The Apprenticeships Working Groups support the ISE to shape our services and strategy help bring those plans to life through meetings and relevant actions.
The aim of the Apprenticeships Working Groups is to help members navigate a complex apprentice market, realise an effective ROI on the levy, and create successful apprentice strategies to build pipelines of skilled talent by making a success of Apprenticeships. We also aim to influence Government and key stakeholders to enable a technical education system that meets skills gaps and employers needs.
Below are the discussion topics within our Apprenticeships Working Groups and who's taking part in the conversation.
Development
Discussing how to manage differences between graduate and apprentice hires; how to manage and train line managers; how to design in pastoral care, general skills and technical skills development; how to work with training providers.
- Jade Pearson, Severn Trent Water
- Raj Babber, Discovery
- Abbe Charlesworth, FDM Group
- Aileen Cowler, ISIO
- Shona Ford, Sky
- Catherine Hawkett, Berkeley Group
- Sherry Hutcheson, Deutsche Bank
- Gráinne Quinn, Fidelity Investments
- Robert Leeman, ARM
- Shri Shah, Amazon
Recruitment
Discussing how to improve engagement & outreach with schools and colleges; how to recruit diverse talent; how to attract and hire school leavers; how to build a selection process tailored to apprentices.
- James Austen, Cohesion Recruitment
- Sam Matthews, Springpod
- Helen Eleftheriou, The Early Talent Consultancy
- Gemma Fowle, Novuna
- Jackie Grisdale, SMRS
- Christos Orthodoxou, TheTalentPeople
- Liz Kingston, Amazon
- Joe Lakin, Amazon
- Abbie Savage, Amazon
- Izzy Miller, Pathway
- Chantelle Powers, Jaguar Land Rover
Policy and Strategy themes
Discussing how to demonstrate ROI; how to build the business case for apprentices; how to create buy-in to apprentice programmes; how to maximise the levy and influencing government to make its use more flexible.
Policy Group Members
- Nicki Hay, BPP
- Amandea Ironside, L&G
- Nic Drury, Amazon
Strategy Group Members
- Simon Reichweld, Connectr
- Diahann Abraham, Accenture
- Evelyn Bate, Nestle
- Stephanie Bishop, Direct Line Group
- Lynn Harris, Hays
- Amadea Ironside, Legal and General
- Nicki Hay, BPP Education Group
- Uzma Sadiq, UCL
- Lorcan Seery, Irwin Mitchell
- Stacy Morris, KPMG