UCB has signed a major deal with Midland Heart, one of the region鈥檚 leading housing associations, which will see them enrol future leaders and managers onto apprenticeships.
It is the second year that the two organisations have worked together and talks are ongoing about developing a long-term strategic contract with numbers increasing year on year.
Dilshad Sheikh, Dean of UCB鈥檚 Business School, said: 鈥淚 am absolutely thrilled that we have signed a second contract with Midland Heart. It is an organisation that we have been working with for the past 12 months and it is an absolute privilege to be working with them again.
鈥淚 am delighted that we are able to contribute to the development of their future leaders and managers and I look forward to cementing our partnership even further.鈥�
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Baljinder Kang, Midland Heart鈥檚 Executive Director of HR and Learning, said: 鈥淔or us it is about growing our own talent strategy so we are absolutely committed to making sure we invest in the next cohort of future managers and leaders.
鈥淭his is the second year of the programme and what we are hoping to do is grow our own future managers and leaders. Out of last year鈥檚 cohort of 18 we have had six secure their first managerial or leadership role already, which is a great achievement.
聽鈥淲e have 26 on the programme this year and there has been a lot of interest in places. We鈥檙e really excited about our partnership with UCB because it鈥檚 helping us develop the future of Midland Heart.鈥澛�
