ERA-02 UK SME partner — employer engagement & talent ecosystems

PLP works at the university–organisation interface and can support consortium activities including:

• mapping employers, industry stakeholders and ecosystem partners;

• engaging non-academic employers in talent-ecosystem development;

• gathering evidence on organisational and labour-market skills needs;

• supporting the design and implementation of employer-informed training and capability activity;

• recruiting organisations, participants, users or ecosystem contributors;

• conducting stakeholder interviews and structured market/needs validation;

• facilitating university–business and cross-sector partnership development;

• supporting networking, relationship-building, dissemination, uptake and post-project sustainability.