At our upcoming annual conference on 26 April, we are holding a breakout session on making the skills system deliver for local economies led by Neil McLean (Chair of Leeds City Region LEP). The idea is for the group to identify 3 top concerns / questions to put to a senior civil servants panel in the following session.
We would like to get initial feedback on the topics you'd like to see raised and discussed during the breakout session.
As a Trainer working with SME's, the main concerns I am hearing are: 1 Does funding have to be linked to full qualifications? Often unit accreditation of relevant aspects is what the company needs and this cuts down on time spent on what is seen as unnecessary learning. 2 Why is it assumed working for a large employer (250+) means they can afford to pay for training, even when the employee hasn't got a full level 2 qualification. 3 And from me as a Trainer - How is the requirement to be a qualified teacher as well as being occupationally competent enforced? Many of my colleagues are qualified to Cert Ed or at least CTLLS progressing to DTLLS, but many out there are not. Having a PTLLS is a start only, many don't even have that. What are you going to do to police it?
Hope this helps and I am sure I'm not the only one worried about what is happening regarding the 3rd point.
Hello everyone I have just joined this support network group today. My question on skills and training is ; what sort of training is available for some one who wants to venture into brick manufacturing if there is any?
I am a business management undergraduate in my third year and I want to go into this field but not very sure of what sort of training do i need.
I've got a handful of questions that are more on a higher level than proposed above although no more important.
First - as the LEPs will need to "bid" for a portion of the central funding pot how will they ensure that there isn't a mismatch of allocation from the government that could potentially lead to regional discrepancies and imbalances and therefore leading to a potential lack of investment?
Second - will there be a need to add a ring fence proviso to any funding allocated to ensure that skills and education will receive their fair share and that not all of the funds go only on transport (as an example)?
Third - with the storm of reform currently sweeping through the educational landscape there is a massive onus on employers becoming "engaged" or more involved with the skills agenda. How will the LEPs as a group and individually contribute to the engagement process to make sure as wide a ranging input from employers is captured and built upon in order to support individual, organisational and regional development success?