Free UEA-led skills training
Free skills training is available to individuals, businesses and community organisations affected by the downturn.
More than 500 Norfolk-based individuals and 100 organisations are already making the most of the training, which is co-funded by Norfolk County Council and based at the University of East Anglia.
It is aimed at:
- Middle managers/ professionals who have been made redundant or are at risk of redundancy
- Unemployed/ underemployed recent graduates
- Small and medium businesses and voluntary and community organisations, particularly owners/ directors and senior executives.
Key areas covered include:
- Individual skills and career development sessions (career guidance, job search skills and CV feedback)
- Individual and group business coaching and skills workshops
- A wide range of skills development courses
- A graduate internship scheme to help develop a new innovation or project within a local business
- A scheme to train managers to become Carbon Champions and learn how to save and make money from the low-carbon economy
- A mentoring scheme for recent creative arts graduates.
To find out more and to register, contact Sophie Major on 01603 591816 or evolve@uea.ac.uk, or visit www.evolvenorfolk.co.uk