north east higher skills network making skills work for the north east
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North East Higher Skills Network
Making Skills Work for the North East
What’s it About?
Individuals have the right vocational high level skills to be employable and personally fulfilled
Employers have the right vocational high level skills to support the success of their businesses
Universities & colleges play their part in making this happen
Low Skills Equilibrium
Access & Progression
“When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people.”
Chinese Proverb – Guanzi c. 645 B.C.
Information, Advice & Guidance
“I don’t need no diploma to do what I do”
Louis Armstrong
Employer Engagement
“The skills issue will only work if driven by employers”
Ramsay MacDonald, Prime Minister 1924
Why Train?
“Why should I train staff? They’ll only leave.” David Brent,The Office
The Skills Bermuda Triangle
Funding
Qualifications
Targets
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Define our guinea pig, qualifications, experience, sector
Show paths to employment and future progression
Focus in on one route and show details A demonstration of a simplified progression
route
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Why We Need Progression Agreements
Unequal access to skills Too little employer investment Qualifications systems that don’t match the
modern workplace Credit systems that don’t work Skills systems are too complex Low attainment and aspiration
