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Learning and Skills Council
North East Region
Stephen Wright
Partnership Manager
Hartlepool
• What the LSC does
• LSC Vision
• Annual Statement of Priorities
• Tees Valley Annual Plan
• Leitch Review
• Train to Gain
What we do
• Plan and invest in high quality education and training
for young people and adults that will build a skilled and
competitive workforce.
• Help employers to get the training and skills they need
for their business.
• We are transforming the further education sector to
meet the needs of employers and the local community.
• Committed to improving learning opportunities for
everyone.
Our Vision
• By 2010, young people and adults in England will have the
knowledge and productive skills matching the best in the world and
will be part of a truly competitive workforce.
• A single goal; to improve the skills of England’s young people and
adults to ensure we have a workforce that is of world-class
standards.
• Responsible for planning and investing in high quality vocational
education and training for everyone over 16 in England, other than
higher education.
• Work at national, regional and local levels from a network of offices
across the country.
Annual Statement of Priorities (1/2)
1. Raise the quality and improve the choice of
learning opportunities for all young people to
equip them with the skills for employment, further
or higher learning, and for wider social and
community engagement.
2. Raise the skills of the nation, giving employers
and individuals the skills they need to improve
productivity, employability and social cohesion.
Annual Statement of Priorities (3/4)
3. Raise the performance of a world-class system
that is responsive, provides choice and is valued
and recognised for excellence.
4. Raise our contribution to economic development
locally and regionally through partnership working.
Tees Valley Annual Plan
National Priority 1 – Equip Young People
• NEET
• E2E
• Level 2 at 19
• Apprenticeships
Tees Valley Annual Plan
National Priority 2 – Raise the Skills of the Nation
• Re-skilling of Adults
• OLASS
•Train to Gain
• First full level 2 / 3
• Skills for Life
Tees Valley Annual Plan
National Priority 3 – World Class System
• Infrastructure
• Partnership Working
• Quality
• Capital
Tees Valley Annual Plan
National Priority 4 – Economic Development
• Support job creation
• Liaise with Job Centre+ - Unemployed &
Employed
• Create Skills Strategies
• Support Tees Valley Regeneration
• Local Area Agreements
Leitch Review of Skills
In 2004 Lord Leitch was tasked by the government
with considering the UK’s long-term skills needs in
order to maximise economic prosperity, productivity
and to improve social justice.
Leitch messages (1)
Shortfalls in competitive skills base
Even if all current targets delivered, projections show UK
wouldn’t improve much on international position by 2020:
• 4m people would lack functional literacy skills at Level 1
• Over 6m would lack functional numeracy skills at Entry
Level 3
• 11% of those aged over 25 would lack a Level 2
• 54% would not be qualified to intermediate level
• Only the same proportion of high skilled workers that the
US and Canada have today
Leitch messages (2)
Demographic change means that this is predominantly
about up-skilling adults
• 70% of the working age population in 2020 are already
over 16, and half are over 25
• 5m more skilled jobs
• 3m less unskilled jobs
Challenges
The Greying Workforce
Projected change in age groups 2003-2020 (in thousands)
800
700
600
+
There will be
500
400
600
+16%
300
200
100
+3%
workers
+4%
30-34
35-39
40-44
600
-13%
600
-14%
45-49
100
50-54
55-59
60-64
65-69
70-74
AGE
100
100
-
25-29
700
+27%
200
+5%
100
20-24
800
+28%
600
+16%
prime age
15-19
200
800
+22%
a decline in
300
-8%
300
400
500
600
Source: Government Actuary Department
-2%
 Big increase in older workers
 Yet these are the people we are
least likely to train
 In fact 75% of our 2020 workforce
are in work NOW
World class ambition and targets
• UK should commit to becoming a world leader in skills by 2020,
benchmarked against the upper quartile of the OECD.
• Recommended targets to deliver this ambition
• 95% of adults to achieve functional literacy and numeracy
• Over 90% of adults qualified to at least Level 2
• Shift balance of intermediate skills from Level 2 to L3
• Over 40% of adults qualified to Level 4 and above
Leitch recommendations (1)
Increase adult skills across all levels: additional investment
by the State, employers and individuals. Education and
Training up to age 18
Route all public funding for vocational skills in England,
apart from community learning through Train to Gain and
Learner Accounts
Increase employer investment in Level 3 and Level 4
qualifications in the workplace: Extend Train to Gain to
higher levels, dramatically increase apprenticeship
volumes. Improve engagement between employers and
universities.
Leitch recommendations (2)
Strengthen employer voice: Rationalise existing bodies,
create a new Commission for Employment and Skills.
Increase employer engagement and investment in Skills:
Reform and re-license Sector Skills Councils, expand
skills brokerage services, fund only the qualifications
approved by SSCs.
Launch a new Pledge: Employers to voluntarily commit to
train all employees up to level 2. Review in 2010 and if
improvement is insufficient introduce a statutory entitlement
to workplace learning.
The Future
• Delivering more for young people….
- new funding system, specialised Diplomas
- employer influence, improved IAG
• …. and for employers
- build on Train to Gain, SSC key role
- quality, improved choices
• …. and for adults
- more opportunities, Learner Accounts
- adult careers service, personalised support
Ambitions for learners
• Higher level skills – foundation degrees
• 14-19 reform – diplomas, apprenticeships,
engaging the disengaged
• Qualifications reform – qualifications and credit
framework
• Foundation Learning Tier
• Target specific groups – workless through
commissioning
Meeting the challenges…
• What are the opportunities for your institution?
• What changes do you need to make?
Train to Gain
What is Train to Gain?
and
How can it Help?
Skills Brokerage Service
A service which:
• Is fully integrated with wider business support
• Is impartial and independent accessible by all
employers
• Helps employers to identify and source
solutions to meet their needs
Skills Brokerage Service
•Helps make employers better informed
purchasers
• Identifies and brokers in solutions which may
or may not be publicly funded
•Continuously improves
Train to Gain Core Offer
Comprises:
• Support from a skills broker
• Skills for Life
• First Level 2
• Apprenticeships
• Information Advice & Guidance