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North East Higher Skills Network

Ensuring individuals and employers in the North East have the right vocational high-level skills for success. Empowering universities and colleges to play a pivotal role. Addressing the skills gap and promoting access and progression.

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North East Higher Skills Network

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  1. North East Higher Skills Network Making Skills Work for the North East

  2. 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

  3. Low Skills Equilibrium

  4. 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.

  5. Information, Advice & Guidance “I don’t need no diploma to do what I do” Louis Armstrong

  6. Employer Engagement “The skills issue will only work if driven by employers” Ramsay MacDonald, Prime Minister 1924

  7. Why Train? “Why should I train staff? They’ll only leave.” David Brent, The Office

  8. The Skills Bermuda Triangle Qualifications Targets Funding

  9. iwant2b • 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

  10. Next

  11. 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

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