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Food and Drink Federation Agenda Morning Session 10.30am - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Food and Drink Federation Agenda Morning Session 10.30am - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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, Nestl UK and
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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
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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
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Annual £1bn R&D spend 8,500 New Products Largest UK Manufacturing sector Up to 400,000 Employees Over 6500 Businesses £76bn Turnover £12bn – 77% to Europe 2/3rds UK Farm Production
The UK Food and Drink Manufacturing Industry
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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
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The Challenge
- An ageing workforce: 49% eligible for retirement in
next 20 years
- Between 2007 - 2017, 137,000 new recruits required
- f 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!
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Taste Success – Addressing the industry’s image
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Taste Success – The Big Bang Careers Fair
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Taste Success – Digital Engagement
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FDF Apprenticeship Pledge
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From August 2011 to December 2012, we trebled the number of apprenticeships in food and drink manufacturing in England and Scotland.
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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