Dr Michele Lawty-Jones

Director of the Lancashire Skills Hub

Michele took up the role of Director of the Lancashire Skills Hub in August 2015, and is responsible for the development and implementation of the Lancashire Skills and Employment Strategic Framework, reporting to the Lancashire LEP Skills and Employment Board.

Previously she was Head of Enterprise and Innovation at the University of Cumbria and Head of Skills and Education at the Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA), leading on two themes of the Regional Economic Strategy. She was also previously Partnerships Director at Connexions Lancashire.

A Chartered Psychologist, Michele is passionate about people and social mobility, and the contribution that skilled, engaged and productive people can make to economic regeneration and business growth.

Latest Updates and Events

The Final Countdown a celebration of the achievements of the Multiply programme

  The Lancashire Skills and Employment Hub recently hosted the Multiply: The Final Countdown event to celebrate the achievements of the Multiply programme. This event provided a platform...

County Council to provide £300,000 to incentivise further apprenticeships

  The council’s innovative Young Apprenticeship Grant scheme was introduced in 2022 and has already led to no less than 126 young people getting off to a flying...

“Young people will have been failed if action is not taken”: Major new report on Digital Skills presented to Government by cross-sector partnership

Every school and college should appoint an individual responsible for digital education, create a new modular and continually updated digital qualification, and introduce an independent, cross-sector Digital Education...