East Midlands STEM Partnership Forum Event - Enriching the STEM Workforce of Tomorrow - is just over one week away.

We’ve had an overwhelming response to the event, and delegates will hear from keynote speakers: Sir Alan Jones of Toyota and Semta and Kate Bellingham the National STEM Careers Co-ordinator from DCSF.  

We’ll also hear from East Midlands employers who will be sharing their views and experiences on engaging with education and their skills needs.  Employers include: Siemens, 4energy, NHS and Easibind.

There are a few remaining places if you would like to attend.  To book your free place visit: http://stempartnershipforumevent.eventbrite.com/

Date: Wednesday 18th November 2009

Time: 9.30am-2.00pm

Venue: No. 1 Nottingham Science Park, Jesse Boot Avenue, University Boulevard, Nottingham NG7 2RU  

Look forward to seeing you on the 18th.

Stimulating Demand: Opportunities for Higher Education in the Workplace

This conference will include short talks about higher level skills in the work place, including: the recession, union learn and financing Higher Education in industry.

There will also be the chance to join in some exciting workshops after lunch and the opportunity to network with local higher education providers, skills brokers and other practitioners in the education sector.

The full event programme and booking form is available at: http://www.ahem.org.uk/events/stimulating-demand.html

The event costs £50 and takes place at the Nottingham Belfry on 4th December 2009 at 10.30am for an 11am start.

Lunch will be provided with the event finishing at 3.15pm.

This opportunity is being sponsored by Aimhigher, emda, FDF, SSCLLN and the Leap Ahead LLN.

Guest Blogger: Carla Herbert, Aimhigher

What does effective employer engagement as part of the 14-19 Diplomas look like?  A new online, interactive toolkit aims to show you. 

It has been written in conjunction with the Institute of Education and Business Excellence, Local Authorities and consortia, and is likely to be of most use to the Consortium Lead, Employer Engagement Lead or Line of Learning Lead.

Using the interactive facility, you can see how your consortium is performing and how ready it is to deliver employer engagement as part of the Diploma.

It also has exemplar employer engagement strategies and case studies of good practice.

It is available now via the DCSF 14-19 website click here to view.  

Guest Blogger: Nick Parry, DCSF