DORSET SKILLS Board

Responsibilities:

  • To strategically plan for skills demands and needs taking into account labour market information and the changing employment landscape
  • Influencing appropriate strategic responses in skills provision to increase the proportion of higher-productivity, knowledge-intensive jobs

The Committee Terms of Reference can be found here: Dorset Skills Board Terms of Reference.

Membership:

  • Nicola Newman, Dorset Chamber of Commerce (Chair)
  • Rod Davis, Private Training Providers (Deputy Chair)
  • Rebecca Davies, Dorset LEP
  • Jon Bird, Dorset Council
  • Joanna Gale, Seetec Pluss
  • Adrian Gunner, SWRAC
  • Lesley Haig, Health Sciences University
  • Hugh Joseph, Engineering Sector
  • David Matthews, Food Production Sector
  • Andrea Murphy, Seetec Pluss
  • Eleanor Parson, NHS Dorset
  • Sarah Rice, BCP Council
  • Phil Sayles, Bournemouth and Poole College 
  • Philip Sewell, Bournemouth University
  • Helen Stevenson, Dorset LEP / Dorset Careers Hub
  • Penny Syddall, Dorset Council
  • Karen Taylor, DWP
  • Amy Walton, BCP Council
  • Kate Wills, Weymouth & Kingston Maurward College 

Meeting dates, agendas and minutes

Meetings take place at least once a quarter, upcoming dates are:

  • 24th March 2025

Copies of all meeting documents will be published below: