Steph is joined by Phil Smith CBE, Chair of Skills England, and Ann Watson, CEO of Enginuity, to discuss Skills England’s recently published Annual Skills Report which sets out the key challenges facing England’s skills system and actions for how they can be addressed.

They also chat about the industrial strategy’s growth sectors, potential opportunities over the next 5–10 years, pathways for moving between sectors and how to tackle the NEET challenge of about a million young people who are not in education, earning or training. 

00:00 Welcome

00:17 What is Skills England?

03:58 How Job Titles create Gender Bias

06:12 Work Experience Changes Minds

08:05 Manufacturing Hidden in Plain Sight

09:17 Skills England Annual Report Insights

12:07 Essential Skills in the AI Era

14:24 Creativity and Hands On Learning

15:48 Skills Classification and Passports

16:34 The NEETs Challenge

16:58 Recognising Hidden Strengths

20:09 AI Confidence Story

23:38 SME Skills Struggles

27:55 Skills England Wishlist

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