Party Conferences
City & Guilds is excited to bring back the Skills Hub for its second year at the 2024 Labour and Conservative Party Conferences. In collaboration with the Future Skills Coalition, the Skills Hub will feature a programme of activities, including panel discussions, receptions, and roundtables hosted by various organisations to advocate for the importance of skills. Explore the full programme below and join us at these events to champion the importance of skills.
Labour Party Conference
Sunday 22 – Wednesday 25 September 2024, Liverpool across the ACC, ECL and the Pullman Hotel venues.
Visit the Skills Hub at The Deck, ECL
City & Guilds events
Harnessing available labour market and developing skills to drive economic opportunities and growth
Monday 23 September, 08:30-09:30
Breakfast Roundtable | Invite only; please contact dominic.collyer@cityandguilds.com to express interest in attending
Future Skills Coalition Reception
Monday 23 September, 20:00-22:00
Join us at the Future Skills Coalition for the launch of our Productivity Report. Discover the actions the new Labour Government should consider to support their core mission of kickstarting economic growth, and how collaboration and harmonisation with emerging bodies like Skills England are vital to delivering the changes on the ground at scale. With UK productivity lagging behind comparable economies, addressing this issue will be fundamental for national renewal.
Evening Reception | Invite only; please contact dominic.collyer@cityandguilds.com to express interest in attending
100 days in: Exploring Labour’s plans for skills and education to improve outcomes for individuals, regions, and the economy, boosting productivity and driving economic growth
Tuesday 24 September, 12:45 – 13:45, The Deck (Marquee)
Panel Discussion | Free to attend | Part of the Skills Hub Programme
Skills Hub Programme
Sunday 22 September
- 13.00-14.00 WMCA and Youth Futures Foundation Close to home: place-based approaches to boosting skills and youth employment
- 14.30-16.00 Youth Futures Foundation Youth employment data-dashboard: presentation and drop-in training
- 17.00-19.00 Net Zero APPG Welcome reception: Unlocking Net Zero Innovation
Monday 23 September
- 8.30-9.30 City & Guilds Harnessing available labour market and developing skills to drive economic opportunities and growth
- 10.00-11.00 St Martin’s Group Stimulating opportunity : what we need to meet the growing demand for apprenticeships
- 11.15-12.15 World Skills UK The case for a world-class skills economy in the UK
- 12.30-13.30 Association of Colleges A fairer, more efficient and more effective tertiary education sector: priorities for the new government
- 13.45-14.45 AELP Skills and Growth Levy – what does flexibility look like?
- 15.00-16.00 NCFE Skills Excellence – the missing piece of the productivity puzzle
- 16.15-17.15 Edge Foundation University Challenged? Improving Access and Participation in non-HE Pathways
- 17.30-18.30 LTE Breaking down barriers to opportunity through reforming further education
Tuesday 24 September
- 8.30-10.00 Net Zero APPG & Civil Engineering Contractors Association The Big Construction Debate
- 10.15-11.15 Ufi A+ Growth: Role of technology enabled assessment and qualifications in improving UK skills, productivity and economic growth
- 11.30-12.30 WEA Adult Learning Within Reach? – The impact of devolved budgets
- 12.45-13.45 City & Guilds The importance of skills in ensuring productivity for growth
- 14.00-16.00 Leader’s Speech
- 16.15-17.30 What Works Centres ‘The Alternative Spin Room’ post Leader’s Speech network and reception
Wednesday 25 September
- 9.00-10.00 Care Sector Coalition Is Labour on a mission to fix care for tomorrow’s generation? | breakfast reception by invitation
Conservative Party Conference
Sunday 29 September – 02 October 2024, Birmingham, International Convention Centre
Visit the Skills Hub at the International Convention Centre
City & Guilds events
Unlocking today’s skills to drive tomorrow’s productivity
Monday 30 September, 08:30-09:30
Breakfast Roundtable | Invite only; please contact dominic.collyer@cityandguilds.com to express interest in attending
Future Skills Coalition Reception
Monday 30 September, 18:30-21:00
Evening Reception | Invite only; please contact dominic.collyer@cityandguilds.com to express interest in attending
Leveraging skills to boost growth, productivity, and employment
Tuesday 01 October, 12:45-13:45, Box Office Mezzanine
Panel discussion | Free to attend | Part of the Skills Hub Programme
Skills Hub Programme
Sunday 29 September
- 17.00-19.00 Net Zero APPG Welcome reception: Unlocking Net Zero Innovation | Level 4
Monday 30 September
- 8.30-9.30 City & Guilds Unlocking today’s skills to drive tomorrow’s productivity | Exec 8
- 10.00-11.00 AELP Skills and Growth Levy – what does flexibility look like? | Exec 8
- 12.30-13.30 Association of Colleges A fairer, more efficient and more effective tertiary education sector: priorities for the new government | Level 4
- 13.45-14.45 NCFE Skills Excellence – the missing piece of the productivity puzzle | Exec 8
- 15.00-16.00 St Martin’s Group Stimulating opportunity: what we need to meet the growing demand for apprenticeships | Exec 8
- 17.30-18.30 Edge Foundation University Challenged? Improving Access and Participation in non-HE Pathways | Exec 8
Tuesday 01 October
- 9.00-10.30 WMCA and Youth Futures Foundation Close to home: place-based approaches to boosting skills and youth employment | Level 4
- 10.15-11.15 LTE Climbing the ladder of opportunity: An interview with Robert Halfon | Exec 1
- 11.30-12.30 WEA Adult Learning Within Reach? – The impact of devolved budgets | Level 4
- 12.45-13.45 City & Guilds The importance of skills in ensuring productivity for growth | Level 4
- 14.00-15.00 Ufi A+ Growth: Role of technology enabled assessment and qualifications in improving UK skills, productivity and economic growth | Level 4
Skills hub partners
Voice for skills
Skills Change Lives
Celebrities from the worlds of TV, fashion and journalism explain how skills training helped them on their path to success, in a series of exclusive interviews with City & Guilds.
Making Skills Work: The Path to Solving the Productivity Crisis
Party conferences
City & Guilds is hosting the Skills Hub at the party conferences this year. If you are attending, find out more and see what sessions we’ll be running so you can join on the day.
Future Skills Coalition
Our partnership with AELP and AOC aims to drive a coherent and sustained model for future skills development and workforce investment.
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