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up new learning opportunities to people and businesses in Milton Keynes. I’m truly excited about the diff erence this will make and the positive ripple eff ect it will have in the regional tech ecosystem.” According to Santander, ensuring people have the education
Professor Lynette Ryals OBE Chief Executive MK:U
and skills they need to fulfi l their true potential in the workplace is one of the defi ning challenges of our time and it has called on the Government and politicians to build an education system that can develop the skills tomorrow’s workforce will need. To do this a radical reset is required. William Vereker said: “Getting our education system right
will transform lives, grow prosperity, and make the UK more competitive. It’s the key to growth. T e foundation of a better future. We all have a stake and a role to play. “We have the opportunity to create a clear roadmap for the
next 15 years that fundamentally addresses the serious skills shortage that we face. We need a plan that ensures that everyone can pursue further and higher education, continue to develop their skills or start a business, no matter their background. “It is critical that this ambition is not then torn up and thrown in the bin at the fi rst sign of political change – it needs consensus across the political parties. And it also requires a continuity in approach, something that has been diffi cult to achieve when we have seen six education secretaries in the last 14 months alone. “But the answer, of course, doesn’t just lie in Whitehall.
Business needs to play its part too. We know what we want from our potential employees, but often, we can’t fi nd people with the right skills. Yet the latest fi gures show the number of young people who are not in employment, education or training has risen to nearly 670,000. “With the scale of challenges the UK is now facing, we
recognise that our approach needs to evolve so Santander UK has an ambitious plan to help thousands of people to improve their lives. To build the modern, prosperous and successful
economy for the future, we must all play our part in ensuring people are given the best chance to succeed, the best chance to fulfi l their potential. A brighter future for our country can start here.” MK:U was born out of collaboration between Cranfi eld
University, Milton Keynes Council and local business part- ners to deliver degree-level apprenticeship programmes that combine professional skills with a technical curriculum. T rough its Innovation Hub, MK:U has worked with more than 100 businesses, employing more than 700,000 people between them, who were part of the Business Supporters Group that helped drive the curriculum for the fi rst four digital apprenticeship courses at MK:U - Chartered Manager, Cyber Security, Data Scientist, and Digital & Technology Solutions. Already providing courses that help create the digital
workforce of tomorrow, the hub also acts as a space where innovators and business owners can develop their own thinking and products by meeting and collaborating. T e hub has a communications lab, with all the tools to develop and test leading communications technologies, to support businesses and help them apply what they learn to their innovations. Kristian Mackie, MK:U Innovation Hub Manager, said:
“We live in a fast-changing technological world and we must meet urgent employment needs and fi ll what employers have identifi ed as a digital skills gap. T e partnership with Santander is a massive opportunity to put real weight behind our eff orts to develop the digital workforce of tomorrow.”
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