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The City & Guilds Group. City & Guilds The Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM) City & Guilds NPTC. Who are we?. UK’s leading vocational awarding body. 1.8 million learners a year, 20 million in last 20 years. Established in London in 1878.
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The City & Guilds Group • City & Guilds • The Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM) • City & Guilds NPTC
Who are we? UK’s leading vocational awarding body 1.8 million learners a year, 20 million in last 20 years Established in London in 1878 Linked to key bodies in over 20 industry sectors Leading awarding body in online assessment and learner support A high profile in the UK and worldwide We celebrate excellence in vocational education
Facts and figures • Over 30 million successful students to date • 8500 colleges, training providers and businesses worldwide offering our qualifications • 500+ qualifications covering every industrial sector, in levels from complete beginner to the highest professional standards • Learners in around 100 countries • £95 million (€140 million) annual turnover • 1000 employees • Over 2000 exams set each year from a database of 65,000 questions • Over 80% of objective assessments taken online
Our vision We work to build a world in which all people and organisations can access the skills needed for economic and personal well-being.
Yearly Meeting 22 March 2007 A growing business
Business Unit • Provides flexible services to meet skills needs of large employers and their stakeholders • Offers consultancy services and training solutions, promotes project partnerships between employers and City & Guilds centres • Can help in providing tailored qualifications for large employers and support you in providing them • Now works with large employers globally • See www.cityandguilds.com/employers
The Institute of Leadership & Management • Registered over 80,000 candidates in 2005-2006 • Introduced freemembership for all students. • New partnerships recently made with Royal Navy, RAF, IMI and SFEDI • ILM now holds 48% of the UK funded market for management and leadership qualifications
Working internationally • European and African Hubs established • African Hub income up 24% on last year • Asia Hub office selected in Singapore (opened 01.01.07) • Agreement negotiated with OSTA (Beijing Olympics 2008) • Branches restructured to focus on Employers market (Kuoni, Shell, Tesco) • Collaboration with UN on reinventing government • Presentations at 2006 Commonwealth Conference of Education Ministers
We are an e-business! GOLA • 665,000 on-line tests conducted in 2005-2006 • 1.43 million tests since we started SmartScreen – for learners and tutors • 141 qualifications on Smartscreen • 36,000 pages of support materials • 3,900 Smartscreen subscriptions Overall • 85+% of all transactions with centres and learners online – saving time and paper
Celebrating excellence • Celebrating excellence amongst our students with our Medals for Excellence scheme. • Supporting excellence in the world’s young people by sponsoring WorldSkills competitions and, with UKSkills, making a winning bid for WorldSkills 2011 to be held in the UK. • Preparing the UK for the 2012 Olympics – providing the necessary skills in construction, engineering, catering, leadership and management – and sport!
International Qualifications • International Vocational Qualifications (IVQ) Hospitality & Catering Suite, Hairdressing, Beauty Therapy, Engineering Skills, Construction Industry and many more. • Vocational Related Qualifications (VRQ) Process Plant Operations, Quality Assurance, Media Techniques, Sound and Music Technology and many more. • Business Support Skills (Single Subjects) Business Studies, Keyboarding, Book-keeping and Accounts, Commercial Numeracy, Office Procedures and many more. • International English Qualifications (IEQ) International ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages), International Spoken ESOL, English for Business Communication and many more.
Further information • For further information about City & Guilds and any of our qualifications, visit our website www.cityandguilds.com • If you would like to find out how to become an approved centre and to offer any of our qualifications, send us an e-mail: intcg@cityandguilds.com
London Hub City & Guilds 1 Giltspur Street London EC1A 9DD UK Email: intcg@cityandguilds.com Singapore Hub City & Guilds 331 North Bridge Road #03-05 Odeon Towers Singapore Email: singapore@cityandguilds.com Africa Hub City & Guilds 4 Carse O’Gowrie Street 2nd Floor, Milner Place Parktown, Johannesburgh South Africa Email: info@cguilds.co.za Contact