Ondřej’s growing empathy makes him a better team member

A Postgraduate Certificate in Professional Development from Lancaster University Management School helped Ondřej Kalenský grow as an engineer and a team player. Ondřej, a Design Engineer for GVS Filter Technology UK, in Morecambe – a company who produce face masks, a business which has seen a massive uptick in production as a result of the […]

Lancashire Forum looks to empower SME businesses to thrive in a post-Covid world

The world has changed. The businesses who thrive will be the ones who change with it. As hard-hit businesses dust themselves off and look to the future, there’s a real opportunity. An opportunity to recover – but recover differently. People will hold businesses in the post-Covid world to higher levels of scrutiny, expecting them to […]

Senior Leaders Masters offers Lucy pathway to career success

School leader Lucy Burnett is confident a Senior Leaders Masters Degree Apprenticeship from Lancaster University will boost her career ambitions. Lucy is a Senior Leader at Flakefleet Primary School, in Fleetwood. She benefited from the personal approach employed by the Centre for Executive Training and Development (CeTAD), with individual mentors and recognition of your existing skills and knowledge. Lucy started the SLMDA with the quadruple accredited and world-ranked Lancaster University Management School (LUMS) with experience and previous qualifications built up over 12 years working in […]

Healthy new network and boosted confidence for Senior Masters student Claire

Claire Stott has been reinvigorated as an NHS leader thanks to the Senior Leaders Masters Degree Apprenticeship at Lancaster University Management School. Claire is the Assistant Director of Nursing Services-Urgent Care with the Bolton NHS Foundation Trust and the Oldham Care Organisation. She is studying the SLMDA with the Centre for Executive Training and Development (CeTAD) in LUMS. Claire has been supported throughout the course by a personal mentor, the CeTAD team and her employers. Combined […]

EnginE – Masterclass Delegate Testimonials

EnginE were involved in organising a range of Masterclasses for Manufacturing SMEs based in Lancashire. Here are some testimonials from some of the delegates that attended those masterclasses. Optimum Coatings Operations Manager, Ian Drake Forsberg Services Operations Manager, Dr Raphael Treffny BCW Manufacturing Group Training and Development Manager, Ashley St. John-Claire Recruitment Manager, Chris Rogers […]

The EnginE Project – Benefits to the business

Find out from the EnginE team how this project can benefit your business: Lancaster University Management School – EnginE Project Manager, Annette Suddes Lancaster University Senior Lecturer – Dr. Steve Eldridge

The EnginE Project – Internships

Lancashire manufacturing SME internship success for Forsberg – Bespoke Project Intern Dr Raphael Treffny says: “We were struggling to get the latest version of our Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system off the ground and make it an integral part across all departments. We understood that we needed someone to bring new skills to the business, […]

The EnginE Project – what can the EnginE Project offer you business?

EnginE works with Lancashire manufacturing SMEs to try and help address some of the workforce challenges that they may have. Training and development can be hard to afford and could lead to issues of retaining great staff and recruiting new people.

New digital skills grow North West manufacturing

Develop your strategic thinking to support the adoption of hi-tech and digitally-based manufacturing techniques into your own production processes and learn how to successfully bring employees and other stakeholders along on your digital transformation journey. Don’t just take our word for it, see comments below about what our first delegates thought about our Made Smarter […]

Driving growth in NW SMEs by solving the productivity puzzle

Understanding what drives productivity growth is vital to tackle the UK’s “productivity puzzle” and to exploit the opportunities presented by Industry 4.0. Lancaster University’s expertise in the productivity agenda is making Lancashire the place for people based productivity solutions – and its Manufacturing & Engineering SMEs are feeling the benefits. This powerful message was delivered […]