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Skills That Work for Wales
A skills and employment strategySkills, Business and Employability division
Welsh Assembly Government
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The importance of skills
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Sector employment trends
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Trends towards better jobs: Wales/UK
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5%
10%
15%
20%
Managers, professionalsand associate professionals
Administrative, skilledtrades and personal
services
Sales, process operatives,elementary
Wales
UK
Percentage change in employees 2001-2006
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Trends towards higher skills in Wales
Highest qualification held by adults of working age since 2001
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5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
No quals
Below Level 2
Level 2 or equivalent
Level 3 or equivalent
Level 4-6 or equivalent
Level7-8 or equivalent
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The low skills ‘tail’ in Wales
Proportion of adults of working age with no qualifications, by Government Office Region, 2006
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25%
South East
South West
England
London
Eastern
East Midlands
UK
North East
Scotland
Yorkshire & Humberside
North West
Wales
West Midlands
Northern Ireland
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Per cent
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Policy context
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Leitch Review of Skills: analysis
• UK - high employment but poor productivity
• Economic trends - increased demand for higher skills – ‘Knowledge Economy’ jobs
• Current policy – little global reach/ambition
• 3 scenarios – invest in low, intermediate or high skills
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Leitch Review of Skills: recommendations
• New vision: UK to become a world leader in skills by 2020, doubling attainment at most levels
• Responsibility for delivery shared between Govt, employers and individuals
• Build a ‘demand-led’ system of higher level learning
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Webb Review of FE
• The challenge: end FE underperformance and learner ‘disengagement’
• The drivers of change: learner entitlement, employer influence, reconfiguration
• 136 recommendations including 14-19 commissioning consortia, more employer-led training, FE mergers and federations
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Skills That Work for Wales [STWfW]: Vision
“A strong and enterprising economy with full employment based on quality jobs”
(One Wales)
Supported by
• seamless skills, employment and business support services that are responsive to learner/employer needs and demand
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STWfW key principles
• Employers must have real influence
• Shared responsibility between the Assembly Government, employers and individuals
• Integration of skills, employment and business support
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STWfW policy proposals
New approaches to funding
• Contributions policy to focus public money on priorities
• A principle of ‘shared responsibility’
• Sector Priorities Fund to deliver priorities in SSAs, encouraging partnerships between providers, businesses, sector representatives
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STWfW policy proposals 2
More responsiveness to demand
• New Wales Employment and Skills Board, UK Commission for Employment and Skills
• Stronger role for SSCs
• Reformed vocational qualifications
• Expanded Workforce Development Programme
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STWfW success indicators
• Progress towards full employment (80% employment rate)
• Improvement in the qualifications of the Welsh workforce
• More individuals and employers participating in learning
• More of them expressing satisfaction with their learning experiences