The Future Skills Podcast

In the third episode of the Future Skills Podcast podcast Dan is joined by James Naughton from OVO Energy. James is a senior manager at OVO Energy, with expertise in smart metering and electrical installations. Dan worked with James at British Gas in the Leeds Academy , the two of them have plenty to catch up on and will be discussing how James started in the industry, the changes they have seen and what the future holds.

In the second episode of 'The Future Skills Podcast', we celebrate 'International Women in Engineering day'. Delivery & IQA Manager Katy Garside leads a discussion on the topics surrounding women's opportunities in engineering, the progress that has been made and the changes that still need to be made to give more opportunities to women wanting to start a career within the engineering industry. Katy is joined by Mel from OVO who trained at Universal Skills in 2019 and is currently working as a Smart Metering Engineer and Rachel from Siemens who has just started her career as Smart Metering Apprentice whilst also taking on a degree. Listen to their stories as they discuss what drew them to engineering and the experiences that have shaped their careers. The statistics discussed come from an anonymous survey which was posted to LinkedIn.  

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In the first episode of 'The Future Skills Podcast', centre Manager Dan Taylor is joined by founder and Director Danny Coleman. They discuss Danny's journey, which saw his experiences as a plasterer turned teacher, shape the way he saw the training world and ultimately lead to what Universal Skills Group is today.

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