Our team

Beth joined the Region of Learning team in June 2024 as Learning and Careers Officer. She will manage relationships with our delivery partners and stakeholders, ensuring everyone gets the most out of the project and that it continues to bring opportunities for skills and employment to people across the region. She will take the lead on the delivery of the project, overseeing the developing team which will ensure the crucial links between learners, providers and employers are joined up to embed digital badging in the local skills and employment landscape. Beth is passionate about creating the conditions for people to flourish and has a background in inclusion, arts education management (and is a trainee psychotherapist).

Julian Stanley joined the project in May 2024 leading on engagement with employers. Julian is now Project Delivery Manager, a role he shares with his colleague Beth McCabe.

His passion is empowering and motivating individuals and organisations. He enjoys helping people develop their skills and careers, and working with businesses, charities, public sector organisations, and community-based groups across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough to achieve their goals using digital badging.

Julian believes digital badging is a game-changer, offering the means to verify and record new and existing skills, training, and achievement, creating a passport to work experience and employment opportunities. And Increasingly employers are using digital badges to help attract new staff and to enable existing staff to develop the skills they need to succeed and to build a comprehensive digital portfolio of their professional growth.

With a career that spans senior leadership roles in several regional and national charities and commercial trading companies, Julian’s expertise touches diverse sectors: education, arts, mental health, community, economic development, skills, training, local government, and the civil service. A qualified executive, career coach, and life coach, Julian also proudly serves as Chair of Governors at Trumpington Community College in Cambridge

Alex joined the Region of Learning in April 2024 to support the team with coordinating and elevating processes within the project. Alex’s background is from facilities management which she provided managers support with processes, finance, H&S and compliance.