{"id":19338,"date":"2022-09-01T08:00:59","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T07:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/cityredi\/?p=19338"},"modified":"2022-08-31T14:30:10","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T13:30:10","slug":"city-redi-wmredi-monthly-update-august-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/cityredi\/city-redi-wmredi-monthly-update-august-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"City-REDI \/ WMREDI Monthly Update &#8211; August 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15424\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/cityredi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/11\/The-City-REDI-Round-up-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/cityredi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/11\/The-City-REDI-Round-up-1.png 900w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/cityredi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/11\/The-City-REDI-Round-up-1-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/cityredi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/11\/The-City-REDI-Round-up-1-768x434.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/cityredi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/11\/The-City-REDI-Round-up-1-250x141.png 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/h6>\n<h6><strong>Events \u2013 presenting work\/speaking engagements<\/strong><\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>On 28th July, Simon Collinson attended the Commonwealth Business Forum at the start of CWG22, representing the University as a 1<sup>st<\/sup> tier sponsor of the Games, meeting with Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi at the University of Birmingham stand.<\/li>\n<li>On 5<sup>th<\/sup> August, Simon Collinson chaired a roundtable on digital skills, with UoB partnering with hosts PwC and other major firms, including HSBC, Goldman Sacs, and Microsoft. This focused on bridging the gap between the demand and supply of digital skills which threatens to constrain future economic growth in the region.<\/li>\n<li>On 8<sup>th<\/sup> August, following presentations by the Minister for the Commonwealth Games, Nigel Huddlestone, and the Mayor, Andy Street, Simon Collinson chaired the first plenary session at CWG22 \u2018Legacy Day\u2019 at The Exchange, currently DIT\u2019s UK House. This focused on how the region can use the success of the games to help boost inclusive economic growth over the long term. (the panel was comprised of Matt Hammond, Senior Partner, Midlands \u2013 PwC and Chair of WMGC, Chris Oglesby, Chief Executive \u2013 Bruntwood, Ruth Griffin, Partner \u2013 Gowling, and Bek Seely, European Managing Director for Development \u2013 LendLease).<\/li>\n<li>On 25th August, Dr. Juliane Schwarz presented at the 61. European Regional Study Association Congress in Pecs, Hungary, on Business Start-up Accelerators and their Impact on Attending Enterprises.<\/li>\n<li>On the 25<sup>th<\/sup> of August Dr. Matt Lyons presented a paper: <em>Understanding the \u20182020 Shock\u2019 in the UK Automotive Sector <\/em>At the ERSA conference: European Regional Science Association (ERSA) 61<sup>st<\/sup> Annual Congress &#8211; Disparities in a Digitalizing (Post-Covid) World.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6><strong>Media engagements<\/strong><\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>Simon Collinson featured on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sounds\/play\/p0cll98v\">BBC Radio WM<\/a> on 9<sup>th<\/sup> August discussing the impact of the Commonwealth Games on the University of Birmingham, the city, and the region. (Listen from 2:24:44)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6><strong>Look ahead to the coming months\u2026<\/strong><\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>Hannes Read is presenting at the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asetonline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/4b.-Parallel-Sessions-Day2.pdf\">Inclusivity, Sustainability and the Placement Practitioner Conference<\/a> <\/strong>at Keele University on 7<sup>th<\/sup> September.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Events \u2013 presenting work\/speaking engagements On 28th July, Simon Collinson attended the Commonwealth Business Forum at the start of CWG22, representing the University as a 1st tier sponsor of the Games, meeting with Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi at the University of Birmingham stand. On 5th August, Simon Collinson chaired a roundtable on digital skills, with UoB &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/cityredi\/city-redi-wmredi-monthly-update-august-2022\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;City-REDI \/ WMREDI Monthly Update &#8211; August 2022&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1610,"featured_media":15424,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[871],"tags":[916],"class_list":["post-19338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-city-redi-wm-redi-round-up","tag-city-redi-wm-redi-round-up"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/cityredi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/cityredi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/cityredi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/cityredi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1610"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/cityredi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19338"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/cityredi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19339,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/cityredi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19338\/revisions\/19339"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/cityredi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/cityredi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/cityredi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/cityredi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}