The annual UKFT Education Partner Conference brings together partners from higher education, further education, private provision and industry from across the UK to engage in briefings, panel sessions, workshops and sandbox discussions and are available to all Education Partner members.

This is an invite-only event for UKFT Education Partners. To discuss becoming a UKFT Education Partner, please email info@ukft.org

• Welcome & Introduction | Dean of The University of Manchester
• Opening Speech | Adam Mansell, UKFT
• Sector Skills Body (SSB) Update | John West, UKFT
• Skills England Update | Kirsty Woollaston, Skills England
• Graduate Outcomes Survey (Raising Awareness Amongst Students) | John West, UKFT & Sinead Gabb, Jisc
• Bridging the Gap: Graduate Expectations vs Industry Reality | Panel discussion with Abraham Moon and Sons & Heathcoat Fabrics
• Sustainability Best Practice: Simplifying the Noise | Lizzy Dakin, UKFT
• B Corp: From Inside a B Corp Organisation | Michael Cusack, ACS Clothing
• Regulation: Navigating an Ever-Changing Landscape | Ava Kenny-Colwell, UKFT
• Advanced Textiles Manufacture and Research | Celia Thornley, UKFT
• Product Development for the Fashion Industry | Celia Thornley, UKFT & Laura Fish, Fashion Toolbox
• UKFT Approved: Qualification Recognition for Higher Education | Alice Welsh, UKFT
• Open Discussion | Alice Welsh, John West, Celia Thornley, Ava Kenny-Colwell & Lizzy Dakin, UKFT
• Close | Adam Mansell & John West, UKFT