Scientiam, a subsidiary company of Wirral Metropolitan College, is delighted to welcome new Managing Director, Mandi O’Shea to their helm. Located on the Wirral, Scientiam specialise in the delivery of apprenticeships and have helped to provide qualifications to over 2000 young and adult learners since 2001.
Mandi joins Scientiam from the Manchester Enterprises Group where she has worked for the last 8 years; most recently as Head of the Skills Brokerage Services for Greater Manchester. Mandi has experience of leading initiatives responsible for delivering social and economic benefit in some of the most deprived communities, and is now looking forward to working in Merseyside.
With over 18 years experience of work based learning and the FE sector, Mandi is looking forward to her new role in Scientiam and commented: ”I am delighted and privileged to be given the opportunity to build upon Scientiam’s recent achievements and I’m really looking forward to the challenge of further developing their learning portfolio for the benefit of residents and businesses of Merseyside”.
Asked of the challenges facing Scientiam and the industry, Mandi added: “At present the quality of training Scientiam provides is second to none. The challenge we face is to maintain this high quality standard, ensuring we work with our partners to raise the skills base of workforces across Merseyside and ensure employers have the most motivated staff both now and for the future”.
Scientiam have obtained the Investors in People (IiP) Award, have the ‘Matrix Standard’ to their name, and have recently been recognised for being a good practice work-based learning provider by the government led Quality Improvement Agency (QIA). With over 40 full time staff, Scientiam have built up a reputation as one of the best training providers in the North West. For more details contact 0151 650 1678 or visit www.scientiam.co.uk.