National Conference

National Conference

At this year’s UVAC National Conference at the ICC, Birmingham, on Thursday 30 November, we welcomed over 340 delegates, making this one of our biggest conference events to date. 

This year’s conference theme was around Going for Growth in Higher and Degree Apprenticeships and Technical Education in England and UVAC CEX Dr Mandy Crawford-Lee, said on the day;

“This Is a really important theme.  We’ve seen government investment of over £40 million in the growth of degree apprenticeships but we want all our members and universities, who are not our members, to think about the way in which they carefully manage any growth strategy in the delivery of apprenticeships and higher technical qualifications.”

 Highlights of the conference included:

 “Really enjoyed it. Fantastic content.”

“…so many great conference speakers.”

✔️ 38 sector experts.

Presenting, giving updates on policy and insights to practice in the delivery of higher technical education and skills training including higher and degree apprenticeships.  In addition to the whole conference sessions each of our breakout sessions offered delegates a choice of 5 workshops.

✔️ NEW Conference Fringe

The Conference Fringe content on the online platform, offered pre-recorded webinars including a short presentation from Rt Hon Robert Halfon MP Minister of State (Minister for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Education).

“My main reason for attending today was to get the opportunity to network with like minded people about apprenticeships, to try and understand the impact that apprenticeships are making…”

✔️ Connecting with like-minded sector professionals.

Network with other delegates, speakers and our exhibitors is one of the highlights of the event for many people.

“…loads of different amazing organisations that actually help apprenticeships be what they should be: amazing sort of learning experiences.” 

✔️ In Person and Online conference exhibition.

We’d like to thank all of this year’s event sponsors Aptem, CMI and FISSS as well as our 12 exhibitors who had a busy day talking and networking with speakers and delegates.  The online interactive Expo experience hosts videos, downloadable resources, and team bios, as well as full information about all our event sponsors and exhibitors, and continues to be available to all delegates until 12 March 2024.

✔️ Access to event recording post-conference.

ALL content is available to ALL delegates post conference, meaning that both in person and online delegates have every opportunity to access the huge choice of informative and engaging talks, presentations, and workshops. With the recordings available until the 12 March 2024 delegates have the flexibility to explore the recordings of over 20 talks, presentations, and workshops at a time that suits them.

“… a really important event in the diary of someone who works in degree apprenticeships.”

 

If you missed this year’s conference, and are thinking about joining us in 2024 why not take a look at the full 2023 programme to see the wide range of speakers and topics we offer at our events HERE

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    UPCOMING EVENTS

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    Celebrating 25 years of championing higher level vocational learning!

    We’re planning some exciting activities to commemorate our achievements:
    -Monthly reflections by the UVAC board
    -A compendium of published articles
    -Launching the UVAC Awards

    Look out for news coming soon!

    Thank you to our amazing judging panel for the #EDIAwards 2023 from @E_T_Foundation, @SkillsEduGroup, @UVAC1, @airproducts, @ABPI_UK, @AoC_info & @MulticulturalAA, with thanks to @nwslc_official for hosting. We'll announce the winners at the #HousesOfParliament on 7 March! 🎉

    Thank you to our amazing judging panel for the #EDIAwards 2023 from @E_T_Foundation, @SkillsEduGroup, @UVAC1, @airproducts, @ABPI_UK, @AoC_info & @MulticulturalAA, with thanks to @nwslc_official for hosting. We'll announce the winners at the #HousesOfParliament on 7 March! 🎉