Nov 11, 2015 - Jacqui Canton, Assistant Principal, Abingdon & Witney College, Oxfordshire. Stephen Rooney, Policy Ad
Westminster Employment Forum Keynote Seminar: Where next for Apprenticeships? th Timing: Morning, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 Venue: Congress Centre, 28 Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3LS
Agenda subject to change
8.30 - 9.00
Registration and coffee
9.00 - 9.05
Chair’s opening remarks Lord Aberdare, Vice Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Group for Apprenticeships
9.05 - 9.35
Priorities for Apprenticeships policy in England Jennifer Coupland, Deputy Director and Head, Apprenticeships Unit, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and Department for Education Questions and comments from the floor
9.35 - 9.50
Regulation, assessment and quality Jeremy Benson, Executive Director for Vocational Qualifications, Ofqual
9.50 - 10.40
Challenges for qualification design and next steps for the Apprenticeship Trailblazers Professor Alison Fuller, Professor of Vocational Education and Work, and Pro-Director (Research and Development), Institute of Education, University College London Hayley Ellis, Director of Membership Services, Federation of Master Builders Ben Rowland, Co-Founder, Arch Apprenticeships Chris Bolton, Director of Stakeholder Relations, Pearson Work Based Learning and Colleges Questions and comments from the floor with Jeremy Benson, Executive Director for Vocational Qualifications, Ofqual
10.40 - 10.45
Chairs closing remarks Lord Aberdare, Vice Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Group for Apprenticeships
10.45 - 11.15
Coffee
11.15 - 11.20
Chair’s opening remarks Chair to be confirmed
11.20 - 12.10
The future for Apprenticeships funding and engaging with employers Stewart Segal, Chief Executive Officer, AELP Jacqui Canton, Assistant Principal, Abingdon & Witney College, Oxfordshire Stephen Rooney, Policy Advisor, CBI Petra Wilton, Director of Strategy & External Affairs, Chartered Management Institute Questions and comments from the floor
12.10 - 12.55
Increasing awareness of Apprenticeships amongst young people and raising parity of esteem with HE Dominic Gill, Apprenticeship Policy Lead, Microsoft UK Gemma Gathercole, Head of Policy, Further Education and Funding, OCR Sharon Walpole, Chief Executive Officer, Walpole Media Group (includes Not Going to Uni and Moving On) Questions and comments from the floor
12.55 - 13.00
Chair’s and Westminster Employment Forum closing remarks Chair to be confirmed Thomas Overend, Forum Lead, Westminster Employment Forum
