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EU Project Croatia 12th May 2011
UK Sector Skills Councils,working together
Key themes of this presentation:
• Role of Employers in Sector Skills Councils• Origins of the Alliance• Alliance role & responsibility• Benefits of SSCs working together• Examples of effective collaboration• Traps to avoid!
Sector Skills Councils:• Employer organisations- run by & for employers
• Cover 90% of the UK workforce
• 1.7 million businesses across England, Wales, Scotland, & Northern Ireland
• SSC boards comprised of UK employers drawn from across UK industry, commerce and the public sector
SSCs key business aims:
• Reduce skills gaps
• Improve business performance
• Increase skills and productivity of the workforce
• Improve the learning supply through qualifications, Apprenticeships, FE & HE providers
Sector Skills Councils- Key Roles:• Develop & maintain national occupational standards
• Help to ensure qualifications are relevant & valued by employers
• Conduct sector research & publish Labour Market Intelligence (LMI)
• Represent the skills needs of their sectors in partnership with others
New priorities from UK Govt:
• Greater choice and control for the individual• Greater focus on employers and their sectors• Apprenticeships • Proper recognition & celebration of vocational
skills• Effective pathways for progression• Ability to transfer between FE and HE (From
VET school to HE)
Some UK certainties:• 70% of our 2020 workforce is already in the employment market
• UK Employers currently spend £38bn on training & development
• Small business sector provides 60% of UK jobs, and 50% of UK GDP
• 500,000 people are expected to start up their own business in next 12 months.
• Registered Charity, formed in April 2008
• All Sector Skills Councils are full members
• UK-wide remit- offices in Belfast, Edinburgh, Cardiff & London
Alliance Background:
Alliance Governance:
Alliance background:
• Coordinating & collaborative role• ‘Shared leadership’ model• Strategic objectives• Representing SSCs on common issues to government, and other stakeholders
• Improved business performance is the key driver in sustained recovery
• Skills, learning & development are the vital factors in the business mix
• New environment requires new solutions, and new ways of working!
• We have a lot to do before 2020!
Summary:
Examples of Alliance Impact: • Illustrating the power of collective working in a UK context
• Examples are drawn from recent experience
• Further detail available on the Alliance website:• www.sscalliance.org
UK QCF Readiness Programme:
• Revolution in Qualifications design and approval similar to CRO QCF
• Employer needs at heart of the system, ‘bite-sized’ chunks of learning
• Alliance appointed as the contract manager for the programme
• Responsible for preparing all the SSCs to operate the new system
• Series of professional development workshops for SSC staff
• Provision of central resource, help, guidance, support
Low Carbon ‘cluster’:
• UK drive to define future needs• 10 SSCs combine resources• Alliance coordination of report• Direct views of a wide range of employers• Accurate view of future skills needs in a vital economic and social responsibility area
LMI – Alliance Intelligence Network: • Group of LMI experts drawn from all SSCs
Aims:• To share expertise and better practice• To speed up the workflow by collaborating and sharing people and resources• To provide expert advice based on detailed employer/sectoral knowledge•
Alliance and the Federation of Small Businesses(FSB): • Small business vital for UK sustained recovery• Access to skills and training can be difficult• Two organisations agree a joint agenda for
action – aim to ensure the small business voice is reflected in all SSCs
• On-going monitoring of joint performance
• Dominant role of employers• Alliance enables collective voice of SSCs
to be heard• Sharing of expertise and mutual support• Power of collective activity in difficult
times!
UK SSC summary:
• “Coming together is the beginning
• Keeping together is progress
• Working together is success”
Henry Ford 1863-1947
Final thoughts:
“ If you think training is expensive,try ignorance!”
Thanks for listening!
Any questions?
John McNamaraTel: 07879 477448
www.