With two months to go till Careers Fest 2019, our OxLEP Skills team are keen to hear from those innovative businesses whose work could form the backbone for future ‘Generation Z’ jobs provision.
There are still several exhibitor spaces for Careers Fest, which takes place on 22 January at MINI Plant Oxford – several dozen businesses have already signed-up to the event, with many hundreds of young people expected to attend.
Oxfordshire continues to be a major asset to the UK economy. Not only are we currently one of just three net County areas that contribute to the exchequer with a GVA of £23bn a year – but we have genuine global assets that are growing from strength-to-strength. Alongside this, what’s also equally impressive is the future capabilities of Oxfordshire through four transformative technologies.
OxLEP Communications Manager Rob Panting encourages Oxfordshire's science and technology companies to exhibit at Careers Fest 2019.
In particular – we are world-leaders the technologies of digital health, space-led data applications, autonomous vehicles and technologies underpinning quantum computing. A science and innovation audit – carried out by the Oxfordshire Transformative Technologies Alliance last autumn – suggested that, if fully-utilised, these four technologies alone could potentially add £180bn GVA growth to the UK economy by 2030.
With this in mind, OxLEP Skills wish to inspire young people to consider potential careers within these technologies and would be delighted to hear from Oxfordshire businesses working in those fields – particularly those who currently – or are keen to – invest in apprenticeship and training schemes.
Book your space exhibitor space at Careers Fest
For more information, contact the OxLEP Skills team via: [email protected]. The deadline for bookings is 30 November.
