Guest: Alison Watson, founder and chief executive, Class of your own

In this  podcast we talk about the need for “new talents to meet new infrastructure challenges”. Without doubt the entire sector is suffering from not only a fundamental shortage of skills needed to tackle today’s challenges but also a major lack of the new skills needed for the future.

To discuss this issue, my guest is Alison Watson, chief executive of Class of your Own, the social business that she founded in 2009 to provide the Design Engineer Construct! Curriculum, a design based, Ofqual accredited study programme supporting STEM, creativity and applied learning across the curriculum.

With support from industry this programme works with schools to integrate the technical areas of sustainability, architecture, engineering and construction into a fun “learn anytime, anywhere” approach.