Vicki Cook Today’s Queen’s Speech outlined forthcoming legislation that will support the Government’s Lifetime Skills Guarantee, aiming to ensure flexible access to high quality education and training for all. The new legislation will put employers at the heart of the leadership of skills through statutory Local Skills Improvement Plans and will give them a central role in … Read more
The Energy & Utilities Skills Partnership (EUSP) today announced the release of a new detailed snapshot of the energy and utilities sector, featuring clear and concise infographics that highlight recent changes in the gas, power, water and waste industries, as well as the sector’s supply chain, for which data is now available. Between the period … Read more
Energy UK, the trade association for the energy industry, and Ofgem, the sector’s regulator, will be the first organisations from the energy sector to partner with BBC’s ‘50:50 The Equality Project’, which aims to improve gender representation and deliver cultural change in the workplace. Born in the BBC’s London newsroom, BBC 50:50 The Equality Project … Read more
Leading renewable energy company Ørsted has congratulated the first apprentice to complete a Maintenance and Operations Engineering Technician (MOET) Wind Turbine qualification. David Davidson, now a fully qualified wind turbine technician working at Racebank offshore wind farm, started his apprenticeship with Ørsted during their first intake in 2017. Working alongside education providers, Grimsby Institute of … Read more
Energy & Utility Skills is approved as a CITB third-party awarding body. In 2019, Energy & Utility Skills announced its partnership with the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB), offering over 60 sector-based schemes and standards that are approved for short duration course funding. Since the launch of this collaboration, and despite the restrictions imposed as … Read more
Every year, people around the world honour International Women’s Day today (Monday 8 March), celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women worldwide and calls for action in accelerating gender parity. This year’s International Women’s Day theme is #ChooseToChallenge. As part of our Diversity & Inclusion agenda, we invite you to take some … Read more
Congratulations to utilities participants on their performance in the Bloomberg Gender Equality Index (GEI). The 2021 list recognises companies committed to inclusion and making opportunities available for women. The utilities sector is ranked second for its disclosure levels and performs above the index average in the levels of women employed at Executive levels. There is … Read more
I joined Energy & Utility Skills a little over four months ago from the qualifications and assessment regulator Ofqual. I was responsible for the day-to-day regulation of around 17,000 qualifications and apprenticeship end-point assessments. I also led Ofqual’s work on government reforms, ranging from apprenticeships and T Levels to functional and digital skills. This gave … Read more
In response to the publication of the Skills for Jobs White Paper, Phil Beach, Chief Executive of Energy & Utility Skills, said: “The Skills for Jobs White Paper is another significant and welcome step towards providing a world-class post-16 education system in England. The energy and utilities sector faces a skills shortage over the next … Read more
