31st January 2025
CONSERVATIVE PARTY CONFERENCE 2021: Bridging the Skills Gap
9 million working aged adults in England lack basic literacy or numeracy skills. This lack of skills blights lives and wastes potential. This panel discussed what we need to do to tackle this skills gap. Highlights of this event include a barnstorming opening speech from the new Skills Minister, Alex Burghart MP.
Speakers

Gavin Rice
Head of Work and Welfare, Centre for Social Justice

Alex Burghart MP
Minister for Apprenticeships and Skills

Chris Oglesby
CEO, Bruntwood

Eleanor Harrison OBE
CEO, Impetus

Joseph Watfa
Head of Policy, Football Beyond Borders

Alice Stott
Director of Schools, Voice 21