Next Gen Makers

Our Engineering Skills Conference 2024 is tomorrow! 🤩 160 delegates are registered to attend for a packed line up of speakers and panel discussions inc. industry experts and young people covering: 🎯 Better understand Gen Z and Gen Alpha 🎯 Four early careers strategies any business could benefit from 🎯 Where and how to find more diverse talent 🎯 Apprentice wellbeing and mental health Powered by: Next Gen Makers & MSC Industrial Supply Co. UK Hosted by: BMet, Matthew Boulton College, Birmingham B4 7PS Keynote Speakers include: Chris Corkan from Make UK, Calum Nisbet from The Kaleidoscope Plus Group, Katherine Watson from WISE, Karen Byng from Aston University Engineering Academy, @Rob Ewels from Waterfit Ltd and Apprentices from Williams Jet Tenders, Teledyne e2v, Sulzer, KUKA, Collins Aerospace and PP Control & Automation

We are delighted to announce the expansion of our historic #apprenticeship scheme, with the addition of 3 new #toolmaking apprentices. As we celebrate 125 years in business in 2024, we are also celebrating over three decades of developing our own home grown #engineers. The 2024 summer intake mirrors that of 2023, with individuals working towards a Toolmaking pathway and specialised training provided by long standing apprenticeship training partner MIDLAND GROUP TRAINING SERVICES LIMITED (MGTS). Read the full article on our website via the link in the comments below... #apprenticeships #skills #future #engineering

Pleased to announce that MTC Training & Oxfordshire Advanced Skills have signed a partnership with Next Gen Makers. MTC Training’s mission is to create the next generation of engineering talent whilst upskilling and reskilling existing workforces, ensuring UK manufacturing businesses have the skilled employees they need to continue to make the country’s manufacturing industry globally competitive. The apprenticeship training provider is part of the MTC - Manufacturing Technology Centre, a member of the UK’s High Value Manufacturing Catapult that was established in 2010 to accelerate innovation in manufacturing processes and technologies in partnership with industry and academia. You can read more about our partnership here.... https://lnkd.in/eW_pnZEq

We are delighted to welcome the Molson Coors Beverage Company to the Next Gen Makers community... Their membership of the Engineering Apprenticeships: Best Practice Programme as part of this, recognises that as a company they are committed to: ✅ Investing in the ongoing Training & Development of the next generation of Engineers ✅ Benchmarking and ensuring their Apprenticeship Scheme is best in class ✅ Working towards being recognised as an exemplar employer for #engineering apprenticeships For over two centuries Molson Coors has been brewing beverages that unite people to celebrate all life’s moments. From Coors Light, Miller Lite, Madri, Carling, and Staropramen to Blue Moon Belgian White, Blue Moon Light and more, Molson Coors produces many beloved and iconic beverage brands. #apprenticeships #bestpractice #apprenticeshipexcellence #ukmfg #supportukmfg #engineering #excellentemployers

The Next Gen Makers Engineering Skills Conference 2024 has ‘sold out’, with full capacity reached within only three weeks of ticket registration launching. 160 free tickets have been snapped up for the half day event, which will be held on 30th October 2024 at BMet Matthew Boulton College in Birmingham between 9am and 1pm. https://lnkd.in/ewmad5UA

"It's so vast engineering... and there is something for everybody. Whether you like to design things, make things, test things, fix them, analyse them. There's a career pathway within engineering for everybody." In our latest inspirON exchange podcast, Adam Tipper, Managing Director and Co-owner of Next Gen Makers, joins our host, Alex Edwards, to discuss the world of apprenticeships, experiences faced, and best practices organisations can implement to deliver a great experience. Listen now ➡️ https://lnkd.in/ejECi7Mr #inspirONexchange #Engineering #Podcast #Apprenticeships #ukmfg #BestPractice

🎉 🏅 🏆 We are very proud to congratulate Hadley Group, Paralloy Group Limited, and Powell (UK) Limited who are the latest companies to have achieved the Make UK Engineering Apprenticeships: Employer Kitemark through our Engineering Apprenticeships: Best Practice Programme. These companies represent THE BEST employers in the UK for #engineering #apprenticeships - validated by the feedback of their existing #apprentices and a commitment to benchmark their scheme against, and maintain, best in class methods. Essentially, they work hard to create a great Apprentice experience. They join the likes of.... Systems adi Group Ltd, Alucast Ltd, Brown McFarlane Ltd, Kirkstall Precision Engineering, KUKA, LISI AEROSPACE, The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Petford Group Ltd, PiovanGroup, R&B Switchgear Group, SMC Corporation (UK), THOMAS DUDLEY LTD, The Weir Group PLC, Whale Tankers, wienerberger UK, Siemens Digital Industries Software, Teledyne e2v, HCM Engineering, Collins Aerospace - Marston Green, Bensons Panels, LBBC Group, Neutronic Technologies, Sertec Group Ltd, TGW Logistics Group, West Midlands Trains, Hydraforce Group, Nifco UK Limited, Festo UK & Ireland, Cambridge Aero Club (Marshall Aerospace), Collins Aerospace - HS Marston, thyssenkrupp Materials UK Ltd, Veolia Water Technologies UK, Davicon Mezzanine Floors Limited, Promtek, Brown & Holmes (Tamworth) Ltd, Cummins Inc. and more in holding the prestigious employer Kitemark. Many more companies are set to achieve the Kitemark in 2025 and are on Programme to make sure their teams are equipped with the knowledge and tools to best attract and retain talent to future proof their businesses. Congratulations again and we look forward to seeing your progress moving forward. #ukmfg #ukmanufacturing #skills #excellentemployers #nextgeneration #bestpractice #quality

As Chancellor Rachel Reeves prepares to deliver her budget, organisations such as Make UK and the Association of Colleges want resources to be better focused on the sector. Make UK CEO Stephen Phipson said the primary reason for the collapse in #manufacturing apprenticeships was the government’s failure to fund them at a level that made them economic for colleges and private training companies to deliver. According to Make UK’s submission to the Treasury ahead of the Budget, government funding for a Level 3 (equivalent to A-level standard) apprenticeship in engineering is capped at £27,000 when they cost £36,000 a year to deliver. “The new government has committed to building a talent pipeline but this cannot happen with the current funding arrangements which are leading many training providers to simply walk away because it is basically uneconomic,” Phipson said. Make UK said it was not asking for more money, but was instead urging Treasury to concentrate existing levy resources better, in order to fully finance the apprenticeship standards that support its “industrial strategy”. https://lnkd.in/exEhP8jk #SupportUKmfg #ShoutAboutUKmfg #UKmanufacturing #UKmfg Ben Courts Jim Davison Dawn Huntrod Darren Grantham Annette Hobson Janis Richards Terri H. Kerri-Anne Mruk

📢 Our Engineering Skills Conference is now officially Sold Out! 📢 Thank you to all who registered for tickets. We look forward to welcoming you to BMet on the 30th October for a morning of insight, best practice sharing, and networking. #engineering #skillsgap #networking #insight #bestpractice

We're delighted to announce that Adam Tipper, managing director of Next Gen Makers, joins the independent judging panel of the Apprenticeship Guide Awards 2025! Adam is co-owner and managing director of Next Gen Makers, a membership initiative uniting a community of engineering and manufacturing firms. Adam's work has helped to share best practice and collectively inspire the next generation, all while recognising and promoting the UK's best employers for engineering apprenticeships. We're delighted to welcome Adam to the judging panel! The #AGAwards are now open for entries! Enter before 20 December: https://lnkd.in/ea7Tge6D