Emsi Webinars

How can Colleges Tackle STEM Skills Shortages?

Friday 15th February, 11am

Our recent report into the demand for STEM jobs and skills revealed many interesting points, but perhaps the most important is the need to look at the issue not as a national problem, but as a series of local challenges. But how can your college use the kind of data presented in the report to tackle the STEM skills gap in your area?

In this webinar, we’ll be looking at how you can rise to the challenge by first identifying a number of key STEM indicators including job growth, industry needs, salary levels and in-demand skills, and then how this can feed into your curriculum planning, employer engagement and student engagement.

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How to Analyse Your Local Skills Needs

Wednesday 20th February, 11am

The Government’s recent Guidance on the Role and Governance of Skills Advisory Panels makes it clear that it sees the issue of skills shortages as a series of local problems that must be addressed at the local level. For instance, Skills Advisory Panels are said to be all about “bringing together local employers and skills providers to pool knowledge on skills and labour market needs, and to work together to understand and address key local challenges.” To underscore this point, £75,000 is being allocated to each panel to “analyse their local skills needs.”

But how can you do this?

In this webinar, we’ll demonstrate the kind of granular Labour Market Insight you can use to analyse the skills needs in your area, and how you can use this analysis to work with other local stakeholders to address the key challenges you are facing