The Governments aim for raising skill levels' Skills: Getting on in business, getting on at work

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The Governments aim for raising skill
levels.Skills Getting on in business, getting
on at work

• Hugh Tollyfield
• Deputy Director, Skills for Success
• Department for Education and Skills

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Skills Getting on in business, getting on at work

• Time for change
• Time for skills
• Time for FE

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Skills Getting on in business, getting on at work

• The principles
• Skills are major contributor to productivity
• Cross-Government agenda
• Tackle demand and supply
• Moving ahead with aims from the first White
  Paper
• Coherent lifelong learning vision alongside new
  14-19 White Paper, 14-19 Education and Skills
  (Feb 05)
• We must be clear about our priorities, and use
  public funds where most needed
• This a social as well as an economic agenda

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Skills Challenges

• Weaknesses in national performance
• International competitiveness
• Demographic trends
• People excluded from labour force

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Key themes

• Putting Employers needs centre stage
• Demand-led not Supply-driven training market
• Stimulating employers to use skills to achieve
  more ambitious business strategies
• Motivating and supporting learners
• Enabling colleges and training providers to
  respond
• Energising partners at national and regional
  levels

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Putting Employers Centre Stage

• New National Employer Training Programme by
  2007-08
• Builds on 18 ETPs nearly 21,000 employers and
  over 163,000 employees currently benefiting
• Demand led
• Brokerage service at centre
• Continue offering free training for first full L2
  qualification
• Extra 20m in each of 06-07 and 07-08 to trial L3
  training at work in 2 pilot areas
• Develop management and leadership skills for SMEs

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Putting Employers Centre Stage Brokerage and
Business Support
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Putting Employers Centre Stage

• Full network of Sector Skills Councils
• 23 licensed, final 2 by mid 2005
• 4 Sector Skills Agreements launched on 22 March
• ConstructionSkills
• e-skills UK (IT)
• SEMTA (Science, Engineering and Manufacturing)
• Skillset (Audiovisual)

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Putting Employers Centre Stage

• Network of Skills Academies
• Initial plans for 12 by 2007-08
• One for each major sector of economy over time
• One Model Fashion Retail Academy
• Partnership with Arcadia Group Ltd
• Develop curriculum and qualifications for fashion
  retail
• Internationally recognised centre of excellence

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Motivating and Supporting Learners

• Strengthen Skills for Life programme
• Exceeded 2004 target
• New target 2.25 million adults with literacy
  and numeracy skills by 2010
• Free training to Level 2 extended nationally by
  2006-07
• Current trials supported 162,000 adults (03/04)

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Motivating and Supporting Learners

• Adult Learning Grant
• Over 5,000 learners benefiting
• National roll out from 2008-09
• Opportunities for progression to Level 3
• By 2012, two thirds of all jobs will require L3
  skills
• RSPs assess how best to spend public funds at L3
• Trialling matched funding for L3 through NETP in
  two areas

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Motivating and Supporting Learners

• Reform of information and guidance services
• New Deal for Skills
• Building in our commitment to equality and
  diversity

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Enabling Colleges To Respond

• Building capacity to deliver NETP and the
  brokerage service
• Re-engineer training programmes
• Change delivery models
• Review role and capacity of BDUs
• Including colleges and providers in planning
  delivery of brokerage service

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Enabling Colleges To Respond

• Quality Improvement Agency and LSC Agenda For
  Change
• Improved and relevant quality standards
• New training materials/resources
• Workforce Development through Lifelong Learning
  UK
• Reskilling tutor workforce
• Building assessor capcity

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Energising Partners

• Skills Alliance to continue to lead national
  agenda
• Stronger role for all 9 Regional Skills
  Partnerships
• Strong partnership with Trade Unions

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Challenge

• NETP goes national 2006
• will you be ready?
• Sector Skills Agreements coming through
• can you respond?
• Delivering a quality response to demand and
  raising income
• are you equipped?