Alastair Welch | Director | Port of Southampton
ABP Southampton
Tim Jackson | Principal and Chief Executive | Sparsholt College
Sparsholt College
Professor Graham Galbraith | Vice-Chancellor | University of Portsmouth
University of Portsmouth
Aidan Thorn | Marine Robotics Innovation Centre Manager | National Oceanography Centre
National Oceanographic Centre, Southampton
Solent University
and home to over 65,000 students
and several centres of academic excellence
residents of working age employed
Hampshire hosts a family of state and private schools, providing first-class education. When it comes to primary and secondary education, Hampshire outperforms; overall attainment is well above the national average.
If you are looking for the right talent to grow your business Hampshire offers a highly skilled population. Hampshire has a workforce of over 700,000; more than two out of five people of working age have a degree or equivalent level qualification.
With more than 68,000 students across four universities and a network of world-leading research and development centres, Hampshire offers direct access to some of the world’s best academic resources and a pipeline of new talent.
We have the people your business needs. We work alongside businesses, colleges and universities, to help shape their future needs, and keep the economy thriving.
New facilities such as the Andover Technology and Skills Centre and the Whitehill and Bordon Future Skills Centre are a great example of partnerships to address skills.
The Centre of Excellence in Manufacturing and Advanced Skills Training (CEMAST) in Fareham partners with leading businesses including BAE Systems, GE Aviation, Virgin Atlantic, CooperVision, Burgess Marine, and Jensen Motorsport. Courses are designed in partnership with local industry leaders to ensure that students gain the most relevant and up to date industry knowledge. It is the main learning centre for students in apprenticeship programmes with the college’s partner companies.
Read more about Hampshire's universities
Read more about available Business Space in Hampshire
To help create new jobs for young people, the government has launched a new Kickstart scheme. The Kickstart Scheme is a £2 billion fund to create hundreds of thousands of high quality 6-month work placements for young people aged 16-24, who are claiming Universal Credit.
Read more about the scheme here
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