Knowledge Quarter Liverpool

👨‍🎓 Teaching innovation through Continuing Professional Development.

A mix of education leads from across Liverpool City Region joined us yesterday for a Teacher Encounters Day, in collaboration with the Liverpool City Region Careers Hub, as part of our KQ Futures programme.

Following a and focused workshop, the group took a tour around our innovation district to see innovation in action, and the subsequent feedback has been extremely positive!

💬 "Today reminded me that education is about more than delivering lessons, it’s about opening doors to futures our students may never have imagined."
- Biology Teacher and Careers Lead

💬 "Today's CPD session reinforced the importance of our role as educators in igniting students' curiosity and aspirations, so that learning becomes a catalyst for innovation, collaboration, and meaningful impact. By inspiring young people to recognise the career opportunities on their doorstep, we can help nurture and retain home-grown talent within the Liverpool City Region."
- Associate Assistant Headteacher

KQ Futures is part-funded by the LCR Life Sciences Innovation Zone.

To find out more, or to get involved, please visit: https://www.kqliverpool.co.uk/school-services

KQ CLICK Dinner | An evening of reflection, insights, and thinking about the future. 🧢

Last night, we were delighted to bring together our KQ CLICK expert advisors, ecosystem partners and participating businesses to reflect on the first year since launching our business support network.

Hosted at Novotel Liverpool Paddington Village - managed by Legacy Hotels and Resorts, attendees heard a summary of activities delivered so far, real accounts of the positive impact involvement in the programme has made to business growth, as well as being invited to 'get their thinking caps on' to brainstorm what else we could be doing to enhance our offer even further.

In less than 12 months, has delivered 10 events, ranging from masterclasses, to expert drop-ins (with more still to come!), facilitated interactions with 73 local businesses, and even helped to land 2 international organisations who now proudly call our innovation district home.

Supporting businesses to grow is a key part of our , helping to unlock investment, boost innovation and create opportunities for LCR residents.

➡️ If you're passionate about helping businesses to thrive, or would like to take advantage of the free support available through KQ CLICK, please get in touch with Rachel Newman, our Inclusive Innovation Officer: [email protected]

https://www.kqliverpool.co.uk/innovation-growth-services

💡 TURNING IDEAS INTO REALITY

Today we welcomed back students from The Belvedere Academy for a Future Innovators Day.

This group of Year 10 students won our design challenge at last year's Career Insights Day, and today we brought their product to life with the help of our friends at DefProc Engineering.

Students were absolutely delighted to see a physical of their design in the flesh, and also enjoyed a tour of the Materials Innovation Factory.

Such a great and inspiring day!