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Michael Barry advised that at the next Board meeting, a list of

projects would be presented and the assessment criteria would be

submitted for approval.

21 – Any Other Business

Institutes of Technology (IOT)

Andrew Wren advised the Board of a new type of prestigious

institution known as ‘Institutes of Technology’. He advised that the

Government had a clear expectation that a bid for IOT would be

submitted from Cumbria. ACTION

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He added that an expression of interest would be submitted in the

required two weeks’ time and that Further Education and Higher
Education Partners would be involved in outlining what the aims

would be and how it would operate.

Julie Mennell commented that it would be useful for Andrew to report Steve

back at a future meeting of this Board regarding the progress of the Cole/Andrew

expression of interest; looking to connect expertise and resources. Wren

The Chair agreed that it would be appropriate to include a specific

agenda item at the April meeting regarding this.

Thanks to Stakeholders

The Chair thanked Stakeholders for taking the time to meet with him

on a one to one basis. This had been a useful exercise involving

deep conversations regarding individuals’ expectations.

Transport Electrification

The Chair advised that there would be potential to obtain funding for

electrification of transport and asked if the Board intended to pursue

that. Alison Hatcher advised that there was £50M of funding available

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nationally with a bid submission deadline of 30​ April. She added that

BBC and CCC were already working on carbon initiatives and that

clarity was required in respect of the criteria for bid submissions in

respect of air quality.

The meeting closed at 12.07pm.

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