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Skills and Enterprise Training for College Success
Engaging Employers • Boosting Student Employability • Delivering Qualifications |
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About The Working Knowledge Group
 Working Knowledge is committed to narrowing the gap between education and the workplace; raising the aspirations and employability skills of students and opening the eyes of employers to how young people can help drive business success in a rapidly changing economic environment.
The Working Knowledge team has first hand experience of starting, growing and managing businesses, and is very acutely aware of the need to build knowledge and capacity in young people for them to actively contribute to businesses of all sizes.
The core processes behind Working Knowledge’s methods were developed in collaboration with the University of Cambridge and are unique.
Working Knowledge supports over half of the UK’s universities by training educators and licensing institutions in its methods and tools to build the employability skills of students. There are now over 600 accredited practitioners of its methodologies within universities.
Working Knowledge runs Flux, the largest student employability and enterprise competition in the UK, which involves 100 universities, 130 businesses and thousands of students (www.flux500.com).
In addition, Working Knowledge has significant experience of designing and delivering high-profile enterprise and entrepreneurial activities that are engaging, challenging, effective and fun. For example:
- Design and delivery of The Edge, an enterprise competition for years 9 and 10 offered to every secondary school in the South East, funded by the The South East Development Agency (www.haveyougottheedge.com).
- Developer of workshops and products to support Microsoft’s Idea Igloo and the Make your Mark campaign to promote innovation to young people at universities and colleges (www.twkg.net/events).
- Ride the Wave has been developed in cooperation with Redcar and Cleveland College. This two-year collaboration ensured that the programme effectively meets it’s learning and skills objectives and also clearly demonstrates wider college benefits.
- Lead Partner in the £1million Yell for Enterprise Programme as part of the Corporate Responsibility of the FTSE100 Yell Group supporting 5,000 businesses per year.
If you would like to know more about Ride the Wave then please call us on 0870 720 1071 or email ridethewave@twkg.net.
Meet the Team ...
 Andrew Hatcher - Programme design and qualifications
Before co-founding Working Knowledge with James I was involved in venture funding within large corporations, creating a range of spin-outs and joint ventures.  more |
|  James Lott - College Partnerships
Before co-founding Working Knowledge with Andrew, I set-up several companies based around my invention popVase, an innovative paper vase that really does hold water! more |
|  Stephen Hobbs - Event Delivery
I have more than 30 years experience as a change agent to private, public and non-profit sectors. more |
|  Helen Fordham, Office Manager
Before joining Working Knowledge, I started, managed and sold a business with my husband. This really opened my eyes to the challenge and gave me a keen understanding of small business processes and the importance of good organisation. more |
|  Sam Crabb - Systems Manager
I have a background as an analyst with 7 years experience as an IT consultant and trainer working with corporate clients in the UK and US. After a career break including a two year spell living in Malaysia, I returned to the world of work to join FDUK to develop its associate network before coming to Working Knowledge. more |
|  Stephen King, Finance Director
I have a passion for and 10 years experience of building successful businesses from start-up, including fduk which provides part-time finance directors to growing businesses. more |
|  Awad Bhenick - Film and Digital Media
Originally from Mauritius, I learnt the tools of the video trade as a teenager working in the family video productions business for weddings. In 2006 I graduated with a BA in Media & Advertising at the University of East-London (UEL). more |
| Associates
Dan Dresner,
Lorraine Bald,
Bob Caren. |
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