Getting on the right track – post-16

pathways

Dominic CollinsDirector, Economic Growth and Localities

To build a productive,

responsive and inclusive Essex

skills system that delivers

growth for local people and

employers and is established as

a national exemplar

PARTNERS BIG AND SMALL

Our priorities include:

Our priorities in 2018/19

Priority 1 Promote career pathways to improve the perception, awareness and

understanding of careers in our priority sectors;

Priority 2 Strengthen curriculum design and delivery to ensure residents &

employers gain the relevant skills needed for economic growth and innovation;

Priority 3 Champion apprenticeships and technical education to increase

participation, particularly in subjects which directly support our priority sectors;

Priority 4 Build engagement with the wider employer community, creating

effective local partnerships between employers, educators and training providers to

ensure skills provision addresses the needs of key sectors, businesses and

occupations;

Priority 5 Strategic lead for skills in Essex, acting as a prominent voice for Essex

employers and ensuring a high level of national, regional and local visibility to stimulate

and inspire partners.

Careers information

'What’s Your Thing Guide' to 20,000 young

people and 100 schools across Essex

Apprenticeship Hub – 625 registered

County wide Roadshow

122 Year 10-13 sessions

22 Parents’ Workshops

15 editions of Apprenticeship News produced and circulated625 young people registered with Hub

463 young people attended external recruitment events270 young people attended Get Sorted events

44% increase in year 11 students in target schools expressing an interest in Apprenticeship pathway

201 confirmed placings to date

• Key Sector ‘Taster Days’

• Royal Institution Science Shows

• Ri Computer Science Masterclasses

• Ri Engineering Masterclasses

• Ri Maths Masterclasses

• STEMettes ‘Hackathons’

• ADS Build a Rocket Competition

• AECOM/ESB Build a Bridge Competition

• Colchester Zoo Engineering Competition

• Ford Higher Apprentice Challenge

• Medical Mavericks Workshops

• Health Science Masterclasses

• Rampaging Chariots (Leonardo)

• Bloodhound Rocket Car Challenge

• Greenpower Challenge

• Digital and Cultural Festival

• The Big Bang Fair

• Youth STEMM Awards

• Work Experience Opportunities

• Chemistry at Work

• CSES Competition

• RA of Engineering Teacher Network

• Techgirls Challenge

• Great British Make Off

• The Faraday Challenge

• BT Higher Apprenticeship Event

• Health Speed Networking Events

• Race for the Line Challenge

Essex Enterprise

Adviser Network

Essex Colleges secure £16.5m LEP investment with the support of ECC

Capital Grant Funding

There is still much to doHistory shows that many new jobs of the future will be in occupations that do not exist today

But what does the future hold ?• How can we embed employers to help lead the skills system?

– No longer ‘consumers’ of the skills system but ‘co-producers’

• What government intervention do we need to turn the system from a

supply side to a demand side model?

• In an age of budget restrictions and return to ‘core service offers’, can

local authorities afford to intervene as we have been?

– What is our future role?

• How can we use the apprenticeship Levy to best effect?

• Recognising the importance of the post 16 age group, who is looking out

for the existing workforce?

– How can we develop the concept of whole-life learning

– What does whole life careers guidance look like?