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The UK is sleepwalking into a low paid, low skills and low productivity economy. Productivity levels are behind G7 nations and still below the levels of the financial crash.

The 8th annual Skills Summit allowed delegates to discover how tochanges will deliver a new world-class technical education system, boost the number of those choosing apprenticeships and have a greater focus on the needs of employers.

Key topics discussed at 2019 included:

The Industrial Strategy and skills after Brexit?
Teenage apprenticeships: awareness deficit
Understanding regional employer needs
Creating degree based apprenticeships
T-Levels, a new career pathway
Recruiting more apprentices
National Retraining Scheme
Improving workplace skills

Previous speakers includeconfirmed for 2019:

Professor Steven McIntosh, Centre for Vocational Education Research, University of Sheffield
Mark Dawe, Chief Executive, Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP)
Senior Representative, National Retraining Scheme Division, Department for Education
Alison Morris, Director - Sector Development, The Education and Training Foundation
Philip Cox, Chief Executive, Cheshire & Warrington Local Enterprise Partnership
Dr Elnaz Kashefpakdel, Head of Research, Education and Employers
Julian Roberts, Head of Employability, Truro and Penwith College
Lucy Sydney, Director of Strategic Relationships for VTQ, Ofqual
Annette Allmark, Head of Apprenticeships, BCS
Sonali Parekh, Head of Policy, FSB

Who attended:

FE colleges - Independent skills & training providers - Employers (including HR, L&D and Workforce Development) - LEPs & local authority skills teams - Higher Education Institutions - Awarding bodies & regulators - Learning & training solution providers - Policy makers

Pricing:

Prices above exclude VAT

Certification:

Dods is a registered Continuing Professional Development provider. This event is equivalent to 4 CPD points. A certificate is available on request post-event to all attendees.