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Employer ownership of skills in action
In September I posted about our first steps in making a radical change in the way we work; moving from a grant based funding approach towards investing in innovation and sector leadership. Last week we reached another important milestone on …
Employers should be the owners of the UK’s vocational education system
Over the past two decades governments of all hues have driven reform and expansion of the country's vocational skills system, with some notable successes. But the fact is we've become less competitive globally on skills, and for many employers the …
Retaining talent in the Advanced Engineering sector
Another update on one of our joint investment projects. Semta are delivering a project to ensure that skilled employees who are made redundant from Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering companies are matched to vacancies in other companies in the sector. The …
Will a Guild work for the Logistics sector?
In September, Simon Perryman posted about the UK Commission’s move towards our new investment culture. Several projects are now up and running and we recently met up with one of the Sector Skills Councils to see how they are getting …
Sustaining the appetite for sandwich courses
Back in June, the Government produced a white paper entitled ‘Students at the Heart of the System’ setting out proposals to reform Higher Education and improving the student experience by opening up the market. For me, one of the main …
A new investment culture
The UK Commission has taken the first steps from grant based funding towards investment funding. It marks a radical change in the way we work. So what exactly will it achieve? It will create a new mindset amongst those seeking …
Transforming career guidance
As Chief Executive of Radar, I understand the positive impact that effective career guidance can have on people’s lives. It's not about offering single options - David Blunkett was famously advised to be a piano tuner - but enabling individuals …
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