Researching Skills in 2013: Churchill Fellowship

WPC Group CEO Nicholas Wyman was presented with the 2012 Park Family Churchill Fellowship by The Governor of Victoria Alex Chernov recently.

Nicholas is particularly interested in the challenges companies face in finding and developing skilled employees.  Nicholas will be researching and reporting on youth unemployment and the transition between school and the world of work in Australia, Germany, France, the UK and the Netherlands. He also intends to see how these countries have embraced Sustainability in Apprenticeships and Traineships.  Other Churchill fellows for 2012 include Mr William Thomas who will investigate sustainability education and sustainability practice with emphasis on water, waste, energy and biodiversity – Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Iceland.