Latest News from the Skills 4 Training Team

How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome

A lot of us have been there, those niggling doubts, that voice in our heads that says, ‘What are you doing here? You’re way out of your league!’ Feel Familiar?

The Stereotype affecting 60% of UK Employees

These are some of the negative stereotypes persisting about people living with obesity in work, often leading to discrimination in the workplace.

Skills 4 founder shortlisted for the UK’s largest Diversity Awards

Leeds gender diversity specialist Skills 4 lands two industry awards

Skills 4 Wins at the Women in Tech Employer Awards

The inaugural Women in Tech Employer Awards have now taken place and we are delighted to have become one of the very first winners of the Best Supplier category!

Podcast Episode 4: Changing The Narrative Around Disability

Skills 4 Wins at The Women In Rail Awards

The Skills 4 EMPOWER Programme won Best Development Programme at this year’s Women in Rail Awards.

Skills 4 Newsletter April 2022

Latest newsletter which includes our latest awards news.

Podcast Episode 3: Let’s Talk About Neurodiversity

Skills 4 Newsletter January 2022

Latest Skills 4 news including our upcoming events.

Podcast Episode 2: Difference Makes A Difference

Podcast Episode 1: Playing To Your Strengths

Improving Gender Diversity in STEM

Skills 4 partner with The Faraday Institution in order to move the dial on gender diversity in STEM.

A great review mid way through a training programme

We love hearing about our STEM Training Courses. But this particular delegate loved it so much, she reviewed it half way through

Skills 4 Newsletter October 2021

Our October Newsletter is here. Read our latest diversity & inclusion news on events and people and our first podcast goes live!!

Hosting an Equality, Diversity and Inclusion round table

Our CEO Jayne Little has travelled to Manchester this week to host an Equality, Diversity and Inclusion round table for the Palatine Private Equity LLP People Forum

National Inclusion Week

This week is National Inclusion Week and as one of the leading diversity and inclusion training providers in the UK, we are passionate about inclusion and supporting our clients to make Inclusion a part of their everyday within their organisational culture.

Delivering EMPOWER Training for BAM Nuttall Ltd

We have a brand new cohort from our client BAM Nuttall Ltd who will be attending our award winning EMPOWER Programme that is designed to help women further their careers within their organisation.

Our first face to face session in over a year

We are delighted to announce that we have just completed our first face to face training programme in over a year now that Covid-19 restrictions have been eased.

Our statement on the racist abuse towards England football players

We are appalled, along with the rest of the nation, with the vile racist abuse directed at some of the players within the English national team. We firmly stand against racism and all other forms of discrimination.

Signing up to CN’s Inspiring Women Pledge

We are proud to have joined the CN’s Inspiring Women in Construction Pledge to promote gender equality in the workplace.

Skills 4 Newsletter June 2021

June 2021 newsletter: Including our latest alumni event, a new team member and info on our new THRIVE career development training.

A small number of spaces still available

With just 11 days to go until our next Alumni Workshop, spaces have been filling up fast but there are still a small number of spaces still available for the webinar workshop.

A new Alumni Workshop is coming soon

Finding Your Magic Dust & Why This Matters: A workshop for past delegates.

Nominated for the Entrepreneur of Excellence Award at The National Diversity Awards 2021

We’re proud to share that our CEO and Founder Jayne Little has been nominated for the Entrepreneur of Excellence Award at The National Diversity Awards 2021 in association with ITV

Successfully interviewing for a senior position

Our founder and CEO Jayne Little, will be speaking at a webinar at the upcoming Construction News’ Inspiring Women in Construction Event.

Working with eCom Scotland

SNC-Lavalin announce new THRIVE Programme

ATKINS, a member of SNC Lavalin are excited to have announced a new programme to support career progression for diverse talents.

Balfour Beatty publish gender pay report

Great to see Balfour Beatty continuing to invest in gender equality in 2020 and we are excited to continue working with them to deliver Empower Career Development training for them.

NHS Digital partner with Skills 4 for Career Workshop

NHS Digital partner with Skills 4 for a ‘Boost your Career’ Workshop

International Women’s Day 2021

The 8th of March is International Women’s Day. As training providers for diversity & inclusion, we work hard every day to create a fairer, more inclusive world for everyone. Today and every day we celebrate the achievements of women and challenge gender bias & stereotypes

Boost your career workshop for female members of ICE

ICE, working with the Skills 4 team have an upcoming online workshop to help delegates brainstorm their next steps with regards to their careers

Firms rush to boost diversity but some over-rely on training

Training organisations that run diversity training courses have reported a surge in enquiries. But are some businesses misunderstand the training?

Tips for Homeschooling

As a working parent, I know what a challenge it can be to strike a good balance between work and parenting at the best of times; homeschooling has taken that challenge to a whole new level!!

Business as Usual

Coronavirus Update: With Covid-19 having caused so much disruption across the UK, we wanted to update our clients on what we are doing to reduce the impact caused by Coronavirus.

Skills 4 Newsletter February 2020

Awards Success in 2019

Skills 4 UK Scholar’s Award 2019 winner announced

Skills 4 Newsletter September 2019

Women in Racing winner announced

Government publishes Gender Equality Roadmap for Change

How reverse mentoring can improve an organisations diversity and inclusion

Skills 4 Newsletter June 2019

Atkins investing in their people – Sam Symes

Inspire Me – Leeds Workshop

What is a ‘Gender bias decoder’ and how can it help your business?

International Women’s day – Why do we still need one in 2019?

Are Your Communication Skills Holding You Back?

Skills 4 wins prestigious award for inspiring women to progress their career

Free Taster session – Leading and Managing Diverse Teams

Women in Power Conference

Women in Racing Mentoring and Networking Event

Jayne Little, on being named as a finalist in the Skills Champion of the Year Award

Skills 4 UK Scholar’s Award 2017 Winner Announced

Global Diversity

Part-time Trainer – Diversity and Inclusion

The best of both worlds – why women only training courses can be beneficial.

Announcing award for final year female scholars in conjunction with Skills 4 UK

Top ten perks of being a working mum

Free Course Places

Women on boards: 5 year summary (Davies review)

Sue Cooper scoops WISE Champion Award

HR expert joins the board

Government announces £10m fund to progress women in engineering

Gender balance vital for UK Industry – Skills 4 to deliver major programme in Northern Ireland

Girls vital to Northern Ireland’s manufacturing future

Jacqui Henderson, CBE, to support workforce gender diversity

Lynn Tomkins takes on new post at skills company

Baronesses and Industrialists Say Better Gender Balance Makes Better Business Sense

Performance: The ‘entry ticket’ for career progression

Communication: consider your audience

Do women face barriers from the outset?

Women and Wealth: Top 5 Female Entrepreneurs

Are Women Really ‘Equal’ to Men?

Are our people business decisions really being made by the unconscious bias?

Women in the Boardroom

Women’s careers hit the glass ceiling – is it all in the mind?

Women on Boards