Presentation delivered by Jackie Baker, Head of Business Development, Open University in Scotland and Ireland, and Brian Ronald, Graduate and Lead ULR, Rolls Royce, at the 2016 SAFEE conference, 'Destination Engineering'

1. The OU, Unite the Union
and Rolls-Royce plc
Grow your own graduate
programme
Speakers: Jackie Baker Head of Business Development (OU in Scotland and Ireland)
Brian Ronald Graduate and Lead ULR (RR)

4. Partnership Delivery Model

5. Case study: Brian Ronald (Graduate and Lead ULR ) Rolls-Royce plc
• RR Quality Control Inspector
• Unite the Union ULR & budget holder (voluntary)
• OU student…now graduate
• Husband and father
• Moved house and no internet!
• Site closure of EK and relocation to Inchinnan
• Shift patterns and long hours
• Applied learning making company significant savings
• Personal reflections
• What helped?
• What hindered?

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We are extremely proud of Brian’s achievement and grateful to him for his
commitment to this learning programme. Not only has he been working hard on
his degree, he has also taken on the responsibility of being our lead Union
Learning Representative at Rolls-Royce, making sure that around 30 fellow trade
unionists a year also benefit from the programme.
This programme wouldn’t be possible without the commitment of members like
Brian, and our strong partnership with Rolls Royce and Scottish Union Learning.
Together, we’ve created a model for other employers in Scotland who want to
invest in the skills of their workers. We hope they will get on board
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Pat Rafferty, Scottish Secretary at Unite the Union