Join in the debate #esgYEC2013 The skills and apprenticeships offers: Are they fit to encourage UK growth in the quantity, geography, demography and skills areas we need? What has to be done to ensure that the gaps are filled? #esgYEC2013

Join in the debate #esgYEC2013 Youth and adult unemployment How do we compare?

Join in the debate #esgYEC2013 Best in class Financial performance

Join in the debate #esgYEC2013 The UK challenge Inadequate employability skills Poor functional skills Only one in six UK businesses has an apprenticeship scheme (15%) Evidence of dire skills shortages

Join in the debate #esgYEC2013 The UK challenge Differences in opinion over “education” and “training” Differences in funding methodologies Life-long learning Gaps between schooling, vocational training (FE) and higher education are woeful Fragmented and dysfunctional education system

Join in the debate #esgYEC2013 If a qualification is not about a passport to a job, or a higher level of education, then it has no purpose Policy Rigour and Responsiveness in Skills

Join in the debate #esgYEC2013 The Leading Model The system is established in statute, the Vocational Training Act % of school leavers undertake an Apprenticeship An integral part of the education system in Germany est. 1969

Join in the debate #esgYEC2013 The Leading Model Programmes are developed which match skills development with needs of industry There is more alignment between funders Arrangement is between employers, trade unions and federal and state government for development of vocational training & education - they AGREE on the nature/content of what is learned in classroom and workplace learning

Join in the debate #esgYEC2013 How would the Government ensure employers were accountable for public funds when they are acting as both awarding body and provider of the training? To close the gaps…… esg. is supportive of building a skilled workforce - we recognise the need to deliver skills that employers need Employer Ownership of Skills There is value in involving employers in developing the training schemes to benefit their particular industry/company and employees Further demand on an already overstretched ASB – skills needs more money ?

Join in the debate #esgYEC2013 Summary The different education and training sectors need to stop competing and start collaborating Tax payers money for skills funding should be spent where employers won’t spend Large employers and SMES are chalk and cheese (kreide and fromage!) Too many reviews have been undertaken which have started in the wrong place, been too narrow, simplistic and idealistic, flying straight by the bigger issues It is not just Apprenticeships that aren’t fit for purpose but the whole system

Join in the debate #esgYEC2013 Thank you Anthony Benton Chief Operating Officer - Skills