Event joins businesses with the future workforce
Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Careers Hub, supported by the Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), have held an event to set the vision for jobs and careers across the area.
The event was a chance to share an update on the local and national careers landscape, particularly in light of the impact the Covid-19 pandemic has had on young people, as well as set out the Department for Education's plans for careers, economic growth, and recovery.
Workshops took place throughout the day, bringing together career leaders and businesses to consider themes such as 'school improvement through the lens of careers ' and how schools and businesses can continue to work together to ensure progressive career programs for students, sufficiently preparing them for working life.
Paul Williams, careers hub and network manager, who led the event, said: “It was amazing to see so many senior leaders from our education and business sectors working together to build a world class careers education system for our country, to support the rebuilding of our economy and impact our young people and future workforce. ”
Throughout the event, participants addressed future improvements for education, with careers at the forefront. This helped strengthen the vision of ensuring that every young person is supported in finding the next best steps for their career goal.
Alison Spencer, assistant head of school and director of post 16 at John Taylor High School said: “Being part of the Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Careers Hub has been pivotal to the development of careers provision in our school. The Hub have shared good practice across their members resulting in a stronger focus on good quality provision. The annual event was a fantastic opportunity to share different models of school improvement and strategies to further develop careers provision to enhance the future opportunities of our young people [�] The Hub will play a very important role in building stronger connections between schools and employers for the future. ”
Alun Rogers, chair of the Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire LEP said: “It is great to see the LEP 's Careers Hub connecting schools and colleges with businesses across our area to make sure the next generation of Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent 's workforce have the skills to match those that local employers ' need to grow and be ever more competitive. ”
“The past 18 months have been unprecedented, and it is absolutely central to the Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire LEP strategy that our future pipeline of skills drives economic growth. ' '