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Description: Colleges week taking place from the 9-20 October 2023. this fortnight-long Colleges Week will influence stakeholders on local and national stages.
This year we are planning a fortnight-long Colleges Week! The reason we have gone for a two week celebration is to ensure all colleges can take part regardless of half term dates and because it will most likely be the last Colleges Week before the next general election – which we are expecting to be in Autumn 2024. Spreading it over two weeks means we can have a dual local and national focus, influencing stakeholders on both the local and national stages. It will also slightly overlap with the end of party
The first week will start on Monday 9 October and focus on how colleges support local skills, labour markets and life chances. We will have a daily theme, focussed around a key sector which colleges support: Construction; Digital; Green Skills; Health and Social Care; Hospitality. The aim during the first week will be to get employers and local civic and political figures into colleges, with some suggested activities like a business breakfast, skills lunch, an employment exhibition. We will provide support
The second week will start on Monday 16 October and will focus on the role colleges play in supporting the national economy and how with greater investment the sector can help boost the country’s flagging productivity levels. As in previous years, we will host a Parliamentary reception on the Wednesday (18 October) . We are still five months away, but we will keep up a regular drumbeat of communications in the run-up to the event.
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