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Sectors Research, Sector Skills Councils and National Skills Academies VET SLIM meeting – 11 March 2011
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SW Sectors low carbon research Alliance of SSCs and Sector Skills Councils National Skills Academies Engaging and collaborating
Dawn Neale, Sectors Manager [email protected]
Reports coverage & Link Sectors covered:-
Marine Energy Nuclear LC manufacturing – including composites LC construction Micro renewables
http://www.southwestrda.org.uk/working_with_you/working_with_partners/skills_priorities/employment__skills_analysis.aspx
Key low carbon skills reports National SSC cluster report SSC renewables report EEPH report fdf mapping report Regional Marine Energy Skills, EMB consulting Micro renewables, Regen SW Nuclear, Cogent LC Construction, C Skills Composites – Josanne Stewart & Paul Shakespear LC Manufacturing, Semta
Summary of findings - Key skills issues that impact across all sectors Ageing workforce Skills shortages and gaps Global competition for talent New/changing technologies Growing content of occupations e.g. multi skilling STEM uptake in schools colleges & universities Reducing trend of training offered by FE & HE Limited interaction between FE & HE and vice
versa Low Carbon targets and where/how individual
industries contribute
Actions and Solutions Local, regional and national partners and stakeholders agree actions
Transition and legacy activity is agreed & planned
Funding is enhanced through streams and projects
Knowledge transfer projects are linked
HE and FE collaborations
Information Advice and Guidance is communicated and coordinated
QCF should be exploited
STEM activity should be enhanced
Key occupations identified to be in demand should be highlighted to Agencies
• Articulate the collective voice where it matters• High level relationships with key partners,
stakeholders and governments• Tackle high priority issues in collaborative
forums• Promote the distinctive role of SSCs
SSC Impact & Influencing:
• Consistent and cost-effective role in qualifications approval
• National Occupational Standards that meet employers’ needs
• Qualifications strategies that meet employers’ needs
• Deliver new apprenticeship formats and processes
• Implement frameworks for those seeking to enter or re-enter the workforce
SSCs and Qualifications/standards:
• First class, consistent and comparable LMI• Increase accessibility and value of LMI to key
partners and stakeholders• Promote the use of Alliance LMI and demonstrate
its impact• Data across the 4 nations
Labour Market Intelligence:
• New collaborative cross-sector arrangements
• Multi-sector groupings in priority areas
• Effectively link skills bodies outside the Alliance
Catalyst, Leader and Co-ordinator:
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National Skills Academies were set up as a result of the 2005 White Paper “Skills: Getting on in Business, Getting on at Work”
National Skills Academies deliver specialised skills to employees and learners to help respond to your business needs
They have been established, shaped and led by employers with support from the Government (3 years development funding)
WHAT ARE NATIONAL SKILLS ACADEMIES?
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WHITE PAPER VISION FOR NATIONAL SKILLS ACADEMIES As set out in the 2005 White Paper the core principles are that skills
academies will: Be Employer-led Form strong networks in each sector Link colleges with universities, training providers and specialist schools
They will raise standards by: Fostering innovation Sharing best practice Shaping the curriculum Improving the professional development of teachers, lecturers and trainers Transforming the quality and status of vocational education and training
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National Skills Academies Encourage excellence Make training relevant Put employers at the heart
of the network Bring employers together Provide specialist training Take training to more
people Improve access Increase productivity
NATIONAL SKILLS ACADEMY NETWORK CORE PRINCIPLES
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Currently 15 operational skills academies as at July 2010 Round 1 – Approved in October 2006 – now sustainable
- Construction - Manufacturing- Financial Services - Food and Drink Manufacturing
Round 2 – Launched in September 2006- Nuclear - Creative and Cultural- Process Industries - Hospitality
Round 3 – Launched in February 2007 – 3 operational- Retail - Materials, Production and Supply- Sport and Active Leisure
Round 4 – Launched in May 2008 – 4 operational- Enterprise - Social Care- Power - Information Technologies
THE NATIONAL SKILLS ACADEMY NETWORK
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Round 5 – Launched in January 2010 4 in business planning: Rail Engineering. – announced november
Process Industries –: Bio-technologies and composites extension to existing NSA.
Environmental Technologies.
Logistics.
ROUND 5
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BECOMING A NATIONAL SKILLS ACADEMY
Expression of Interest Process
• Prospectus launched
• Expressions of Interest received, circulated to regions and partner organisations, and paper assessment takes place
• Short-listed applications invited for interview with employer representation
• Successful applications formally invited into business planning stage by the Minister