8 IN VIEW
TARGETING CYBER’S NEXT GENERATION
Young people from across Lancashire experienced what a high-tech cyber career could look like as part of a week-long skills ‘takeover’ involving more than 200 schools, colleges and universities.
More than 12,000 school, college and university students took part in the programme, with the backing of Lancashire Cyber Partnership.
From primary to undergraduate level, they
engaged in cyber related activities while learning about future job opportunities set to be created by the county’s cyber sector.
Activities were programmed to showcase the vast range of different careers which Lancashire’s cyber economy has to offer, including some of the high-skilled jobs which will be generated directly and indirectly by the National Cyber Force (NCF) HQ coming to Samlesbury.
Commander of the NCF, Air Vice-Marshal Tim Neal-Hopes, also visited the county and met with schoolchildren, students, teachers and careers advisors who had been involved in the project.
He addressed thousands of Lancashire students through a speech which was live-streamed to all the county’s FE and sixth-form colleges.
And he used the opportunity to outline his vision for Lancashire’s growing cyber sector, and the NCF’s catalytic role in that process.
He shared with the students details of his own professional journey, recounting how from a very young age he knew he wanted to work with computers.
The county’s Further Education and sixth-form
‘WE NEED TO HEAR FROM BUSINESSES ABOUT OUR LCC GROWTH PLAN’
At Lancashire County Council we are rightly ambitious for the future of our county and the exciting journey ahead as we embrace devolution and all the opportunities it brings.
For me personally it is also a great privilege to have stepped up to become the council’s new chief executive at such an exciting time.
Building a better Lancashire where everyone can live their best life is paramount to everything we do here at the council.
We already know that Lancashire has some remarkable strengths, including our strong sense of community, natural environment, heritage and strong economy – the second largest in the North West.
And here at the council we have a huge role to play in ensuring the county is able to continue evolving so it can fulfil its huge potential.
To that end we have just launched our Council Plan which details our vision, ambitions and priorities for the next five years.
Mark Wynn, chief executive Lancashire County Council.
The plan will guide all our future decision- making as well as the delivery of the authority’s services.
It outlines four key priority areas to help the council continue to build a better Lancashire. They are: Better Lives for All; Economic Ambition; Stronger Communities and Thinking Differently about what we do.
To help shape the plan we reached out to our
lancashire.gov.uk
strategic partners including all of Lancashire’s councils, business groups, and representatives of the Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprise (VCFSE) sectors as well as conducting a resident survey, staff events and getting feedback from our councillors.
In terms of our economic ambitions, we want to work with the business community to equip people with the right skills to secure rewarding work and we are already seeing some great strides in that area thanks to the Lancashire Skills and Employment Hub.
We also want to encourage existing and new businesses to invest in Lancashire, improve transport so places are better connected with well-maintained roads and good transport links, as well as develop better digital connectivity, and of course collaborate with partners to accelerate economic growth.
We are confident that by building our strengths while also developing and innovating, as well as working with partners and communities, we can become the best council we can be.
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