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means that UK businesses will look to home grown talent, the education system in the EU generally produced graduates with wide- ranging and relevant skills that are now less available to companies in the UK. According to Cosmetics Europe, the trade association of the cosmetics industry in the EU, the cosmetics industry makes a significant social and economic contribution to the EU, with a value of €29 billion and supports, either directly or indirectly, over two million jobs in Europe including over 30,000 scientists.11 Thousands of SMEs drive growth and
innovation in this sector, with hundreds of specialist ingredient manufacturers. Thus, in both UK and EU the cosmetics and beauty sector has high economic value, is investable, drives the STEM agenda and touches the lives of every citizen every day. So, generally, how discoverable are the training
courses for jobs in the cosmetics and beauty industry? A search of web-based information on education and training options across the UK and Europe includes UCAS as well as some good websites. For example, the EU Europass website serves as a resource for Europeans seeking either education/training or jobs abroad and is searchable for cosmetic science,12
but does
not now cover the UK, which may affect influx of potential employees into the UK from a wider European base. Other sites such as
Educations.com cover EU,
UK and well beyond and list cosmetic science and beauty related training courses. CCUK is a founder member of the Global Cosmetic Cluster, and we welcome collaborations and initiatives from other countries in the EU.
Conclusion
What does this mean going forward? We advocate a UK-wide joined up approach to increasing awareness of careers in the cosmetics and beauty industry, especially for those taking STEM subjects. This could take the form of bespoke
designed tool kits for schools/colleges, as recently launched in the Future Talent
programme, by the British Beauty Council; a dedicated industry careers fair to be held annually to showcase careers in the industry, and generally to improve the online information and resources to help in the promotion of the sector as a great place to work. These initiatives will require resourcing and
CCUK will continue to work with its partners to set goals and objectives to implement such initiatives.
Acknowledgements The author would like to thank members of the CCUK Education and Skills Group project team for their help with survey design, and is grateful to Dan Kwiatkowski of Orean for his help with survey analysis. Special thanks to Jane Evison for the inspiration to start this project.
References 1. Report: CEW: Defining the UK Beauty Landscape.
https://cewuk.co.uk/wp-content/ uploads/2020/10/CEW-Report-Final.pdf 2. Cosmetics Cluster UK is a business cluster
located in the UK, and a member of the Global Cosmetic Cluster organisation. https://www.
cosmeticsclusteruk.com/
3. Survey partners included Society of Cosmetic Scientists SCS, London College of Beauty Therapy, CATCH Skills, Cosmetics Executive Women CEW-UK, and the Cosmetic, Toiletry and Perfumery Association CTPA
4. Westgate G, Evison J. The science underpinning the UK cosmetics industry – an education and skills review. Household and Personal Care Today. September/October 2019
5. Beauty and wellbeing sector workforce report, 2021.
https://researchbriefings.files.parliament. uk/documents/CDP-2021-0097/CDP-2021- 0097.pdf
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6. Partners in the second survey include: The Society of Cosmetic Scientists (SCS), Cosmetic Toiletry and Perfumery Association Ltd (CTPA), London College of Beauty Therapy (LCBT), Croda, Arthur Edwards, Estée Lauder Companies, Cosmetic Executive Women UK (CEW UK) and the British Beauty Council
7. Level 5 is a qualification level in the UK equivalent to foundation degree or higher national diploma
Over 55 45-54 35-44 25-34 18-24
1 No Awareness 3.1 2.5 1.9 1.6 1.3 2 3 4 5 Strong Awareness
Figure 4: Awareness of roles in the industry before employment is improving but could be much better. Average scores on a Likert scale of 1-5 with 1=not aware and 5=strongly aware
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8. UCAS = Universities and Colleges Admissions System.
https://www.ucas.com/
9. The British Beauty Council is dedicated to ensuring clear and diverse beauty career pathways are promoted to young people. The Future Talent STEM Learning and Careers and Enterprise are collaborating to develop the first dedicated beauty-related resource for secondary schools, showcasing and demonstrating the enriching careers across the beauty and STEM sector
10. STEM = science, technology, engineering, maths
https://www.stem.org.uk/stem-ambassadors
11. Socio-Economic Contribution of the European Cosmetics Industry. https://cosmeticseurope. eu/files/4715/6023/8405/Socio-Economic_ Contribution_of_the_European_Cosmetics_ Industry_Report_2019.pdf
12. Europass is a free, personal searchable tool for learning and working in Europe
https://europa.eu/europass/en/find- courses?keyword=cosmetics
www.personalcaremagazine.com
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