In this podcast, we're joined by Rebecca Durber, NW Area Director & Senior Policy Lead for Skills Reform at the Association of Colleges (AOC).

Rebecca speaks to us off the back of the latest AOC campaign, Colleges Week 2024, where colleges across the region focused on influencing local political representatives, engaging with their stakeholders (including the business community), and celebrating their successes.

As well as highlighting the positive work that colleges do in engaging with businesses in local areas and helping relieve skills shortages, Rebecca gives some useful ways in which businesses can get involved with their local colleges...ask what you can do for your college!

Tune in to find out more.

If you'd like to learn about the AOC and the work it does, visit: https://www.aoc.co.uk/about-us/aoc-regions/aoc-n-w.

For more information about the GM Local Skills Improvement Plan, visit https://www.gmlsip.co.uk/ or contact us via gmlsip@gmchamber.co.uk.

Thanks for listening!