Breakfast Meeting:

"Helping Develop Tomorrow's Leaders"

Keynote Speaker: Andrew Herbert, Managing Director, Microsoft Research, Cambridge.

Thursday the 31st August 2006, 8:00 am to 10:30 am

The Business Centre, Cambridge Regional College

Cost £5.00 plus VAT members, £8.00 plus VAT non-members

The Cambridgeshire Chambers of Commerce in conjunction with the Forward Management Group are proud to present a dynamic scheme to help your company tap into the talent of some of the brightest and most highly motivated young people locally available. Hundreds of companies across the country are already using the most dynamic student placement programme in the market and benefiting from the energy and talent of Tomorrow's Leaders.

The programme is "Year in Industry" and it's time for you to join.

Look at the facts:

• 75% of companies come back year after year.
• 79% of the 'Year in Industry' students gain a 1st or upper 2nd class honours degree.
• 86% of managers say that the placement has an immediate impact on their organisation.
• 82% of the 'Year in Industry' students are employed six month after graduation in roles relevant to their degrees.
• 98% of managers would recommend the programme to colleagues and other companies.

On the menu:

8:00 Arrival
8:30 Breakfast
9:00 Talk: "Helping Develop Tomorrow's Leaders"
9:30 "Year in Industry" - The programme explained
10:00 Discussion and networking
10:30 Ends

Contact Maria Briggs, Cambridgeshire Chambers of Commerce, on 01223 209817 to book your place.

Enthusing the Educators – Energising Industry

Held on 18th January 2006 at the Science Learning Centre - East of England, Bayfordbury, Herts. It was hosted by Alison Redmore, the Director, who also conducted a tour of the centre.

The mission statement for the Science Learning Centre is “To inspire a new generation of scientists by inspiring their teachers by securing and updating subject knowledge and extending teaching skills”. The meeting started with a tour of the facilities of the Science Learning Centre including the Planetarium. The objective was to engage in the debate as to how we enthuse the educators and continues the theme of exploring the needs and provision of engineering, science and technology skills within the East of England. Main speaker was Liz Johnson of the Skills for Energy Partnership comprising Cogent, ECITB, EU Skills, SEMTA, Norfolk LSC, DTI, EEDA, EEEGR, Renewables East. She stimulated a discussion as to how industry can engage in supporting the process.