Over 4,000 visitors poured through the doors of The Gateway in Aylesbury for the Bucks Skills Show 2019 in October, increasing the number of students inspired about future career paths by a third compared to last year.

Read more about the Bucks Skills Show below and see the pictures taken over the two-day event.

Bucks Skills Show round-up

Students from 23 schools across Buckinghamshire and neighbouring areas met over 120 exhibitors and high-profile speakers across a wide variety of sectors, including creative, health and medical technology, public sector, and space. Businesses ranged from global corporations such as Johnson & Johnson and Marriott Hotels to local businesses such as Monsta Pizza and Odds Farm Park.

See the fantastic photographs taken at the Bucks Skills Show on October 18th & 19th that really show off how engaging and inspiring the event was to the young people who attended.

Alison Lomax, Director of Retail at Google, who spoke at the event, said: “I was blown away by the breadth of exhibitors from every walk of the careers spectrum – it was so beneficial for students and I’d love to return to represent the digital sector next year.”

Parents were equally enthusiastic, with one mum commenting: “My daughter thoroughly enjoyed the Bucks Skills Show and took away lots of valuable information and resources. As a parent, it also helped me to understand the different paths she could take. We both came away very positive and enthused.”

Event organiser Marina Jackson from Buckinghamshire Skills Hub, summed up the event: “This year was undoubtedly a roaring success. Businesses, parents, students, and teachers all told us how much they benefited from it, and we must say a huge thank you to our four major sponsors – Cube Video, Flannery Plant Hire, Buckinghamshire College Group and Bucks New University – for making it possible. My next task is to book in dates for 2020!”

Relive the Bucks Skills Show

View the video of the event here > 

View pictures from the event here > 

Get involved with the Buckinghamshire Skills Hub

The aim of Buckinghamshire LEP’s Skills Hub is to make a difference to young people’s employability while addressing the needs of employers. Buckinghamshire Skills Hub is working to ensure all schools have access to effective and impactful employer interactions.

Bucks Skills Hub and its Enterprise Adviser Network supported over 150,000 employer-student encounters in Buckinghamshire in 2018/19, connecting schools and businesses and organising skills competitions in schools with employers including Bosch, East-West Rail and the National Film & Television School, and workplace visits to the likes of the British Standards Institution and Emerson.

The State of the Nation 2019 report, which represents the most comprehensive assessment of careers education in England, has placed Bucks Skills Hub as the top-performing for careers provision by achieving the highest average number of Gatsby benchmarks of 4.2 - compared to the national average of 3.0.

Read more about the work and achievements of the Buckinghamshire Skills Hub >

Email the team at skillshub@bbf.uk.com for more information.