19 Sep 2006
Presentations to DfES
Last month, The Department for Skills and Education (DfES) announced that a Process Industries National Skills Academy (PINSA) and a Nuclear National Skills Academy (NNSA) were short-listed for a panel review, which subsequently took place on the 18th September, with the potential for the Academies to go live at the end of 2007. Cogent submitted the bids working with and on behalf of the industry. Skills Academies are a critical delivery route for the SSA. The vision for the academies is to provide a focus for excellence in workforce skills development. Cogent research has shown that employers envisage a Skills Academy that will provide national leadership and, as a driver of change, will move employers and employees from their current level of skills to those which will be needed to take the sector forward into a secure and sustainable future in the UK.
Employers will take the lead in the management of the Academies and are taking on a share of the funding during start-up. Both PINSA and the NNSA have received significant pledges of funding from employers for the first 3 years; long term the academies will be self funding, delivering the training that employers need. This employer commitment is a clear sign to the DfES panel that employers want and are prepared to support industry sector Academies.
Click here for the PINSA slides
Click here for the NNSA slides
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