Renaissance South Yorkshire

South Yorkshire has a growing economy which is being fuelled by a talented and skilled workforce which is over 1.28 million strong. A further 21 million people live within a two-hour drive.

 

Employers are already tapping into this strong skills base with over half of South Yorkshire firms attributing their competitiveness to the high level of workforce skills. Comparatively South Yorkshire has a higher percentage of people of working age than other major areas such as London, Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, Newcastle and Glasgow.

 

To build on this resource, South Yorkshire provides high quality post 16 education with two world leading universities, six colleges of further education and 598 schools. The region also has a number of Academies which specialise in areas such as Science with Business and Enterprise, Performing Arts with Business and Enterprise and Business and Enterprise. South Yorkshire also has Doncaster Business School's Innovation Academy which is devoted to raising the level of economic activity in South Yorkshire through Innovation and Enterprise.

 

The universities in Sheffield offer excellent research facilities, top rated teaching, a combined population of over 53,000 students and a steady flow of highly-educated first class graduates which makes up the 12,000 students that graduate each year. Recent research by the Royal Bank of Scotland has revealed that graduates living in Sheffield are the sixth happiest in the country, and that Sheffield is the most highly rated major city for graduate satisfaction, reflecting the city’s reputation as an excellent place to live. On top of that, salary rates can afford to remain competitive at around 10-15 per cent lower than the national average across a broad spectrum of jobs.   

 

Existing regional employers are investing in their staff through job related training. During 2005, over 16% of the South Yorkshire workforce was involved in work related training, which is above the national average of 13.9%.

 

The region can boast of being above the national average for holders of NVQ qualifications with 83% of working age people holding qualifications up to NVQ level 4.

 

From an employer’s perspective, South Yorkshire’s highly-skilled workforce and ready development sites make investing here quick, easy and successful.

 

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