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CBI Education and Skills.

Russell Rickett, Chris Borrett, Richard Nash, Dan Clay22nd January 2013

Why am I the one talking to you?

• Russell Rickett

• Left school at 16 and entered an Apprenticeship with e2v

• Went on to HNC level in Manufacturing Engineering after starting as a toolmaker and aspiring to develop further.

• I am now a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

• Currently managing Apprentices.

• Well positioned to judge if this style of learning has worked for me as well as the business.

Misunderstanding within Engineering.

• Neil Armstrong

• Car Mechanic

• Boiler Repair Man

Are apprenticeships the way forward

Life skills

Academic learning

Business awarenes

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What is an apprenticeship?

“An Apprenticeship is a real job with training so you can earn while you learn and pick up recognised qualifications as

you go.”

Taken from The National Apprenticeship Service (NAS) website

www.apprenticeships.org.uk

Misconceptions

Some Apprenticeship Misconceptions

• Reduced opportunities• Lower standard of learning• Less potential• Immaturity

Apprentice Stereotype• Low IQ• School “Drop-Out”• Lack of motivation• Lack of ability

Where did we start ?

Our Backgrounds• Left school at 16 – Chris & Dan• Further Education - Richard

What were we looking for?• Further/Higher Education• Skills for Life• Career Experience• Technical Knowledge

Why did we choose an apprenticeship at e2v?

• Seeking opportunities.• Ready for a challenge

e2v Apprenticeship Structure

Year 1

Induction

Performing Engineering Ops. NVQ Level 2 / BTEC Level 2

Essential Skills Training / Development

Business Rotations

Year 2

Business Rotations continued

Interviews

Long Term Placement

Year 3

Long Term Placement continued

End of Apprenticeship

NVQ Level 3 / BTEC Level 3 NVQ Level 3 / BTEC Level 3

Experiences through Opportunities

• Represent your organisation.

• STEM Ambassadors, (Science technology Engineering and Maths)

• Build working relationships

• Develop independence

• Valued team member

• Skills development

• Gain an understanding of company operations

• Gaining core engineering abilities

“You get out, what you put in”.

CEO& Directors

Management

Engineers & operators

Apprentices

Our Next Steps, the sky is the limit.

• Aspiration- Setting realistic targets

• Continued Progression- Educational Knowledge – Degree / PhD- Technical Experience- Responsibility (Independence)

• Grasping OpportunitiesTheoretical

Understanding

Practical Experience

Genuine Occupation

Interest

Transferable Skills

Extensive Working

Relationships

Company Nurtured

Contribution &

commitment

Are Apprenticeships worth the Effort?

Business Benefits

• Employees skills specific to business needs

• Well rounded employees

• General business knowledge

• Providing a future for our business’s• Push boundaries and bring new vigor

• Builds talent pipeline • 83% of employers rely on their Apprenticeships programme to provide

the skilled workers that they need for the future; • 57% report a high proportion of their apprentices going on to

management positions within the company;

(Figures from Earlier research, conducted in February 2008 by Populus on behalf of the

LSC (Learning and Skills Council) to launch the first National Apprenticeship Week)

Where are they now?

• Matt Mooney• 3rd year apprentice• Won apprentice of the year for 2012• Lead technician Engineer on 2 development thermal cameras.

Where are they now?

• Chris Davies• Now a Facilities Project Engineer.• Completed HNC & NVQ level 3, July 2012• Sole responsibility on projects up to the value of £300K

Where are they now?

Justine Buckley• Completed apprenticeship in 2007• Now in the final year of a Degree in

Integrated Engineering• Covering Electrical, Mechanical, Maths and People skills.

• Now an Engineering Manager leading a team of 11 ranging in skill from technician through to Principal Engineer.

• On accelerated Talent Management programme.

The Challenges

• Raise awareness• Apprenticeships• School engagement• Industry

• Improve engagement with both boys and girls.

• Continuing the programme and investment through downturns.

• Continuous improvement.

Ask not what you can do for Apprentices, but what Apprentices

can do for you.

CBI Conference 22nd February 2013

Joanne Collins – Divisional HR Manager

Dalehead Foods

Ian Simmons – Head of Faculty Business Enterprise

Linton Village College

We are a Double Act!

Who are Dalehead Foods?

Who are Dalehead Foods?

• A division of Tulip Ltd• Farming division (BQP) – Outdoor

bred pigs• Four manufacturing sites (3 East

Anglia)• All dedicated to Waitrose• Supply 100% - Fresh Lamb, Fresh

Pork, Cooked Meats, Bacon and 60% Sausages

• Employ 1500 people as a division

Dalehead Foods Waitrose Dedicated Sites

Procurement (pigs)Stradbroke, Suffolk

Abattoir (pigs)Spalding, Lincolnshire

Butchery to finished productPork, Sausage, Added ValueLinton, Cambridgeshire

Butchery to finished productBacon, fresh lamb, Added ValueBury St Edmunds, Suffolk

Butchery to cooked finished productCooked MeatsPre cooked BBQ rangeCorsham, Wiltshire

Dalehead FoodsDedicated to Waitrose

• The Waitrose Way – Treating People Fairly– Living Well– Championing British Food– Treading Lightly

Dalehead FoodsBeing a Responsible Employer

• Recognising the role good businesses have in the local community

• Devoting time to volunteering• Supporting local charities and fund raising

events• Taking part in local community initiatives• Engaging with young people in the local

community • Part of our ASPYRE programme (Aiming to

support young people in the rural environment)

• Being a great Company to work for• Being Best In Class!


• Opened 75 years ago inspired by Henry Morris

• Vision was to provide education for all

• Currently 860 students 11-16• 92% A* - C• 73% A* - C including English &

Maths• A passion for Business & Enterprise


• LVC Outstanding Ofsted 2012‘Linton Village College provides an

outstanding all-round education for its students’ Ofsted 2012

• Academically robust – Over 60% of lessons seen were

Outstanding• A powerful combination of outstanding

teaching and the rich diversity of our extra-curricular offer

• Avoid the temptation to be an ‘exam factory’


• Business & Enterprise Specialist School from 2002• Excellence in providing enterprising and work related

learning opportunities• Developed many business relationships over the last

10 years• Developed the Cambs & Peterborough Enterprise

Learning Partnership• SSAT Lead Practitioner for Business & Enterprise• Lead on Business & Engineering Diplomas locally• Delivered Young Apprenticeships

• Actively involved in STEM

Why BITC?

• Founded funded and led by business• 30 years experience• 850 Corporate members• Business led charity• Provides practical support to integrate

responsible business practice• Facilitates tackling issues where

business can make a real difference

Why Business Class?The Business Class programme is an excellent example of how schools can take advantage of the expertise and experience that the business world has to offer”

Rt Hon Michael Gove MP Secretary of State for Education

Business Class Framework

• Provides a systematic & proven framework

• Rooted in the needs of the school• Underpinned by Strategic Support• And Collaborative Action!• 200 Business Class partnerships

(500 by 2015)• Share best practice• Identify common challenges• Accelerate improvement

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The Scale of the Problem

1 million young people aged

16-24 are NEET ( Not in

Education, Employment or

Training)

1.8m employed people in the UK are considered not to have the skills needed to perform their job effectively.

By 2014 the UK will need an extra 730K people with STEM qualifications compared to 2007 (CBI)

“One in six people in the UK struggle with literacy. This means

their literacy is below the level expected of an eleven year old”

“one in two adults has numeracy skills roughly equivalent to those expected of children at primary school”

Over 70% of post-graduate students studying science, technology, engineering and maths subjects in the UK are from overseas

64% of young people say they learn best

outside the classroom

The perils of averages around youth unemployment

Dalehead & Linton CollegePartners since November

2011

PartnershipAims & Objectives

• Form a key part of our CSR strategy

• Support our values - a responsible neighbour and giving back to the local community and being an employer of choice

• Support the values of Waitrose• Add real value to Dalehead & LVC

Partnership LaunchEnterprise Award 2011

• Deliver a Food Technology Lesson • To 160 year 9 students on Product

Development• Challenge- develop Olympic Theme product

for Waitrose• Ten finalists teams selected to present their

idea and compete for the Enterprise Award• Presentation day – Pork Powerballs is our

winner!• All 30 finalist students return to visit the

site• Site Tour, Making Bacon and Sausages,

Presentation on career opportunities

BITC – Community Impact Award

Winning Product - Pork Powerballs (available at lunch!)

Welcome Back

What did you want to be when you left school?

Partnership grows from

strength to strength• Support curriculum and bring study alive!– Diploma in Engineering/Diploma in Business

Studies• Work Experience programmes – meaningful

and fun!• Careers talks during Enrichment Week• Sponsored a Food Writer during Linton Book

Week• Work together on charity and community

projects – Macmillan and Mandela Day• Supported the school in reviewing

Administration function – to improve school efficiencies

• Enterprise Award 2012 – Sausage Challenge

‘for every business to act responsibly and so ensure a sustainable future for all’

Specialised workshopsWork ExperienceCareer opportunities

What we have achieved so far...• Introduced students to

career opportunities within the food industry

• Enhanced our reputation locally

• Given our employees opportunities to develop new skills and give something back

• Delighted our customer• Delighted my MD!

Partnership Benefits to Dalehead

• Supports our values of being a responsible business

• Supports our commitment to the local community

• Promotes our reputation - a good employer• Enables us to support the learning

opportunity of young people living locally to our business

• Inform and Inspire local young people to consider career opportunities within the food industry and our business

• Gives our employees the chance to develop new skills – presentation, mentoring, organising, giving something back. Promotes Staff Engagement.

Partnership Benefits to LVC

• Supports our commitment to a ‘Outstanding all-round education’ for our students

• To instil entrepreneurship and risk taking amongst all our students

• To think about their education in the broadest sense and how it fits into the global economy

• To embed and engage our students in the world of work

• To extend the most able our ‘Gifted and Talented’

• To give staff opportunities to extend the professional development

• Supports the wider development of LVC and its staff

Partnership Benefits to Dalehead

• Clearly demonstrates the alignment of our values to those of Waitrose

• Helping us deliver Excellence to Waitrose

• Embracing the Waitrose Way – Treating People Fairly– Community Matters– Championing British Food

Delighting our Customer

You Tube Clip

Filmed by Quentin Clarke

Head of Sustainability and Ethical Sourcing for Waitrose

Enterprise Award 2012 – Sausage of the month for Waitrose

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zj8YbhkS6hQ&feature=youtu.be

Looking Ahead!• Develop further initiatives with

Dalehead/LVC• Supporting careers day in June 2013• Considering Apprenticeships and

Scholarships• In 14 months we have achieved a great

deal but there is so much more that we can do!

• How you can get involved?• Cambridge Business Class• LVC Careers Day June 2013

How can you help ‘Raise ambition for all’

CBI 2012

Want to know more?

• Linton Village College Careers Day June 2012

If you are interested or would like further information on our story please contact [email protected] •Dalehead Foods supporting Business Class. If you would like to know more contact [email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

Thank you

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Schools and employers – issues and challenges

Brian Lightman

General Secretary ASCL


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The Association of School and College Leaders

• The first choice professional association for secondary school and college leaders.

• Members in 90% of secondary schools, 6th form and general FE colleges in England, Wales and NI + sister organisation School Leaders Scotland.

• 80% of secondary heads.• 17000+ school and college leaders.


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There has never been a more important time for education and employers to work together.


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SHIFT HAPPENS – Karl Fisch

• We are currently preparing students for jobs that don’t yet exist . . .

• using technologies that haven’t yetbeen invented . . .

• in order to solve problems we don’t even know are problems yet.


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The challenge!

• Professor Dylan William

‘We are destroying jobs faster than we can improve young peoples’ achievements.’


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More challenges

• The economy, globalisation, technological advances.• Raising the participation age• School accountability• Government priorities for curriculum and qualifications.• A long history of vocational courses being the ‘Cinderella’• Communications• Careers guidance• Pressure on employers• Need for consensus


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What is education for?

• Personal empowerment• Cultural transmission• Transmission of knowledge• Development of behaviours, attitudes and skills. • Preparation for citizenship• Enabling young people to lead fulfilling lives• Preparation for work.


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Raising of the Participation Age (RPA)

• From Summer 2013 all young people will be required to continue in education or training until end of academic year in which they turn 17. Eg. current year 11

• Expectation that they continue to study core subjects if not yet passed.

• From 2015 they will be required to continue until 18th birthday.• Participation= full time education in school, college or

otherwise• Apprenticeships• Full time employment, volunteering or self employment with

part time accredited education or training alongside.


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ASCL survey: To what extent has your local authority prepared for RPA? They are on target for

implementation 4%

They have been consulting schools and colleges

29%

They have put/are putting in place a preventive strategy for NEETS

35%

Effective careers guidance systems are in place

11%

The LA has not put anything in place to implement RPA

51%


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Independent advice and guidance - challenges• Funding and accountability measures• Competition pressures – the elephant in the room.• Access to face-to-face guidance for under 19s• Access to relevant ‘trusted information’ on labour markets• Lack of clarity and confusion about routes and implications of RPA• Consistency / variable quality / access to services• Professional training and development for capacity building of intermediaries• NCS ‘USP’ and its links to business and the wider careers support market –

relationship and focus?• Making explicit the expected role of Government, employers and individuals• A clear business case needs to be made in favour of all-age careers

services.

Success will look like ......

Agreeing a future shared vision for careers work


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Independent advice and guidance -opportunities• There has never been greater need for career development support given

choices, complexity and competition• Raising aspirations and injecting hope in a climate of cuts backs and austerity measures• Feedback from employers –CBI, Education & Employers Taskforce, LEPs, British

Chambers of Commerce, Heseltine, Richard and Select Committee Reviews• New curriculum and employment-based routes – need to educate individuals to navigate

successfully through evolving and new arrangements• Returns on Investment – need to make it worthwhile for individuals to engage in learning

and work• Careers work - evidence and impact findings show positive returns for individuals, the

economy and society.• Links to high performing systems within and outside of England• Opportunities for institutions to determine own provision (?) and rising demand for more

information on destinations and career trajectories • Opportunities for collaboration, maximising limited resources and innovation


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Opportunities to work together

• Speakers for Schools www.speakers4schools.org • Inspiring the Future http://www.inspiringthefuture.org/ • Other initiatives like Business Class• School governance• Volunteering/assistance/support/dialogue• Placements for school staff and employers – two way

process.• ‘Work experience’, work related education, careers

education.

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The wrong question


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The challenge of seeking a consensus.

• Development of a clear, widely-owned and stable statement of the outcome that all schools are asked to deliver. This should go beyond the merely academic, into the behaviours and attitudes schools should foster in everything they do. It should be the basis on which we judge all new policy ideas, schools, and the structures we set up to monitor them.


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