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Roundtable

Roundtable on Apprenticeship Reform with Kate Ridley-Pepper, Director, Work Based Skills Directorate, Department for Work and Pensions

This discussion will explore how apprenticeship reform poses both challenges and opportunities for employers and where greater collaboration is possible.

Date & time

24 Feb 2026

14:00 - 16:00

Attendance type

In Person

Where

Central London

Price

Free

Theme(s)

Skills and education

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Speaker

Kate Ridley-Pepper is a former educational researcher at the National Foundation for Educational Research. She then spent over a decade in the Department for Education in roles including the Head of Careers and Post-16 Participation and as the Bill Manager for the Technical and Further Education Bill. More recently, she headed up a policy innovation team in the Cabinet Office, led two major improvement programmes within the Home Office (firstly the organisational wide change following the Windrush Scandal and then in crisis management following Afghanistan).

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Date & time

24 Feb 2026

14:00 - 16:00

Attendance type

In Person

Where

Central London

Price

Free

Theme(s)

Skills and education

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