Coming up next at Onward
Over the next few weeks, we are thrilled to be hosting an exciting lineup of events with top notch speakers to discuss some of the most interesting issues of the moment. We very much look forward to having you join us.
Keeping the game beautiful: What should the fan-led review of football governance propose?
A month after six Premier League clubs abortively attempted to create an uncompetitive breakaway European Super League, this event will bring together leading voices from football and politics to discuss how the game should be reformed - not just to prevent another ESL breakaway but to introduce greater accountability in ownership, a stronger voice for fans, and the case for a formal regulator. Panellists include:
Gary Neville, former Manchester United footballer
Lord Mervyn King, former Governor of the Bank of England
Lord O'Shaughnessy, former Health Minister and former Director of Policy, No10
Alison McGovern MP, Shadow Sports Minister
Tom Greatrex, Vice chair, Football Supporters Association National Council
Date: Tuesday, 8th June
Time: 9am - 10.30am
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Making it big: The future of UK manufacturing
UK manufacturing has been in decline for the last fifty years, and with that decline has come the erosion of stable, skilled jobs and the hollowing out of industry in many parts of the North, Midlands and Wales. Towns and cities that formed the engine of the industrial revolution now make up some of the areas most in need of levelling up.
The shift to a services-based economy has tended to benefit city centre locations. If we want to see more good jobs outside city centres, what role can manufacturing potentially play? The UK has a wealth of manufacturing successes, from automotive and aerospace in the Midlands and North, to optoelectronics in Scotland. This event will consider what policies could support UK manufacturing and bring good, skilled jobs to places that need more. Speakers include:
Nadhim Zahawi MP, Minister for Business and Industry
Professor Juergen Maier CBE, Chair, Digital Catapult
Professor Janet Godsell, Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Strategy, The University of Warwick
Ian Muldowney, Chief Operating Officer and Engineering Director, BAE Systems Air
When: Thursday, 10th June
Time: 11.00am - 12.15pm
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Social Contract: The relationship between business and society after the crisis.
The coronavirus crisis has challenged our understanding of the relationship between business and society. On the one hand, businesses went to extraordinary lengths to support the national effort. On the other hand, companies that have issued dividends or claimed tax reliefs and furlough while making profits have been sharply criticised, or forced to hand back billions to the taxpayer. The event will consider to what extent the pandemic has reframed the contract between business and society and whether this should be reflected in our structures of corporate governance. Speakers include:
John Penrose MP, the Prime Minister’s Anti-Corruption Champion
Andrew Griffith MP, MP for Arundel and South Downs
Janet Williamson, Senior Policy Officer, TUC
Prof. Vanessa Knapp OBE, Visiting Professor, Department of Law, Queen Mary University of London
Hywel Ball, UK Chair and UK&I Managing Partner, EY
When: Tuesday, 15th June
Time: 4.30pm - 5.30pm
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Build back together: How can civic service give young people a future after coronavirus?
It is hard to overstate the effect of the pandemic on younger generations. Data from ONS shows between February 2020 and February this year, net employment fell by 693,000 jobs. Of those, 611,000 - nearly 9 in every 10 jobs lost - were among employees aged 18-35 years old. Young people face some of the most difficult circumstances at the beginning of their careers.
As Onward set out in The Policies of Belonging, civic service schemes can generate meaningful employment through community and civic action, helping young people to both contribute to society and generate valuable skills and experience. The National Citizen Service (NCS) will be piloting a new scheme this summer, UK1, which will put civic service for young people into practice in the UK.
This panel event will consider how best the Government, private sector, charities and the NCS can work together to help support young people through civic service. It will explore how the UK1 model works and how the pilot can be scaled and developed in future to support the empowerment and employment of young people. How can civic service give young people a future after coronavirus? Panellists include:
Lord James O’Shaughnessy, Former Director of Policy, No. 10 Downing Street
Rt Hon. Lord David Bulnkett PC, Former MP of Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough
Danny Kruger MP, MP for Devizes
Jessica Oghenegweke, Social Mobility Commissioner
Mark Gifford, Chief Executive, National Citizen Service
When: Friday, 18th June
Time: 11.00am - 12.00pm
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If you have any questions regarding upcoming events please contact Katie Fairclough, Head of External Relations, at katie.fairclough@ukonward.com.