Cogent: helping industry to profit through skills

This issue of our eBulletin brings you an update on Cogent’s activities across its science-using sector. Employer and stakeholder input is important to us – if you would like to find out more about getting involved in Cogent’s work or have any views on the articles contained in this eBulletin contact Judith Holcroft.

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>>  Welcome: rolling out employer-led skills reform across the UK

With the involvement of employers, stakeholders, trade associations, industry clusters and trades unions, Cogent continues with its major programme of work to boost skills and workforce development in its science-using sector.

The delivery of this employer-led programme is being managed in close collaboration with the Skills Academies for the Nuclear and Process Industries which are establishing a network of approved training providers around the UK providing training companies with industry defined products, aligned to industry standards and delivered in a way that makes sense for them.  ...Cont >>

Skills that work: Cogent reports set out an employer-led agenda
Cogent and the Academies are developing and delivering vocational training that is valued and used by every company they represent.

IT Platform gets nuclear treatment
Phase one of the newly developing Skills IT platform for the Cogent industries is well underway.

Midas touch for modules
Cogent’s Gold Standard is moving forward into modular qualification format.

Gold Standard assessment launched
The National Skills Academy Process Industries has launched a pilot scheme that will see UK employers assess their own training and qualifications framework against the Cogent Gold Standard for skills.

Northern Ireland survey sheds light on sector
With assistance from the DELNI Cogent carried out an extensive LMI survey in the petroleum, chemical and pharmaceutical industries.

First assured providers for nuclear academy network
The National Skills Academy Nuclear continues to make excellent progress.

Employers support roll out of National Skills Academy Process Industries
Midlands employers and stakeholders turned out in force recently to hear about the launch of the National Skills Academy Process Industries in the region.

Career pathways: it’s official
Cogent’s careers website saw its official launch at the Skills West Midlands event.

Polymer consortium formed to share cost-effective training
Cogent and the National Skills Academy Process Industries are inviting polymer companies to join the East Midlands Polymer Training Consortium.

Apprentices on the up
Uptake of apprentices continues to grow in the Cogent Sector.

Higher level skills for higher value
Cogent is progressing with a new Higher Level Skills Strategy underpinned by the ambitions of the Government’s “HE at Work” and “Innovation Nation”.

Competence tool sets the benchmark
Cogent's web-based competence self-assessment questionnaire and toolkit has been streamlined to reflect user-needs.

Forthcoming events in Decommissioning and New Build
Cogent and the National Skills Academy for Nuclear are taking part it two key events this year.