Let's Talk South Coast Podcast
Welcome to Let's Talk South Coast Podcast! We're on a mission to help investors, landlords, occupiers, operators and service providers on the South Coast of England - across Hampshire and Dorset to see the opportunity that exists when we work collaboratively and highlight just why the South Coast is the place to invest. This podcast is about discussing all things property and Real Estate. We'll be covering topics like what makes the South Coast the best place to live and work, finding out what great things are being created on our doorstep and discussing the key ingredients of success on the South Coast. Join our host Nella Pang, a chartered surveyor with 20 year experience in Real Estate, as she dives into what the pandemic has taught us about how to do business. Nella supports businesses to navigate the complexities of Commercial Real Estate and ensures that their business objectives are aligned with their property decisions. New episodes of Let's Talk South Coast will air every Wednesday. Do subscribe for updates to this podcast, and don't forget to leave us a 5* rating and a review on iTunes. Get in touch with Nella by email: nella@omega-re.co.uk
Let's Talk South Coast Podcast
How Do We Develop Practical Industry Skills For The Future Generations?
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Nella Pang
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Season 2
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Episode 7
In episode six of our second series of Let’s Talk South Coast, our host Nella Pang is joined by Alex Blandford, Assistant Principal at UTC Portsmouth to talk about how community technology colleges partner with local businesses to help develop curriculums that instill key skills to the future workforce.
What you’ll hear about in this episode:
- The different UTC sites and what they are trying to achieve within the local community
- How these colleges are funded
- Their aim to help students to consider the next steps within their careers/education
- How an ageing population and growing skills gap provides an opportunity for students
- The STEM learning habits they teach their students
- Their ambition to bring UTC to Southampton and why Alex thinks this is so important
- Their primary outreach program that works to promote STEM within the local area
Companies Mentioned:
- Lockheed Martin
- NHS
- IBM
- DSTL
- PWC
- Baker Dearing Educational Trust
- https://fi-rem.com/
- Southampton City Council
- GO! Southampton
- Southampton Science Park
Shout Outs:
Key Insights From This Episode:
- There's actually 46 other UTCs, so 47 in total all across the country, and we've all got the same remit in that we are looking to fulfil a shortfall in the local workforce. - Alex
- The easiest way to look at it is we're funded, the same as any other state school. The difference is we are backed by industry partners. - Alex
- We've proved the model works and we've made UTC Portsmouth a real beacon of STEM in the local community. - Alex
- We currently engage with 11 local primary schools and we are really keen to expand that to secondary schools as our outreach program grows. - Alex
About Our Guest:
Alex Blandford is the Assistant Principal at UTC Portsmouth, a specialist STEM College. Prior to this he was Head of Department at Springfield School.
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