unemployment is a global challenge.Universitys research groups.digital skill-shortage vacancies; and lowIn 2019, there were about 200,000 UK enterprise creation need a holistic globalvacancies (Times Higher Education, 2021)Outcome and impactpartnership to overcome them. A holisticthat were hard to fill due to a lack of skillsEffective September 2015, the student inclusive academe-industry partnershipgenerally among applicants; described asengagement metric has improved by over offers a means through which all studentsskill-shortage vacancies (SSVs). Around a50%, and 100% of the students whose can learn STEM subjects, digital andthird of SSVs (30 %) were at least partiallyfinal-year projects were industry-sponsored soft skills and incubate their innovativecaused by applicants lacking industry- achieved a distinction grade. ideas to become industry-ready andrelevant digital skills required for the role. technopreneurs. Several regions of the UK are impacted byMoreover, the industry-linked pedagogy digital SSVs. Digital literacy skills shortageshas been enriched with industry-sponsored The current higher education curricula yieldamong SMEs in the UK are estimated toworld-class international education job-seeking graduates every year. Graduateshave created an 85bn productivity gap. programmes, grants, and equipment have enormous potential to become job- donations (from industry partners including creating assets rather than salary-takers inSony, Global Invacom Group Ltd and a crowded unemployment market. How doKeysight Technologies UK Ltd). 100% we educate future employers? How do weof the taught and supervised students translate and/or transform our students fromgained employment into the industry, and/job-seekers to job-creators? How do weor embarked on further education (MSc/design our curricula to deliver job-creatingMRes and PhD). This has contributed to learning or graduate outcomes?the Manchester Met being ranked 7th, 4th and 2nd in the UK for Best Electrical and This article presents an inclusive industry- Electronic Engineering Programme by The linked STEM-enterprise education andGuardian University Guide 2022, 2023 and technopreneurship model. Our industry- 2024 respectively; and No. 1 in England (The linked pedagogy has led to three world- Guardian UG 2024). leading international companies partnering with the Manchester Met to enhance the Universitys employability, entrepreneurship, Industry partners supporting University STEM Education at and employment metrics. Manchester Met University, UK'