HOTSPOTS BURNLEY IN ASSOCIATION WITH:
FOCUSED ON THE FUTURE
Burnley is the latest stop on our hotspots tour. We brought business, academic and local authority leaders to the University of Lancashire’s Victoria Mill building to talk about initiatives to keep talent in the town, amongst other issues
The Sandygate regeneration area sits as a shining example of what Burnley’s transition to a university town has delivered physically.
Bought by Burnley Council in the late 2000s, it was then a range of semi-derelict mills and heritage building alongside cleared sites.
Over the last decade, the neighbourhood has been truly transformed, with the University of Lancashire as anchor client. Mills have become places of learning and now sit impressively alongside new buildings accommodating students undertaking a range of foundation, undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.
Today the university continues on its journey to grow student numbers in the town to 4,000.
And as well as the physical changes to the area, the university town project is also helping to change perceptions and attitudes.
Part of the reasoning behind the university’s growth plan was to help end the ‘brain drain’ effect of young people leaving for other areas to complete their education and never return. The aim is to retain talent and nurture the next generation of highly-educated professionals at home.
However, that retention mission is not just about the range of university courses now on offer. Burnley is seeing the impact of a number of key initiatives and partnerships.
Daniel Waller, head of student experience SUPPORTED BY:
at Burnley campus, and academic director for Continual Professional Development (CPD) at the university, says it has become part of a “wider ecosystem” looking to raise both skills and aspirations in the town.
That includes working with local businesses, Burnley College, schools and other borough organisations. Daniel talks of the “energy” that exists around that.
He says: “Burnley pulls together and develops things for the future, and one of the key things at the moment is a project called ‘Strive’ which aims to link up schools and employers and to reach communities that have not always engaged.
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