Episode 1: The future of apprenticeships ft. Toby Perkins, Shadow Minister (Education)

In this episode, CEO of The Childcare Company and Impact Futures Guy Helman is joined by Zeshan Sattar, Director of Learning & Skills at CompTIA, a leading voice and advocate for the £5 trillion global information technology ecosystem; and the estimated 75 million industry and tech professionals who design, implement, manage, and safeguard the technology that powers the world’s economy. 

We’ll be discussing the role of training and qualifications in the technology sector, the issues the sector currently faces, what’s next for technology qualifications, and just how important it is to study technology from an early age.

In this episode, we are joined by Natasha Kirby, Director of Boys & Girls Nursery, a private, family-run group in the South Hertfordshire/ North London area for babies and children aged three months to five years.

Natasha talks to CEO of The Childcare Company and Impact Futures on the role of training and qualifications in the childcare sector, what issues are currently facing the industry following a really difficult two years multiple national lockdowns, and what’s next for childcare qualifications.

Episode 1: The future of apprenticeships 

In our launch episode, we dive into the current situation with apprenticeships and vocational training in England after a turbulent two years following the outbreak of Covid-19. We discuss the impact of Covid-19 of apprenticeship uptake, the government’s apprenticeship strategy, the growing skills deficit in the United Kingdom and a workforce in crisis. We are honoured to be joined by Toby Perkins, Labour MP and Shadow Secretary for Skills and Further Education to chat about the potential of apprenticeships to solve some of these issues. 

Toby Perkins 

Toby Perkins is the Labour MP for Chesterfield and Staveley and the Shadow Secretary for Skills and Further Education. Toby was elected as a member of Parliament in the 2010 general election and returned to front bench politics in 2020 under the leadership of Sir Keir Starmer, previously having served under Ed Miliband’s leadership as Shadow Education Minister and Jeremy Corbyn’s Shadow Armed Forces Minister.