Centres of Vocational Excellence Keith McMaster CoVE Policy Manager

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Centres of Vocational ExcellenceKeith
McMasterCoVE Policy Manager
6 November 2003
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Outline of Presentation

• Background and future arrangements
• CoVE links to Skills Strategy
• SW CoVE network and links to FRESA

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Aim

• To develop new, and enhance existing, excellent
  vocational provision which is focused on meeting
  the skills needs of employers, nationally,
  sectorally, regionally and locally.
• cf Skills Strategy - to ensure employers have
  the right skills to support the success of their
  businesses

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Background

• Focus on level 3 skills
• First CoVEs launched in September 2001
• Around 250 CoVEs established
• 78 CoVEs have full CoVE status
• Target 400 CoVEs by 2006
• Initially general FE colleges, but now all
  providers
• 240m

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CoVE Future arrangements

• Planned network of 400 CoVEs agreed in September
  2003
• A more demand led approach based on
• local LSC skills priorities as identified by
  Strategic Plans and local LMI
• Regional skills priorities (FRESAs) and LMI
• Sectoral skills priorities and LMI
• 3 further proposal rounds CoVEs start in April
  2004, October 2004 March 2005

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Sectoral Distribution 1
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Sectoral Distribution 2
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Links to the Skills Strategy

• Aim
• ensure employers have the right skills to support
  the success of their businesses
• Intermediate skills
• Targeted support for level 3
• 3 Key themes
• Putting employers needs centre stage
• Helping employers use skills to achieve more
  ambitious longer term business success
• Motivating and supporting learners
• Specific CoVE developments

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Impact on CoVE

• Further develop CoVE in 3 ways
• Improve regional ownership
• Improve sectoral ownership
• develop the capacity of providers to offer a
  wider range of business support

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Improve regional ownership

• Build on success
• CoVE planning links to FRESAs
• Embed in Regional Partnerships
• emphasis on
• Basic skills
• Level 2
• Leadership and management

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Improve sectoral ownership

• Build on success
• Sectoral LMI informs CoVE planning
• Quality LMI to feed into planning and operational
  objectives of CoVEs
• Sector skills agreements will include CoVEs
• Support for individual CoVEs and sectoral CoVE
  networks
• Regional (e.g. NW construction CoVEs)
• National
• Hub spoke with other providers

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Develop the capacity of providers to offer a
wider range of business support

• Wide range of business support not just skills
• LSC research project
• Pilots
• Possible programme?

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SW CoVE Network

• 44 (possibly 45?) CoVEs
• 10 workforce 11 CoVEs
• Planned by Local LSCs and RDA

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SW Sectoral Distribution 1
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SW Sectoral Distribution 2
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Regional distribution

• 10 Devon Cornwall
• 9 West of England
• 8 Wiltshire Swindon
• 6 Gloucestershire
• 6 Somerset
• 3 Bournemouth Poole and Dorset
• 2 Cross regional

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CoVE fit with SW FRESAs economically important
sectors

• Established sectors
• Aerospace 1 CoVE
• Food drink 3 CoVEs
• Tourism 5 CoVEs
• ICT 3 CoVEs
• Marine technology 1 CoVE
• Emerging sectors
• Creative industries 1 CoVE
• Biotechnology 1 CoVE
• Environmental technologies

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CoVE will contribute to 2012 vision

• High skills, high productivity, sustained high
  employment
• Enterprising and innovative
• Adaptable economy in which employers and
  employees have the ability to respond to changes
  in market conditions by developing new skills

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Contribution to strategic objectives and targets

• Strategic objective 1
• To increase employer's participation in the SW
• Develop employer commitment to skills development
• Coordinate workforce development (improve skills)
• Promote management skills
• Integrate sector skills activities in the region
• 2005 targets
• Working age population at level 3 to 50
• Working age population at level 4 to 29
• Local LSC 2004 target
• Adults with level 3 to 54

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CoVE will also contribute to

• Strategic objective 2
• To raise individuals aspirations and skills
• Basic skills
• Generic skills for employment
• Strategic objective 3
• Develop the efficient and inclusive working of
  the labour market
• Provide a coherent skills development
  infrastructure
• Provision that can be delivered online or in
  various locations
• Support inward investment
• Respond to labour market emergencies

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Centres of Vocational ExcellenceKeith
McMasterCoVE Policy Manager
6 November 2003