What can the education and training sectors learn from employers on workforce skills‪?‬ South Yorkshire PolicyPod

Link to the Quarterly Economic Survey 2021 Quarter 4 can be found here 👉 https://bit.ly/3HbYaFF
The podcast, part of the Quarterly Economic Survey (QES) undertaken by the Chambers, is a new platform which will allow listeners to hear from experts, leaders and critical thinkers from institutions, organisations, and businesses here in South Yorkshire. The three South Yorkshire Chamber launched the “South Yorkshire PolicyPod” in January to champion change, analyse trends, and highlight the disparities which affect businesses and Chamber members in the South Yorkshire region.

In the first episode of the South Yorkshire PolicyPod, the Chambers were joined by guests including Yiannis Koursis - Barnsley College Principal and Chief Executive, Oli de Botton - CEO The Careers & Enterprise Company, Kirstie Donnelly, MBE - Chief Executive Officer at City & Guilds Group, Karen Beardsley - Business Transformation Director at Unipart Rail and finally Andrew Denniff Barnsley & Rotherham Chamber CEO as they discuss the findings of the Quarterly Economic Survey.

The discussion in this episode focused specifically on the skills agenda in South Yorkshire which was a key metric highlighted in the quarter 4 2021 survey. The question posed to guests was “What can the education and training sectors learn from employers on workforce skills?” and with a range of expertise around the table this led to a frank discussion on where the skills agenda currently is in South Yorkshire, what our educational institutions can do to collaborate with businesses, what businesses expect from the Skills pipeline and finally what the role the Chambers play in bringing these parties together so real tangible change can happen.