An online education event in June continued Chilled Education’s work in the virtual world. The University of Northamptonshire invited Karin Goodburn and Samworth Degree Apprentice Matty Desforges to share career insights at its online STEAM (Science Technology Engineering Arts and Maths) event. More than 600 students from years 6 to 12 attended and the CEd presentation was the third most popular over the week-long event (just behind Maths and Physics). The full presentation can be seen here.

The career pages on the Chilled Education website are a popular resource, with real voices talking about their career paths. Four new candidates join a roll-call of industry experts: Greencore’s Nicola Clarkson and Vicky Rust, and Oduro Ampaw and Margaret McPheat of 2 Sisters Food Group. Who made a surprising career change, and which colleague found themselves working in Russia? Find out here.                 

The Chilled Food Association’s (CFA) innovative, award-winning project to nurture the next generation of chilled food scientists, Chilled Education (CEd) celebrates its tenth anniversary this month (12 September). Over the decade the initiative has worked with industry and education specialists to raise awareness of careers in the chilled food industry amongst teachers and students. Its original mission – to address the skills gap in the sector – remains as important as ever as businesses strive to recruit and retain a high calibre workforce. Since launching, thousands of teachers and students have benefitted from innovative resources (such as the unique, hugely […]