Malcolm Gillespie's presentation Overall high level regional briefing

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Statement of Priorities 2008/09
Better Skills, Better Jobs, Better
Lives November 2007
Malcolm Gillespie Regional Director
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Priorities 2008/09

• Creating demand for learning and skills
• Transforming the FE system to meet demand
• Delivering better skills, better jobs, better
  lives
• Invest in people to give them the skills
• they need for success in work and life

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Targets to 2020

• Young People
• Increase educational achievement with the aim of
  preparing every child and young person with the
  knowledge and skills to succeed in education and
  life
• Adults
• Improve the skills of the population by 2011,
  consistent with the aim of having a workforce
  that has a world-class skills base capable of
  sustaining economic competitiveness by 2020

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Milestone targets

• Young People
• To increase the participation of 17 year olds to
  85.8 percent by 2010/11, on a trajectory to reach
  90 per cent by 2014/15
• 82 per cent of young people aged of 19 in 2012/13
  to achieve at least a Level 2, and 53 per cent to
  achieve at least a Level 3
• Adults
• 89 per cent of people of working age possessing
  functional literacy, and 81 per cent possessing
  functional numeracy skills
• 79 per cent of working age adults qualified to at
  least full Level 2
• 56 per cent of working age adults qualified to at
  least full Level 3
• 130,000 apprentices to complete the full
  apprenticeship framework in 2010/11

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Key Messages

• Young people
• Offer for 100 of young people increase
  participation
• Deliver the entitlement, September guarantee at
  16 AND 17
• Roll out of diplomas
• Target efforts to reduce Not in Education,
  Employment or Training (NEET)
• Significant growth in Apprenticeships
• Need to manage costs per young person over time

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Young People Learner Numbers
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Young People Funding
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Key messages

• Adult Learning
• Develop a core adult offer to help people
  upskill, reskill and learn in each local area
• Focus on what we are able to publicly fund but
  need colleges and providers to have a wider
  commercial offer
• Within public funding focus on disadvantaged
• Progression to higher levels of learning and
  employment

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Key messages

• Employers
• Massive ramping up of Train to Gain activity
  required
• New flexibilities to enhance the Train to Gain
  service
• Local Employment Partnerships skills for jobs
  and Train to Gain

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Adult Learner Numbers
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Adult Funding
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Adult Funding on Priority Provision (Level 2
Level 3, Foundation Learning Tier, Skills For
Life)
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Key Messages

• Integrate Employment and Skills
• Local Employment Partnerships must be ready to
  deliver for employers who sign up
• Skills Pledge
• Locally we need to put together packages of
  support for individuals and employer.
• Focus on meeting local needs and tackling
  disadvantage through priority learning delivery
  it isnt an either or. Need more disadvantaged
  individuals on priority learning.

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Key messages

• A world class system
• Continue to focus on increasing responsiveness
• Much greater emphasis on fees and full-cost work
• LSC to continue with role of market maker
  intervening where the market is not responding
• Investing in infrastructure leadership,
  capacity, capital

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Priorities 2008/09

• Creating demand for learning and skills
• Transforming the FE system to meet demand
• Delivering better skills, better jobs, better
  lives
• Invest in people to give them the skills
• they need for success in work and life