Events
We combine employment and skills expertise to offer essential, must-attend industry events designed to support professional development and networking for people working in the employment and skills sector. To sponsor or partner with us at one of our events, get in touch.
Our upcoming events
English, Maths and ESOL Conference 2024
Tuesday 19 November 2024 | Online
Our previous events
Employment and Skills Convention 2024
Wednesday 10 July 2024 | The Eastside Rooms, Birmingham
Festival of Learning 2024
Wednesday 3 July 2024 | Livestream from London
The great skills divide
Wednesday 5 June 2024 | Online
Employment and Skills Summit 2023
Thursday 23 November 2023 | 9.30am – 1.00pm | Online
Lifelong Learning Week 2023
6–10 November 2023
English, Maths and ESOL Conference 2023
Thursday 9 November | 10am–4pm | Central London
Learning for better health
Wednesday 8 November | 10am-12 noon | Online
Learning for career change
Monday 6 November | 1-2pm | Online
Festival of Learning 2023
Wednesday 5 July | Afternoon | City Lit, London
Beyond traineeships
Wednesday 24 May | 11am–12pm | Online
Green Paper Launch: VocTech Challenge 2023
Wednesday 26th April | 1.00pm–2.00pm | Online
Better Work Conference 2023
Tuesday 18 April 2023 | 09.30-14.30 | The Foundry, 17 Oval Way, London, SE11 5RR
Housing, Learning and Work Conference 2023
Tuesday 28 February 2023 | 9.15am - 1.00pm | Online.
What should be in the Government’s economic inactivity review?
Thursday 15 December | 12.30 – 13.30pm | Online
Webinar: Improving voice and representation of working Londoners
Tuesday 29 November | Online
Employment and Skills Convention 2022
Thursday 17 November | The Eastside Rooms, Birmingham
English, Maths and ESOL Conference 2022
Tuesday 8 November
Ending the recruitment crisis: In conversation with Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Jonathan Ashworth MP
Monday 11 July 2022 | 4.30pm – 5.30pm
Maximising Multiply
Thursday 12 May 2022 | 3.00 – 4.00pm
The Apprenticeship Levy: Five years on
Monday 9 May 2022 | 1.00 – 3.00pm
Pre-apprenticeships: creating opportunities for young people – what works?
Wednesday 2 March 2022 | 2pm – 4.30pm
Sharing Prosperity: Housing Learning and Work Conference
Wednesday 23 February | 9.30am - 12.45pm
Changing careers: Reskilling and retraining through the pandemic
Wednesday 2 February | 2.00 - 3.30pm
Annual Conference on English, Maths and ESOL: A Higher Ambition for Adult Basic Skills
Thursday 11 November | 10:00 – 13:00
The Lifelong Learning Century
Wednesday 10 November | 12:10 – 13:15
Employer engagement in pre-apprenticeships
Tuesday 9 November | 14:00 – 15:30 (BST)
Youth Employment and Skills Summit: Is it ‘job done’ for young people?
Wednesday 20 October | 9.45am – 2pm
Driving participation, improving impact – refocussing our approach to learning outcomes
Wednesday 29 September
Better Work Summit
Wednesday 22 September | 10.00 - 11.30am
Festival of Learning 2021 Awards Ceremony
Tuesday 6 July | 6.00pm
Learning at work: employer investment in skills
Wednesday 7 July | 2.00 – 3.00PM | Webinar
Employment and Skills Convention 2021
Recovery and renewal |
Thursday 1 July 2021 | 09.30am – 1.30pm | Online
Restart: Supporting better work
Thursday 17 June | 11.30 – 12.30 | Webinar
Building strong foundations in our workforce
Wednesday 16 Jun 16 2021 | 3.00 - 4.00pm | Online
Local works: delivering local jobs and skills recoveries
Wednesday 26 May | 1.30 - 2.30pm
Training and better work – What works in supporting progression from low pay?
Wednesday 12 May | 10.00 – 11.00am
Facing the future - employment prospects for young people after coronavirus
Tuesday 20 April 2021 | 2.00 - 3.15pm | Webinar
The role of flexible work: tackling unemployment, aiding retention and supporting progression
Monday 1 March 2021 | 10.30 – 11.30am | Webinar
Housing, Learning and Work Conference: Build back better
Thursday 25 February 2021 | 9.30am – 12.50pm
Launch of Learn Well, Live Well - adult learning and health and wellbeing
Wednesday 24 February 2021 | 2.00 – 3.00pm | online | The Northern Ireland Impact Forum on Adult Learning and Belfast Learning City are launching this timely report on adult learning and health and wellbeing.
Avoiding a pandemic generation: improving education and employment for young people
Tuesday 23 February 2021 | 1.00 – 2.30pm | Webinar: Youth Commission final report launch
New resources for pre-apprenticeship providers
Tuesday 9 and Thursday 11 February | Webinar
Raising the floor: the future of the minimum wage
Wednesday 10 February 2021 | 11.00am - 12.00pm | Webinar
Getting back to work: how we can make the Restart scheme work
Thursday 28 January | 12.00 – 13.00pm | Webinar
A higher skills ambition for Northern Ireland: Skills for growth and social inclusion
Wednesday 27 January 2021 | 2.00 – 4.00pm | Webinar
Tackling single parent poverty after the coronavirus crisis
Wednesday 16 December 2020 | 11.00am - 12.00pm | Webinar
Employment support for people experiencing homelessness: Lessons from Tackling Multiple Disadvantage
Thursday 17 December 2020| Online | 11.00am - 12.00pm
Missing millions: how we close the jobs gap
Wednesday 11 November 2020 | 11.02am - 12.00pm | Webinar sponsored by Aptem Employ
Skills development on pre-apprenticeship programmes
Wednesday 11 November 2020 | 12.00 – 1.00pm | Webinar
Adult basic skills: building back better
Wednesday 4 November 2020 | 10.00am - 12.45pm | Online conference
Lifelong learning after lockdown
Monday 2 November 2020 | 12.00 - 1.00pm | Webinar sponsored by City & Guilds
Crisis in the capital: how to protect low-paid workers and deliver better work in London
Tuesday 27 October 2020 | 2.00 – 3.00pm | Webinar
Making sure Kickstart works
Wednesday 14 October 2020 | 12.00 – 1.00pm | Webinar
When furlough ends: preventing a second wave of unemployment
Wednesday 16 September 2020 | 1.00 - 2.00pm | Webinar
Preventing a pandemic generation: how can we prevent a rise in long term youth unemployment?
Tuesday 25 August | 9.30 - 10.30am | Webinar
A mid-life employment crisis: how coronavirus will affect the job prospects of older workers
Tuesday 18 August | 12.00 - 12.45pm | Webinar
Employment and Skills Convention
Thursday 9 July 2020 | Online conference
Getting Britain back to work: tackling unemployment after coronavirus
Wednesday 17 June 2020 | Webinar
