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If we can increase diversity in the pool of young people who are better prepared for success, we can give our employer partners more choice when recruiting, helping to create higher performing workplaces. To support this, we have brought together partners from across the skills system to form an Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Group, developed in response to our ‘Championing Difference for a Better Workforce’ research report with The Social Innovation Partnership.
The group – made up of representatives from education, business, and young people – will help to increase engagement with our development programmes among underrepresented groups, enabling us to reach young people from all backgrounds and give them the best start in work and life.
Members will help us to address and remove barriers and challenges identified through the research, which prevent young people from accessing our development programmes.
"We are ambitious to keep pushing for change, and we know that we can’t do it alone. This group will be a critical friend to support and challenge us to drive change.
We are driven by the knowledge that raising the bar and widening the gate are not mutually exclusive. Working with our partners we can help ensure that more young people get access to the benefits of our skills programmes and training to achieve higher standards to help them succeed in work and life.
The make-up of the group is also inclusive, including 50 per cent women, over a quarter who are BAME, members who identify as LGBT+ and have different faiths, and representation of learners with learning difficulties and disabilities, which means we can take a holistic but targeted approach with a bias to action to help drive further partnership working across the sector."
Dr Neil Bentley-Gockmann OBE, CEO, WorldSkills UK
"I have seen first-hand how WorldSkills UK’s development programmes have transformed the technical skills and confidence of young people, which is why at NWSLC we encourage as many of our students to take part as possible. I’m excited to be working together with others across the sector, with the joint mission of reaching more young people from all backgrounds and helping to give them the skills needed to create stronger and brighter futures."
Marion Plant, Deputy Chair, WorldSkills UK, and CEO, North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College
WorldSkills UK
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