Another #EmpSkills25 policy recommendation from our Top of the Policies segment of this year's convention... 🗳️
From Ben Rowland chief exec of AELP, who pitched his policy idea for the Growth and Skills Levy. ⬇️🎞️
How can we expand employment support? What does this look like in practice?
Elizabeth Taylor, chief exec of ERSA, pitched her policy idea at this year's #EmpSkills25 convention. ⬇️📽️
Catch up on more from the convention, including slides and recordings: learningandwork.org.uk/events-2/emp...
How can employment and housing sectors work together to support people into sustainable employment?
We asked Victoria Whittle, Head of Jobs and Training at Clarion Futures, for her take at #EmpSkills25. ⬇️🏡
At #EmpSkills25, we asked @nancydoylepsych.bsky.social, Founder of @geniuswithin.bsky.social:
💡 'What are the best ways to support neurodivergent people in employment?'
Hear what she had to say. ⬇️
As part of our #EmpSkills25 'Top of the Policies' segment, Lynsey Sweeney, Managing Director at Communities that Work, pitched us her policy for joining up housing, skills and work. 💭
Listen to Lynsey's policy idea. ⬇️📽️
Listen to Beatrice Barleon, Head of Public Affairs and Policy at @engineeringuk.com, reflect on what skills gaps in motorsports can tell us about skills shortages more broadly. ⬇️
And catch up on the full #EmpSkills25 breakfast session, led by @edgeuk.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtIN... 📺
"Although rooted in F1, the session revealed lessons relevant to many sectors, from construction to manufacturing, transport and more."
⬇️✍️ In a new article, Olly Newton, @edgeuk.bsky.social's Executive Director, reflects on insights into skills shortages from their #EmpSkills25 breakfast session.
"It's not government's problem. It's not industry's problem. It's everybody's problem to solve these skills gaps."
Ann Watson, CEO at Enginuity, discussed how we can address skill gaps in the UK during @edgeuk.bsky.social's breakfast session at #EmpSkills25. ⬇️
#EmpSkills25 kicked off at full speed this year with a breakfast session led by @edgeuk.bsky.social exploring skills shortages through the lens of motorsports. 💨
Listen to Olly Newton, Executive Director at Edge. ⬇️
And catch up on the full recording and more: learningandwork.org.uk/events-2/emp...
At #EmpSkills25, four fantastic policies were pitched to us by experts from the employment and skills sector in our 'Top of the policies' segment.
Listen to David Pierpoint from Retrofit Academy give a bite-sized version of his net zero skills policy. 🌏⬇️
What do you think is most important in supporting young people into education, employment or training?
At #EmpSkills25, Barry Fletcher from Youth Futures Foundation gave us some valuable insights. ⬇️📽️
What are the biggest issues in society that the Government’s employment and skills policies should focus on tackling?
Listen to what our next #EmpSkills25 expert Megan Cooper from Serco had to say at this year's convention. ⬇️🎤
What does the Government need to do to bring about real change in our welfare system?
⬇️📽️ Deven Ghelani, Director at @policyinpractice.bsky.social, gave us his perspective at #EmpSkills25.
Catch up on #EmpSkills25! 📽️
We're still buzzing from the Employment and Skills Convention 2025. ✨
You can now explore slides and recordings of our panels and workshops - from closing the disability employment gap to delivering the Youth Guarantee. ⬇️
What does effective employment support look like and why is it so crucial? 💭
We asked Emma Grigson from PeoplePlus for her take at #EmpSkills25! Hear what she had to say. ⬇️
At #EmpSkills25, we asked some of our brilliant speakers for their thoughts on our convention themes.
⬇️ Listen to Gareth Parry from @maxuknews.bsky.social answer:
💡 What needs to be done to better support disabled people and people with health conditions into good work?
Ending the day on a high, we take employment and skills to the polls with our ‘Top of the Policies’ segment… 🗳️
Huge thanks to Ben Rowland (AELP), David Pierpoint (Retrofit Academy), Lynsey Sweeney (Communities that Work) and Elizabeth Taylor (ERSA) for pitching your fab policies!
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Panel 3 considers better work and moving on from ‘employers v workers’.
Thank you @jobibby.bsky.social, Katia Bazar-Rosen (Employment Rights Directorate), Kate Nicholls @ukhospitality.bsky.social, Kirsty Watt (Acas), Shaun Lowthian (GLA) and @emilyishness.bsky.social for joining us!
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Some great debate, discussion and insight today at the #EmpSkills25 Convention in London - hosted by our friends at the Learning and Work Institute @learnworkuk.bsky.social
See more about the event at the L&W with updates from all the sessions over at bsky.app/profile/lear...
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Workshop 4️⃣: How do we ramp up employer investment in skills? 🛠️
🎤 With Emily Tanner @nuffieldfoundation.org, Ginny Page @gatsbyed.bsky.social, Sara Levy (Google), Sara Whybrew (BFI), Phoebe Sarjant @fsb-uk.bsky.social and Cathryn Moses-Stone @cmi-managers.bsky.social.
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Workshop 3️⃣: Opening up opportunities through devolution. 💡
🎤 With @lwalexs.bsky.social, Megan Cooper (Serco), Emma Grigson (PeoplePlus), Adam Swersky (EMCCA), Lindsey Daniels @westyorkshireca.bsky.social and Nic Witton-Dowd @greatermcr.bsky.social.
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Workshop 2️⃣: Top tips for local approaches to employment support. 📍
Elizabeth Gerard (L&W), Iona McArdle (L&W), Victoria Whittle (Clarion Futures), Richard Clifton (Shaw Trust) and
@tracyfishwick.bsky.social @transformliveco.bsky.social give their insights.
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It’s now workshop time!
Workshop 1️⃣: A Youth Guarantee for England. ✅
Barry Fletcher (Youth Futures Foundation), Nicola Aylward (L&W), Helene Dearn OBE (WMCA), and Jayden, who speaks from experience as a young person, discuss bridging the gap between education and employment.
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Panel 1 explores: how can we close the disability employment gap?
🎤 Great to hear from @chris-smyth.bsky.social, Gareth Parry @maxuknews.bsky.social, Fazilet Hadi MBE @disrightsuk.bsky.social, @nancydoylepsych.bsky.social and Deven Ghelani @policyinpractice.bsky.social.
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Huge thanks to our lead sponsor @maxuknews.bsky.social. ⭐️
We’re pleased to hear from Managing Director for Citizen Services, Gareth Parry, followed by a brilliant Work and Health Programme Q&A bringing us to the heart of the difference effective employment support can make.
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"Where is the holistic approach to adult education and lifelong learning that research recommends?" cambridgetownowl.com/2022/08/12/w... One for #EmpSkills25 - noting narrow skills focus misses out other policy areas incl civics/strengthening democracy, and loneliness in society.
Re #EmpSkills25 “Anglia Ruskin University: Developing employment opportunities on their Cambridge campus, providing local people with work experience and access to uni resources for career development.” cambridgetownowl.com/2025/06/19/c... Would love to see ARU bring back its old module catalogue
The stage is set, the room is air conditioned, time for our first panel session on narrowing the disability employment gap. #EmpSkills25
Coleen’s key message to employers:
“We may be in our 60s, but we’re not over the hill”
Noreen’s message (paraphrased):
“We need to do more to support people in their 50s and 60s”
Couldn’t be more on message if I’d scripted it myself!
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We’re thrilled to have a message from the Minster of State for Employment @allymcgovern.bsky.social!
We look forward to continue working with DWP, including on our JobsPlus pilot programme.
🔍 Find out more: learningandwork.org.uk/resources/re...
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