FREE WEBINAR

How Local Authorities are using Digital Badges to Build Skills Insights

47 minutes

Watch this Lightcast webinar the experience of two UK Local Authorities in implementing Digital Badges to help bridge the Skills Gap. Hear from leaders at Cambridge City Council, and Belfast City Council, all of whom are pioneering a step-change initiative as part of the Cities of Learning movement.

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🔍 What to Expect:

✅ Discover how Local Authorities are leveraging Digital Badges on the ground to enable better participation, evidence and report on skills development and improve outcomes for residents.

✅ Explore the unique integration of Lightcast’s Global Skills Classification to make use of practical data insights about skills initiatives and evaluate career pathways.

✅ How the programme is connecting employers and learning providers in key industries through digital badges and helping employers adopt a new ‘skills-based’ hiring approach to filling vacancies.

✅ How the teams enable learning providers to design digital badges of value that signpost learner-to-career opportunities.

✅ How the platform supports local learners to discover new opportunities based on skills they have, specifically targeting those impacted by social inequalities.

Meet the speakers

  • Necole Donaghy

    Employability and Skills Officer

    BELFAST CITY COUNCIL

  • Lucy Laing

    Co-Project Manager for Region of Learning

    CAMBRIDGE CITY COUNCIL

  • Joanna Hodgson

    Co-Project Manager for Region of Learning

    CAMBRIDGE CITY COUNCIL

  • Will Cookson

    LIGHTCAST

Watch the recording