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Building Tech Futures – Digital Degree Apprenticeship celebration

Please join employers, universities and apprentices to celebrate the role of digital degree apprenticeships in building successful futures for companies and individuals.

Tuesday 9th February 11:00 – 13:00 (via Webex)

This event is run by Tech Partnership Degrees and techUK as part of National Apprenticeship Week 2021. It is open to any employer with an interest in digital degree apprenticeships, whether you are already delivering a programme or are looking to find out more.

Along with panels of employers, HEIs and degree apprentices, we are hosting the 2021 National Tech Industry Gold Degree Apprenticeship Awards and will be joined by Gillian Keegan, Minister of State for Apprenticeships and Skills, and Jennifer Coupland, CEO, Institute for Apprenticeships & Technical Education.

And if this makes you interested in starting programmes of your own, there will be a focus on how smaller companies in particular can use them, for the development of both new recruits and existing staff.

Please see below for an overview of the agenda. The full programme is available at www.tpdegrees.com/celebration-programme

We look forward to seeing you. REGISTER HERE

EVENT AGENDA

WelcomeTom Lovell, MD, Tech Partnership DegreesEmployer Panel• Jenny Taylor, UK Graduate, Apprenticeship and Student Programme Leader, IBM
• Kim Bryant, AstraZeneca
• Ruth Jennings, Skills Development Programmes Manager, Sainsbury’s
• Andy Cripps, Managing Director, Quiksilva
Facilitator: Nick White, Head of Junior Talent, FujitsuHEI Panel• Liz Gorb, Director of Apprenticeships, Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU)
• Eran Padumadasa, Programme Director Degree Apprenticeships, Queen Mary University London (QMUL)
• Stella McKnight, Director of Employer Partnerships, University of Winchester
• Peter Bull, Associate Dean – Northumbria Degree Apprenticeships, QA
Facilitator: TBCDegree Apprentice Panel• Ashley West, IBM and University of Exeter
• Cinderella Ezeanochie, Fujitsu and Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU)
• Paul Yaw Opong Frimpong, Goldman Sachs and Queen Mary University London (QMUL)
Facilitator: Rafik Ishani, Director, DeloitteKeynote SpeechJennifer Coupland, CEO, Institute for Apprenticeships & Technical EducationTech Industry Gold AwardsPresented by Phil Smith CBE, Chair, Tech Partnership DegreesKeynote SpeechGillian Keegan, Minister of State for Apprenticeships and SkillsCloseTom Lovell, MD, Tech Partnership Degrees

11:00 - 13:00 (GMT)  by Tech Partnership Degrees