Vicki Cook 
Energy & Utility Skills, alongside the Energy & Utility Skills Partnership (EUSP) CEO Council, continues to make significant progress against the Skills Strategy 2025-2030, now three quarters of the way through its first year. Following the April mid-year update, where delivery was on track across the four strategic pillars, Research, Attract, Develop and Retain, momentum … Read more
Thousands of young people could benefit from new routes into technical education, training and apprenticeships following a significant and additional package of reforms announced by the UK Government. Yesterday’s package of measures supports several key priorities as outlined in the Energy & Utility Skills Strategy 2025-2030. Read our full response from earlier this week here. … Read more
Apprenticeship funding and levy reforms will come into effect from 1 August 2026, bringing important changes to how employers use, manage and plan apprenticeship investment. For the energy and utilities sector, these reforms come at a critical time. Employers are already planning for significant workforce demand, changing skills needs and the need to attract, develop … Read more
Energy & Utility Skills Group has welcomed Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s plans to place technical education on an equal footing with academic pathways, describing the commitment as a positive step towards building the skilled workforce needed to deliver the UK’s infrastructure, environmental and energy security ambitions. The plans will introduce new technical education pathways for … Read more
The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) has recommended that 28 occupations supporting clean energy, environmental resilience and critical infrastructure should be included on the Temporary Shortage List, recognising current workforce shortages across key sectors of the UK economy. MAC is an independent body that advises the UK Government on migration and labour market issues. Its recommendations … Read more
The UK’s transition to clean energy is accelerating. But without skilled employees, progress will slow. Strong, industry-wide partnerships are helping to close that gap and build a future-ready sector. Energy & Utility Skills has partnered with Ganymede Solutions, a leading recruitment provider across infrastructure and transportation. The partnership brings together sector insight and delivery expertise … Read more
Energy & Utility Skills is inviting industry experts to help develop and review standards for the energy and utilities sector. As the industry skills body for our sector, Energy & Utility Skills will be reviewing a range of National Occupational Standards (NOS) during 2026-27. This aligns our sector‑wide standard‑setting work and the development of a … Read more
Members across the UK-wide Energy & Utility Skills Partnership (EUSP) are accelerating investment in AI and digital capability as they prepare the workforce needed to deliver unprecedented infrastructure investment over the next decade. To support this ambition, a new Level 4 AI & Digital Transformation apprenticeship has been identified as a practical solution to help … Read more
New industry-wide data released today ahead of the EDI in Energy Conference shows that while the UK energy sector has continued to strengthen many of the policies and practices that support equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI), progress has slowed, and in some cases declined, with significant challenges around accountability, workforce data and representation remaining. The … Read more
By Nicola Connelly, CEO, SP Energy Networks, and Andrew Findlay, Group CEO, M Group – Co-Chairs, Energy & Utility Skills Partnership (EUSP) CEO Council. The energy, water, and waste sectors are at a defining moment. With more than 312,000 new people are needed across our industries by 2030; that is a huge challenge, and a transformation … Read more