Vicki Cook 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