Conference 2019 - Government Policy: Social Mobility, Digital Employment, and Industrial Strategy

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A panel of policy experts, chaired by Nicola Turner MBE, Head of Sector Practice at the Office for Students, consider current and emerging Government policy affecting pathways to sought after digital skills, access to and participation in those pathways, and employment in the digital economy. The panel focuses upon key digital skills shortages, equality of educational outcomes and social mobility.

Panellists include:

• Dr. Brooke Storer-Church, Skills and Employability Manager, Fair Access and Participation Directorate, Office for Students
• Tim Cook, Team Leader, Office for Artificial Intelligence at the Department for Digital Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)
• Stephen Rogers, STEM and Digital Skills Unit, Department for Education
• Professor Andy Westwood, Vice Dean for Social Responsibility and Professor of Government Practice, The University of Manchester

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