Worcestershire Employers & Stakeholders Conference
About this Event
Welcome to the WCG Worcestershire Employer & Stakeholder Conference! Join us at Pershore College (Part of WCG) for an event that brings together industry leaders, educators, and policymakers to tackle the most pressing workforce challenges and ensure local businesses like yours have access to the skilled talent you need to thrive.
At this event, you will:
- Hear how WCG’s new strategy is putting employers at the heart of workforce planning, ensuring education and training deliver the talent businesses need.
- Gain insight from regional experts on industry growth areas, skills gaps, and future workforce needs across Worcestershire.
- Learn how to access a pipeline of skilled apprentices, work-ready graduates, and upskilled adult learners to help meet your recruitment needs.
- Shape the curriculum through our Employer Partnership Boards (EPBs) to ensure that training aligns with your industry’s requirements.
- Understand how work experience, supported internships, and apprenticeships can provide your business with cost-effective, high-quality workforce solutions.
- Engage with the Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP) Phase 2 to influence regional economic growth and skills development.
- Connect with industry leaders, educators, and policymakers to build partnerships that directly support your recruitment and skills strategies.
Don't miss out on this exciting event - register now to secure your spot!
Worcestershire Highlight: Turn Insights into Active Recruitment
For employers joining us at Pershore College on 26th June, the opportunity extends into the afternoon. In collaboration with Nigel Huddleston MP and Dame Harriett Baldwin MP, we are hosting the Pershore College Jobs and Careers Fair (12:00 PM – 4:00 PM), taking place immediately after our working lunch.
We invite you to stay on and take a completely free promotional stand to pitch your vacancies, training programmes, and apprenticeships directly to our students, local school leavers, and the wider community.
Agenda
🕑: 09:00 AM - 09:30 AM
Business breakfast and networking
🕑: 09:30 AM - 09:45 AM
Welcome and College Update
Host: Sara-Jane Watkins, Principal and CEO, WCG
🕑: 09:45 AM - 10:15 AM
Keynote address - LSIP Phase 2
Host: Judy Gibbs, Director of Skills, Worcestershire LEP
🕑: 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM
Employer-led Curriculum: Co-design and Co-delivery Successes
Host: Stuart Evans, Deputy Principal, WCG
🕑: 10:30 AM - 10:40 AM
Refreshment break
🕑: 10:40 AM - 11:10 AM
Employer & Student Case Studies: The impact of collaboration
🕑: 11:10 AM - 11:25 AM
How to make Apprenticeships work for your business
🕑: 11:25 AM - 11:30 AM
Closing Remarks
Host: Sara-Jane Watkins, CEO & Principal, WCG
🕑: 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Working lunch and networking
🕑: 12:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Pershore College Jobs & Careers Fair (optional exhibitor opportunity)
Info: For employers joining us at Pershore College on Friday, 26th June, the opportunity extends into the afternoon. In collaboration with Nigel Huddleston MP and Dame Harriett Baldwin MP, we are hosting the Pershore College Jobs and Careers Fair (12:00 PM – 4:00 PM), taking place immediately after our working lunch. We invite you to stay on and take a completely free promotional stand to pitch your vacancies, training programmes, and apprenticeships directly to our students, local school leavers, and the wider community. Register for your free Exhibitor Stand today - See the link in the event description above.
Where is it happening?
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