Multicultural Apprenticeship & Skills Alliance

University College Birmingham working with The Multicultural Apprenticeship Alliance.

🎄 🎅 Wishing you and your loved ones a Wonderful & Peaceful Festive Period & A Very Happy, Healthy & Prosperous New Year 🎅 🎄 Thank you for all your Support and Guidance throughout 2024, which has been instrumental in our positive impact for underrepresented communities and individuals. 2024 also saw the inaugural Apprenticeship Branding Conference-AMPLIFY, which saw us achieve our objectives of the conference being Innovative, Inspirational & Impactful. Thank you to our Sponsors and everyone involved in making the conference such a success. Please look out for the Apprenticeship Branding Conference-ENGAGE taking place on 3rd April 2025. There will be many opportunities to get involved in what we hope will be the most Inspirational Conference of the Year! We also launched the Multicultural Apprentice Network, a Platform for Apprentices to develop relationships, share best practice and support each other. My wish for 2025 is for all our initiatives and events to Advance #Equity, #Diversity, #Inclusion & #Social Mobility in #Apprenticeships & #Skills to be even more impactful, supporting even more of those at most danger of missing out into a better future. I cannot end this message without Thanking all of our Multicultural Apprenticeship & Skills Alliance Patrons, Advocates and Strategic Partners for all their investment and commitment, which has been beyond phenomenal. We are eternally grateful for all your support. We continue to grow and deliver more meaningful impact🙏 👏 🙏 THANK YOU!! 🎉 ✨ Lets ALL THRIVE in 2025! 🎉 ✨ Always in Collaboration & Never in Competition! 🙏 Safaraz Ali FIEP, Martin Chandler, Alan Hill, Ahsan Husain FIEP, Sajaid Ali, Kasim Choudhry, Luke Markham, Brad Edwards, Harmesh Manghra, ★ FT Ali ★, Cathy Kubiak, Faizal Ullah , Karina Erbaş , Ayesha Ali Sanjay Kambo , Michelle Hogg Pathway Group, Multicultural Apprenticeship Awards, The Apprenticeship Diversity & Social Mobility Forum, Festival of Apprenticeships, Canny Conversations Podcast

✨ 🎉 🎉 ✨ Kaplan UK Apprenticeship Awards 2024!! ✨ 🎉 🎉 ✨ One of my Highlight Events of 2024!! 👏 👏 As I approached The Shard yesterday afternoon for the Kaplan UK Apprenticeship Awards Ceremony, I thought how could an event be improved on, that was so successful and slick the previous year! - and I really couldn't come up with an answer..... I just knew that I wouldn't be disappointed. What an amazing Apprenticeship Awards Ceremony at an Amazing Venue. Fabulously organised and led by Jenny Pelling, Kathy Walton, Stacey Fitzsimmons and colleagues at Team Kaplan UK. I have been an honorary Kaplanite since 2023!! 😍 Marvelously hosted by my now Good and Old Friend, the legend that is Tommy Sandhu, who cannot fail but to have you in fits of laughter, but also has a genuine passion for apprenticeships..... Oh and in case you didn't know, his wife did also work for Kaplan 😃 Thank You for the opportunity Jenny Pelling, I am honoured and humbled to be a judge, alongside fellow judges David Barker, FRSA, Derek Cockfield and Elizabeth Hess for these auspicious Awards. Finally Congratulations to ALL the Apprentices, who were winners on the day! - Keep doing what you Do!! 💫 ✨ 🎉 Roll On 2025!!...... #Apprenticeships, #Apprentices, #Skills, #Careers, #Awards, #Equity, #Diversity, #Inclusion, #Socialmobility, #AmplifyApps, #Multiculturalaa Safaraz Ali FIEP, Kathryn Marshall MBE, Sharon Morgan, Ian Bamford, Surju Kanani, Shri Shah, David Barker, FRSA, Elizabeth Hess, Derek Cockfield, Sarah Owen, Boma Praise J., Tasha Hartigan, Malachi Swen, Jo Scott, Joanne Reynolds, Martin Chandler, Holly-Mae Darling ACMA, CGMA, CGA, Kelly Huntington, Stewart Segal Multicultural Apprenticeship & Skills Alliance, Multicultural Apprenticeship Awards, Multicultural Apprentice Network, Apprenticeship Branding Conference, The Apprenticeship Diversity & Social Mobility Forum, Festival of Apprenticeships, Pathway Group, Association of Apprentices, Lloyds Banking Group, WorldSkills UK

Love this photo of Phil Wilkinson proudly showing off our Patron membership certificate for Multicultural Apprenticeship & Skills Alliance - such a brilliant, collaborative partnership that works for everyone. Jagdeep Soor FIEP we love you all and the work you do, and we'll be proudly presenting this alongside our trophy cabinet at head office! 👏 😍

🌍 EMPOWERING GLOBAL TALENT 🌍 On Wednesday, December 11th, join us for "Empowering Global Talent: Join the WorldSkills UK Network," where we'll explore how WorldSkills UK, a Strategic Partner of the Multicultural Apprenticeship & Skills Alliance powered by Pathway Group, is driving excellence and inclusion through competition-based training. This session will highlight the vital role of dynamic and experienced trainers in preparing young people from diverse backgrounds for the upcoming WorldSkills UK Competition in Shanghai 2026. Hear firsthand from WorldSkills UK about their inspiring journey, the impact of world-class training programmes, and how you can join this transformative network. Jeanette Prole – Senior International Development Manager Sauman Li – Training Manager for Health & Social Care Shereen Syed – International Development Manager Daisy Seepersad – Careers Development Manager Learn how you can contribute to raising skill standards, championing future talent, and empowering the next generation to thrive globally. Date: 11th December Time: 10:00 - 11:00 Don’t miss this opportunity to join an extraordinary movement shaping the future of skills and apprenticeships. #WorldskillsUK #Skills #Apprenticeships #Apprenticeship #Talent #GlobalTalent

Reflecting on the Youth Employment UK Good Youth Employment Symposium 2024 that I attended earlier this week with my colleagues ★ FT Ali ★ and Natalie Fortuin ✨ There were some fabulous insights from sector leaders and Youth Voice Ambassadors who continue to amaze me. It was also wonderful to see so many sector leaders attending and supporting the Symposium and Youth Employment agenda, many of whom are Patrons of the Multicultural Apprenticeship & Skills Alliance (powered by Pathway Group). Thank you to Laura-Jane Rawlings MBE DL, Lauren Mistry and Team Youth Employment UK for the invitation, but particularly about the impactful work you are doing in this space. Youth Employment UK are Strategic Partners of the Multicultural Apprenticeship & Skills Alliance (powered by Pathway Group) #GYESymposium, #AmplifyApps, #Multiculturalaa, #Equity, #Diversity, #Inclusion, #Socialmobility, #Apprenticeships, #Apprentices, #Skills, #Youthemployment Safaraz Ali FIEP, Martin Chandler, Harmesh Manghra, Alan Hill, Ahsan Husain FIEP, Sanjay Kambo, Stephen Crawley

On Wednesday, December 11th, join us for "Empowering Global Talent: Join the WorldSkills UK Network," where we'll explore how WorldSkills UK, a Strategic Partner of the Multicultural Apprenticeship & Skills Alliance powered by Pathway Group, is driving excellence and inclusion through competition-based training. This session will highlight the vital role of dynamic and experienced trainers in preparing young people from diverse backgrounds for the upcoming WorldSkills UK Competition in Shanghai 2026. Hear firsthand from WorldSkills UK about their inspiring journey, the impact of world-class training programmes, and how you can join this transformative network. Jeanette Prole – Senior International Development Manager Sauman Li – Training Manager for Health & Social Care Shereen Syed – International Development Manager Daisy Seepersad – Careers Development Manager Learn how you can contribute to raising skill standards, championing future talent, and empowering the next generation to thrive globally. Date: 11th December Time: 10:00 - 11:00 Don’t miss this opportunity to join an extraordinary movement shaping the future of skills and apprenticeships. https://lnkd.in/edSUttzh

📢 Announcing the inaugural University of Wolverhampton WLV Apprenticeships CPD Conference 📢 The University of Wolverhampton Patrons of the Multicultural Apprenticeship & Skills Alliance is delighted to offer this fully-funded CPD conference to primary and secondary school/college teachers, IAG staff, local employers interested in apprenticeships, and anyone wanting to find out more about degree apprenticeship pathways. If you are an employer, teacher, member of FE/HE staff then this is a MUST ATEND EVENT!! 💫 ✨ Please find details below and register to attend this exciting and innovative event: Date: ➡️ Thursday 9th January 2025 Venue: ➡️ Holiday Inn Telford - Ironbridge, an IHG Hotel, Saint Quentin Gate Telford TF3 4EH Registration Link: ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eSCTPFHj #Apprenticeships, #Apprentices, #Skills, #AmplifyApps, #Multiculturalaa, #Careers Adam Vasco, Safaraz Ali FIEP, Jenny Cannon, Julian D. Moore, Amy Allen, Helen Sargeant, Andy Tromans, Keri Lanyon, Professor Ebrahim Adia, PhD, SFHEA, Lydia Dams, Sukhvinder Singh, Martin Chandler, Nathan Adams, ★ FT Ali ★, Natalie Fortuin, Suneeta Duroch (SFHEA), Naomi Knott, Faizal Ullah, Alan Hill, Ahsan Husain FIEP, Sajaid Ali, Sanjay Kambo, Luke Markham, Brad Edwards, Harmesh Manghra Multicultural Apprenticeship Awards, Multicultural Apprentice Network, Apprenticeship Branding Conference, The Apprenticeship Diversity & Social Mobility Forum, Festival of Apprenticeships, Canny Conversations Podcast

📢 The Multicultural Apprenticeship & Skills Alliance - Advancing Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Social Mobility in Apprenticeships & Skills 📢 The title of our Breakout Session at the Employment Related Services Association (ERSA) Conference 2024 - Employment Support for the Future Labour Market. I wanted to Thank our panel of amazing guests from the Multicultural Apprenticeship & Skills Alliance (powered by Pathway Group) Patrons, Paul McCalla of BMet, Jenny Cannon of University of Wolverhampton, Priya Dale of Dentons and Sara Taylor MIH MIoL of HIT Training for sharing their invaluable insights, experiences and all the fabulous work they are doing in this space. 👏 ✨ 👏 We were also honoured to have the Multicultural Apprenticeship Awards, Apprentice of the Year 2024 Aaminah Ahmed of Mondelēz International join us and so eloquently talk through her inspirational journey into Apprenticeships. 💫 🎉 These and other likeminded organisations and individuals are doing so much in the #Equity, #Diversity, #Inclusion & #Socialmobility agenda for marginalised individuals and communities, which I cannot thank them enough for. Can I also thank the delegates that attended our Breakout Session and prioritised this over other breakout sessions, which I am sure were as impactful, but of different agendas. You are all definitely "Changing the Dial and the Narrative" ✨ 👏 ✨ I also urge future and upcoming Conferences to ensure that #Equity, #Diversity, #Inclusion & #SocialMobility are prioritised on the agenda and highlighted and showcased. As these are the primary subject matters that will impact positively on your organisational and ethical objectives. Thank you to Elizabeth Taylor, Henry Foulkes, Jack Farnhill-Bain and Team Employment Related Services Association (ERSA) for the opportunity to Amplify our Message 🙏 🙏 Safaraz Ali FIEP, Martin Chandler, Ahsan Husain FIEP, Alan Hill, Harmesh Manghra, Kasim Choudhry, Stephen Crawley, Faizal Ullah, Luke Markham, Brad Edwards, Adam Vasco, Suzie Branch-Haddow, Pat Carvalho, Micaela Barlow FIH M.APS, Gemma Cadden, Jill Whittaker OBE FCA FRSA FIH FBII, Joanna Hughes Pathway Group, Multicultural Apprentice Network, Apprenticeship Branding Conference, The Apprenticeship Diversity & Social Mobility Forum, Festival of Apprenticeships

✨ Ascentis AO (Awarding Organisation) Wins Two Prestigious FAB Awards ✨ Multicultural Apprenticeship & Skills Alliance patron Ascentis AO (Awarding Organisation) has achieved an extraordinary milestone, winning Innovation of the Year and Awarding Organisation of the Year at the prestigious FAB 2024 Awards. The awards ceremony, held on 25th November at the Marriott Hotel in Leicester, showcased the very best in educational excellence across the UK, and Ascentis was proudly recognised for its outstanding contributions. Being named Awarding Organisation of the Year is a tremendous honour, reflecting Ascentis' unwavering commitment to delivering high-quality qualifications and exceptional support to learners and educators nationwide. In partnership with Metaverse Learning, Ascentis was also thrilled to win Innovation of the Year for its groundbreaking work in immersive technology. This collaboration launched innovative tools designed to transform English language learning, now available to all Ascentis ESOL centres.   Jason Holt CBE, Co-founder and CEO of Metaverse Learning, praised the partnership: “We are so proud of our partnership with Ascentis, and this award is a testament to the innovation that can come from a pioneering AO and a deeply collaborative approach to building state-of-the-art technology. The immersive learning being generated is already changing the lives of learners—and we’ve only just begun. Watch this space!”   Adding to the excitement, 2025 will mark Ascentis’ 50th anniversary. Winning these awards as the organisation approaches this milestone makes the achievement even more meaningful, highlighting its legacy of excellence and innovation in education.   As a registered educational charity, Ascentis’ sole mission is to provide the highest level of service to all its customers. The organisation is dedicated to creating clear progression pathways, empowering learners to climb the ‘qualifications ladder’ and achieve their lifelong aspirations. Phil Wilkinson Ascentis Group CEO, expressed his gratitude: “We are incredibly honoured to receive the Innovation of the Year award alongside Metaverse Learning and to be named Awarding Organisation of the Year. This recognition is a testament to the hard work, dedication, and innovative spirit of the entire Ascentis team. We remain committed to providing high-quality educational opportunities and making a positive impact on learners’ lives. Thank you to everyone who has supported us on this journey so far!”   The FAB Awards, now in their 9th year. For more details, visit the FAB Awards website - https://lnkd.in/eGGSvgEv As Ascentis looks toward its 50th anniversary, the organisation remains dedicated to continuing its mission of educational excellence and innovation. Learn more about Ascentis here - https://www.ascentis.co.uk Clarissa Wheeler, Apprenticeship Branding Conference, Multicultural Apprenticeship Awards, Canny Conversations Podcast, Pathway Group