04 March 2025 14:30 – 15:30
Making Skills England Work Virtual Round Table.
Brought to you in partnership with Edge Foundation and FE News
4 March 2025 2.30-3.30pm
Our virtual round table addressed three key questions...
- How can Skills England influence Government?
- How should Skills England turn data into action across the regions and industry sectors?
- How should Skills England work effectively with education and training providers?
A brand new format hosted by CEO and Founder of FE News Gavin O'Meara with Edge Executive Director Olly Newton. The Virtual Round table was split into three sessions:
1️⃣ Session 1: How can Skills England influence Government?
With Jennifer Coupland and Simon Pirotte OBE
2️⃣ Session 2: How should Skills England turn data into action across the regions and industry sectors?
Our guests on this session were Robert West and Mahfia Watkinson AMAHEP
3️⃣ Session 3: How should Skills England work effectively with education and training providers?
Our panel guests were Nichola Hay MBE and Mike Blakeley
A lively hour of discussion and questions about the possible ways forward for Skills England, with outstanding insights and opinions from our expert panellists. Many of our viewers had questions of their own which our panel answered and elaborated on. Catch up with the video below.