Skills challenge

In a session on ‘Engaging with employers’, Sarah van der Heyden, policy adviser at the CIPD, and Hugh Tollyfield of the Higher Education Funding Council for England, looked at Leitch’s skills vision for 2020.

In particular, they explored the ways in which HR and the CIPD centres can provide the vital link between skills investment and increased productivity.
 

It’s untenable to have a normal retirement age in public-sector schemes that is significantly different from the state retirement age

Brian Bailey, Director of pensions, West Midlands Pension Fund and member of High Pay Commission