Breakfast Briefing with Paul Kett, Director General, Skills Group, Department for Education
Author WIG Date 9 Nov 2022
We were delighted to welcome Paul Kett, Director General for Skills in the Department for Education, for this Breakfast Briefing on the UK’s long-term skills agenda.
Catch up on this Briefing's recording to:
- Learn more about the DfE’s current priorities and plans to develop key interventions such as skills bootcamps
- Better understand the importance of a ‘future proofed’ UK-wide skills strategy to support Levelling-up, and meet the challenges of achieving net zero
- Gain insight into how organisations across government, industry, academia, and the not-for-profit sector can collaborate to support the upskilling and reskilling of the UK workforce
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Speakers at the Event
Paul Kett has been a Director General at the Department for Education (DfE) since February 2017. He is currently the Director General for Skills Group.
He is also the:
- Chair of the DfE Digital, Data and Technology Committee
- Departmental Race Champion
- Head of the Policy Profession
Paul’s previous roles at DfE include:
- Director General for Higher and Further Education, Transformation and International Education
- Director General for Education Standards
- Director for Teachers and Teaching
Before his appointment at DfE, he worked for the British Army as a member of the Army Board in the role of Director Army Reform.
Paul spent much of his earlier civil service career with the Ministry of Justice in roles spanning strategy, policy and project delivery, including:
- Director Justice Reform
- Private Secretary to the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
Paul studied Physics at the University of Leicester, followed by a Masters at the University of Birmingham.
He is also a:
- Graduate of the Major Projects Leadership Academy (MPLA) at Saïd Business School, Oxford University
- Policy Leader Fellow at the Cambridge University Centre for Science and Policy