Skills Builder Partnership

Next week, we’ll be publishing the 2024 Impact Report, and we couldn’t be more excited to share the incredible progress The Partnership has achieved this year! The report highlights the strides made in education, employment, and impact organisation collaborations, as well as the growth of our tools that are helping to shape essential skills for individuals around the world. We can’t wait to celebrate these achievements with you and look ahead to what’s next for building a world where everyone can thrive with essential skills. Stay tuned!

📄Good Career Guidance: The Next 10 Years 📄 The Gatsby Charitable Foundation recently published a report on the future of good career guidance for the next 10 years. The report highlights the continued impact of the Gatsby Benchmarks in transforming careers education and outlines updates to ensure they remain relevant in a changing world. Key themes include greater inclusion, tailored support for every young person, and the importance of meaningful experiences with employers and education providers. We’re proud to see Skills Builder Universal Framework recognised as a key tool in this report, supporting the delivery of essential skills within careers education. We’re excited about how we can continue to ensure that building the essential skills to access careers remains at the core of a good education. We’ll be sharing a more detailed response to the report in the coming weeks! Read the full report here:

🌟 Wrapping Up an Inspiring Day🌟 As the day comes to a close, we’re reflecting on an inspiring and insightful event hosted by Opencast | B Corp™ and Skills Builder Partnership in Newcastle. A huge thank you to everyone who attended, shared insights, and participated in the discussions. 🎉 Highlights from Today 🔑  Essential Skills Driving Staff Development Opencast and Skills Builder have collaborated to embed the Universal Framework for essential skills, helping staff reflect, grow, and develop through skills like Creativity, Teamwork, and Leadership. 📚  Essential Skills in Recruitment Opencast have embedded essential skills into their hiring process, using the framework to identify and maximize talent right from the start. 🌍 Enhancing Leadership and Complementing Technical Skills Employer partners like Newcastle Airport are using the Universal Framework to enhance leadership skills, while the NHS is leveraging the Framework to complement their technical expertise. Thank you again to Opencast for being such a fantastic partner and champion for essential skills development. We look forward to seeing the continued impact of these efforts in the months and years to come. 💡

🌟 Building Essential Skills in Partnership 🌟 We’re thrilled to kick off today’s event with Opencast | B Corp™ and Skills Builder Partnership at the heart of Newcastle! 🎉 Today, People and Learning professionals, business leaders, and those passionate about skills development are coming together to discuss how we can address skills gaps and empower the North East workforce with the essential skills needed to thrive. As a champion for the development of essential skills in the region, Opencast—a valued partner —has been utilising the Universal Framework for Essential Skills to enhance its training and development. Following their own success, they are now working to help other organisations across the North East upskill their teams and create a thriving workforce. We’re also excited that our very own Emma Crighton will be hosting a panel discussion today on the impact of essential skills development, sharing insights and sparking meaningful conversations. Our agenda is packed with insightful sessions, including: ✔️ Introducing Skills Builder & The Employer Programme ✔️ Opencast's Essential Skills Journey ✔️ Impact Stories: Real-World Examples from Opencast ✔️ Exploring Regional Initiatives ✔️ Networking Opportunities & One-to-One Chats We’re looking forward to connecting, learning, and building a brighter future for the North East workforce. Let’s build skills for the future, together! 💡 #EssentialSkills #SkillsBuilder #Opencast #NorthEast #WorkforceDevelopment

🌟 Are young people ready for the workplace? It’s about more than just qualifications. 🌟 Our latest blog dives into a report commissioned by the Gatsby Charitable Foundation and conducted by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER), which reveals that employers are increasingly valuing essential skills like problem-solving, teamwork, and adaptability, as well as real-world experience, over qualifications alone. At Skills Builder Partnership, we’re equipping young people with essential skills through our Universal Framework and working with 900+ partners to bridge the gap between education and employment. 📝  Read the full blog to learn about the link between embedding essential skills in young people and their success in employment. 📝

It was great to take part in Weil Social Mobility Week and represent Visa by speaking to pupils across the UK.   Organised by Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP and Skills Builder Partnership, the initiative involved 124 business professionals from 26 companies who spoke to 1,300+ pupils from 23 schools – in just five days! Skills-Builder’s Essential Skills framework helps schools to embed eight key transferable skills into their lessons and teaching.   Listening, Speaking, Problem Solving, Creativity, Staying Positive, Aiming High, Leadership & Teamwork are skills we all have to use on a daily basis and it was a great experience to share examples of how I use these skills in my role.   #socialmobility #weilsocialmobilityweek #lifeatvisa #skillsbuilder #essentialskills

At Mentivity, we believe that essential skills should be a core part of every young person's education journey. Through our Skills Builder Partnership, we're committed to equipping young people with practical tools for life, not just the classroom. Our approach is built on the conviction that everyone deserves access to the skills that will help them succeed in education, work, and beyond. Our Respite services integrate the Skills Builder framework to enhance curriculum learning with targeted skill-building in areas such as communication, problem-solving, resilience, and adaptability. By working closely with schools, we ensure that young people experience a smooth transition and continuity of learning, aligning with their individual educational goals and needs. _____ cc Patrick Egbuchiem Jennifer Holmes

✨ Exciting day at the Young Enterprise UK 2024 Teacher Conference! It’s a privilege to join educators interested in empowering students with essential skills for the future. Today, our very own Priya Senior is leading a workshop on building these vital essential skills within education. This conference is all about providing educators with the tools to help students become productive, learning to earn, and manage their money wisely—key aspects of preparing them for success. A day that will be full of insights and inspiration! 💼💡 #YoungEnterprise2024 #Education #EnterpriseEducation #FutureSkills #TeacherConference #EssentialSkills

"Choosing Your Path" 15 x career snapshots are coming to schools across Kent and Medway! These resources developed in partnership with Kent & Medway Careers Hub, covering entry, mid, and senior-level roles, are designed to spark ideas and connect school skills to career pathways using the Skills Builder Partnership universal framework. I’m especially excited about the “Do you like…” and "Classroom to Careers" infographic, developed with student input helping link interests and likes whilst highlighting how students can start building their careers right from secondary school. If you’d like help creating something similar for your region, school, academy trust or college then please get in touch to discuss. Watch this space for more resources currently in development for East London, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, The Marches, West Sussex, Bright & Hove, Hampshire and Oxfordshire. #KentCareers #FutureSkills #ClassroomToCareers #CareerPathways #SkillsBuilder #KentAndMedway