Melanie Leech Director General Food and Drink Federation
Agenda – Morning Session 10.30am Introduction Melanie Leech, Director General, FDF 10.45am Graduate Excellence: An industry perspective Fiona Kendrick, Chairman and CEO, Nestlé UK and Ireland 11.00am Developing specialist provision for food and drink manufacturing Justine Fosh, CEO, National Skills Academy for Food and Drink 11.15am Coffee break 11.45am Delivering Food Engineering at Sheffield Hallam University Professor Roger Eccleston, Pro-Vice Chancellor, SHU 12.00pm How to get involved in Graduate Excellence Angela Coleshill, Director of Employment, Skills & Corporate Services, FDF 12.15pm Industry Panel Discussion 12.45pm Lunch
Agenda – Afternoon Session 1.45pm Keynote speaker Rt Hon David Heath MP, Minister for Agriculture and Food 2.00pm Q&A with Minister 2.10pm Curriculum breakout session 1 Choice of 6 groups 2.50pm Coffee break 3.05pm Curriculum breakout session 2 Choice of 6 groups 3.45pm Feedback from breakout sessions Martin Howarth, Head of Engineering and Mathematics, Sheffield Hallam University 4.25pm Closing remarks Angela Coleshill, Director of Employment, Skills and Corporate Services, FDF
The UK Food and Drink Manufacturing Industry Over 6500 Businesses £12bn – 77% to Europe Largest UK £76bn Turnover Manufacturing sector Up to 400,000 Employees Annual £1bn R&D spend 2/3 rds UK Farm Production 8,500 New Products
Achieving 20/20 Vision for Growth • To stay world-class in product and process innovation • To be proactive in responding to key societal challenges such as obesity and climate change • To attract the best talent through a pipeline delivering employment-ready individuals • To retain and develop our workforce
The Challenge • An ageing workforce : 49% eligible for retirement in next 20 years • Between 2007 - 2017, 137,000 new recruits required of which 45% are managerial roles • 20% of people working in food manufacturing are qualified to degree level • IfM research: 1 in 5 parents would encourage their children to consider a career in manufacturing in the UK • Improve research: Only 15% of young people would consider a career in food manufacturing!
Taste Success – Addressing the industry’s image
Taste Success – The Big Bang Careers Fair
Taste Success – Digital Engagement
FDF Apprenticeship Pledge h From August 2011 to December 2012, we trebled the number of apprenticeships in food and drink manufacturing in England and Scotland.
Building Talent for the Future • To continue to change perceptions of young people and their influencers about the food and drink manufacturing industry • To continue to raise our ambition on apprenticeships • To ensure we provide different entry routes into industry – both academic and vocational
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