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AoC Sustainability and Green Skills Conference 2025

Venue: Online via Zoom

Date: 19 March 2025

Time: 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Fee: Starting from £175 + VAT per delegate

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Wednesday 19 and Thursday 20 March 2025 9:30 – 12:00

The annual AoC Sustainability and Green Skills Conference will be taking place online on the mornings of Wednesday 19 and Thursday 20 March 2025. The next 12 months we will see an increased focus on Green Energy, Net Zero and Green skills as part of the Governments mission to make the UK a Clean Energy Superpower. The conference will hear from employers, government agencies and sector partners in how the skills landscape is adapting to support the growth of low-carbon energy sectors, including both supply and end-use. We will also provide space for colleges to discuss the barriers and opportunities for expanding low-carbon job competencies to create clear, inclusive training pathways into low-carbon energy jobs.

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Delegate Fees:

AoC Member fee – per delegate £175 + VAT

Affiliate Member – per delegate £210 + VAT

Non-member institutions – per delegate £280 + VAT

Non-member commercial – per delegate £580 + VAT

10% off on 3 or more tickets purchased

Speakers
Kaylen Camacho McCluskey
Research Assistant, Imperial College London
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Kaylen Camacho McCluskey is a Research Assistant at the Energy Futures Lab, Imperial College London, where she focuses on green jobs and skills needs in the renewable energy and building retrofit sectors. She is the lead author of the policy briefing paper Net Zero Skills: Jobs, Skills and Training for the Net-Zero Energy Transition, which explores the challenges and opportunities in improving the supply of training for low-carbon energy jobs in the UK. Kaylen holds an MSc in Environmental Technology from Imperial College London.

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David McClymont
Vice Principal – Curriculum & Standards, South Thames Colleges Group

David McClymont has worked in Further Education (FE) for over thirty years and is currently Vice Principal for Curriculum & Standards within the South Thames Colleges Group (STCG). The role includes taking Group-wide responsibility for the provision of adult education. He sees FE as uniquely positioned to provide the skilled workforce demanded by stakeholders. With coordinated planning, colleges can create stronger and more varied pathways for students to use in order to access well paid work. The push towards net zero will open up many options in this regard and has informed STCG’s recent creation of a Net Zero Training Hub.

Lowell Williams
Executive Chair, Colleges West Midlands

As Principal & CEO Lowell led Dudley College of Technology from March 2008 to December 2019. The college was rated 'outstanding' by Ofsted in March 2017 and announced as winner of the Queens Anniversary Prize in December 2019. Lowell was recognised as TES Further Education Leader of the Year in 2018 and was also appointed by DfE as a first National Leader of Further Education. Prior to leading Dudley College of Technology, Lowell was Principal at Beacon Award winning South Leicestershire College which was rated 'outstanding' by Ofsted in 2007.

In challenging economic times Lowell led the creation of the multi-million-pound Dudley Learning Quarter and the formation of the Dudley Academies Trust in 2018, a multi-academy trust comprising four secondary and two primary schools. He is currently Chair of the Trust Board. In 2017 Lowell helped form Colleges West Midlands a collaboration of all FE colleges in the West Midlands and has Chaired the group from its formation.