• Event Date: 3rd September 2026
• Venue: Keele University
• Organiser: Keele University

Keele Skills Bootcamp E Flyer

Keele University will be running their popular Skills Bootcamp – Future Ready Leadership course, throughout September.

The course is both certified by the Dept of Education and holds University module credits. Green skills are becoming a defining feature of the UK labour market, influencing hiring practices, reshaping job requirements, and creating new pathways to economic opportunity across the country.

Website: https://www.keele.ac.uk/study/cpdandleadership/cpd-bootcamp/

Skills Bootcamp – Future Ready Leadership

• Practical expert support for sole traders and SMEs to reduce costs, manage risk and stay competitive in a changing economy
• 10 sessions delivered from 3rd September 2026. Hybrid model
• SME businesses fund 10% of the costs and it is fully funded for the self employed
• We welcome conversation about specific business needs to help shape elements of the programme

Why engage?

• Understand clear opportunities to reduce costs and improve efficiency
• Develop practical approaches to leading organisational change
• Learn about tools for embedding sustainability into everyday business decisions
• See strategies for communicating sustainability internally and externally
• Get insight into upcoming policy and regulatory developments
• Produce a structured organisational action plan ready to implement

Overview:

• Understand emerging sustainability challenges and decision making
• Think about sustainability as a competitive advantage
• Gain insight into policy and regulations that matter to your business
• Understand and explore funding opportunities
• Leave with an action plan to implement for your business needs
• Meet industry professionals  – including speakers from Wylde Connections and Positive Planet

• Emerging Sustainability Challenges
• Sustainability as a Competitive Advantage
• Organisational Change Management
• Behaviour Change
• Sustainable Decision Making
• Policy and Regulation
• Risk and Business Continuity
• Developing an action plan

Criteria:

• Open to SMEs and larger employers, and individuals that are self-employed/unemployed
• Learners must be over 19 and have the right to work in the UK
• Learners must be based in the Stoke/Staffordshire area
• Fully funded for self/un-employed and micro businesses with no payroll
• 90% funded for SMEs meaning a £340 contribution and 70% funded for larger businesses, £1020 contribution

Course modules – 10 sessions Thursdays 9:30 – 4:30pm:

Please email skills.bootcamps@keele.ac.uk to express your interest.