Great to be University of Warwick today at Warwick Business School and the Global MBA students as a guest speaker and panellist discussing resilience. Thanks for all your great questions

Great to see conversations like these at #LabourConference2024 about increasing higher level skills in Swindon. Skills featuring heavily at the conference this year

Excited to have had the opportunity to contribute to exciting plans for the heart of Swindon. Higher education & business partnerships #skillsswindon essential to its success. Vision set out by Jim Robbins Swindon Borough Council

Early morning coach to London for March for Clean Water today. 2133 hours of raw sewage pumped into my local river this year. Take action now #floodthestreets Chris Packham Carol Vorderman Feargal Sharkey

March for Clean Water , speeches starting in Parliament Square, marching for clean water

Skills England to play a key role in comprehensive strategy for post-16 skills. Greater FE/HE collaboration. FE ‘engines of opportunity’. Some straight talking #AoCconf2024

Inspirational session #AoCconf2024 with Robin Banerjee Prof Robin Banerjee on kindness. The increase in young people with mental health difficulties: ‘The answer isn’t fix the individual, it’s about fixing the environment’

Ofsted proposes assessing schools on 10 areas of performance Disappointing to have heard little of this @AoCconf2024 this week in keynote or breakouts. Big implications and too little time to get this right ⁦Ofsted⁩ Consultation in Jan2025 late ft.com/content/37d8ca…

Nothing demonstrates ingrained sexism and misogyny more than #GregGWallace’s arrogance in stereotyping his complainants As one myself I am no longer intimidated to call out these behaviours on behalf of those who feel they have too much to lose.

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Thanks to ⁦@David_PhoenixVC⁩ and ⁦Fiona Morey⁩ for hosting a really interesting visit yesterday discussing their unique ⁦London South Bank University - LSBU⁩ education family, informing my #SkillsSwindon Review of Higher Education ⁦Will Stone MP⁩ ⁦Jim Robbins⁩

Great to be meeting with students ⁦Abingdon & Witney College⁩ Common Leys Farm today & hearing from Level 1 students & those on the new T Level Animal Management course

Inspirational launch of Vision for the Heart of Swindon ⁦last night Swindon continues to reinvent itself & unis & others primed & ready to swing behind investing businesses to ensure a high skilled workforce ⁦Jim Robbins⁩ ⁦ThamesValleyChamber⁩ ⁦Business West⁩

Important evidence being given Education Committee today to support improvements to education and skills. investment in the skills system at all levels essential to secure growth and support young people and adults into rewarding careers

Really interesting visit to the brilliant West London Retail Skills Hub in the heart of Westfield Centre, operated by ⁦West London College⁩ with great partners including DWP giving opportunities from entry to senior management level

Are you a graduate or about to graduate and once studied New College Swindon? Alumni survey & important research working with HE autistic/ADHD students/graduates & employers to tackle barriers to employment. Please take 5 minutes to complete this anonymous survey, scan below. Thanks!

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Skills Minister Jacqui Smith Friday: collaboration, partnership & the Industrial Strategy "So the artificial barriers between Further and Higher Education must come down – in a coordinated, effective way." gov.uk/government/spe…

'Pat McFadden will become secretary of state for Work and Pensions in a new department incorporating the skills brief which currently sits with the Department for Education.' BBC Didn't see that coming.........

Wondering if executive agency Skills England will move to DWP now or will that (key) element of skills stay with FE/HE?? Jacqui Smith FE Week