Worcestershire Employment and Skills board
Carl Arntzen, our CEO, is Chair of Worcestershire Employment and Skills board.The main remit is to champion investment in the workforce by the private sector to support and sustain economic growth.
Their broad purpose is to support schools and provide learning opportunities, lobby government (both local and national) and to encourage and promote skills investment in Worcestershire's workforce to all employers and their supply chains, to ensure the widest possible business engagement in recruitment, retention and skills development.
Carl is also involved with the Greater Birmingham & Solihull Institute of Technology outreach board. Their focus is to attract more students to study STEM topics.
Two Stem Ambassadors at our Clay Cross site in Derbyshire have been working with local schools – Derby High School and Tibshelf School as mentors to advise and support on STEM projects within the Industrial Cadets Bronze project – a 12 week STEM project for students in year 8 and 9.
Derby High School
Industrial Cadets Bronze
Tibshelf School
Women in Engineering
The Bosch Group is active in the Women in Engineering movement across the globe, which aims to encourage engineering as a career for women. Prior to the pandemic we held regular events at Worcester Bosch, to debate the topic and have training sessions, also visiting schools to promote the subject. This year we will be holding virtual events.
A Robot Called B4
We have created a storybook to encourage children to consider the environment in a fun and entertaining way by following the epic adventures of Alfie and Eva.
Picture a Greener Future book
For younger readers we have a workbook called ‘Picture a Greener Future’, which talks about home energy efficiency and how to save energy and resources at home – it includes a wordsearch and colouring section.