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Learning After Leitch HEA/UUK/DfES practitioners conference April 17 th 2007 Professor Freda Tallantyre Senior Associate Higher Education Academy
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Skills focus Poor at basic skills : 17 th of 30 in OECD Deficiency in intermediate skills : 20 th of 30 Better at HE but still 11 th of 30 Variations between sectors (e.g. utilities v hotels and catering) Adult skills Economically valuable skills (What about graduate skills?)
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Stretching Targets World leader in skills by 2020 : equiv to 8 th out of 30 OECD countries Doubling attainment at most levels 95% achievement basic skills (v 85% literacy & 79% numeracy 90% qualified at level 2 (v 69% in 2005) Shift balance from Level 2 to Level 3, with 1.9 million additional attainments by 2020 40% adults qualified to Level 4 (v 29% in 2005) : 5.5 million more attainments by 2020 (DfES say need 45%!)
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Funding responsibilities Public funding per student has halved over 20 yrs in UK Greater investment called for by Government, employers and individuals Government concentrate on basic skills, market failure and social justice Employers support level 2 for all Employers and individuals invest c50% funding for level 3 Employers and individuals pay bulk of additional funding for level 4 Portion of HE funding for vocational courses, currently administered through HEFCE, to be delivered through similar demand-led mechanism to Train to Gain
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SWOT - Strengths National and sectoral coverage University status with employers Accreditation as a USP Innovation and enterprise as a sector HEIF infrastructure Flexible pedagogies WBL experience Partnerships Flexible funding (relatively)
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SWOT - Weaknesses Lack of strategy Administrative systems Funding systems Quality systems PIs and data systems Workforce planning systems Communication and marketing Staff competence and capacity Academic buy-in
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SWOT - Opportunities ASNs for growth of adult vocational qualifications Platform of 135,000 more level 3 for progression to HE 400,000 more level 4 attainments p.a. targetted (additional to 600,000 existing - 66% growth) 145,000 immigrant workers p.a. (eligibility for support?) Huge workforce market (only c3% current CPD market) Expansion of FDs
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SWOT - Opportunities P/t, bespoke and flexible provision Level 5 and PG provision growth Service economy demand for customer handling, team working, communication skills Leadership and management skills (41% managers hold less than level 2;UK spends less than any other country in Europe on training managers;NOS to be developed for management training) Real LLL culture Better informed and guided adults
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SWOT - Threats Demographic decline Innovative pedagogies under-developed Bridging gap from level 2 to 4 Shift in power base to employers, intermediaries, individuals Demand-led provision harder to control/manage Lower unit of resource in T2G type mechanisms Co-funding reduces guaranteed core FECs and employers may be empowered to compete Greater diversification and fundamental change in HE culture Paucity of concept of economically valuable skills
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Joint DfES, HEFCE, HEA, SSDA, FDF strategy Prioritise employer engagement for all HE agencies in grant letters Address Leitch growth targets realistically (5k, 10k, 20k in first three yrs), but moving increasingly in this direction Support all HEIs in positioning to contribute to agenda Build on HLS Pathfinders, LLNs, EE pilots, FL Pathfinders Seek c30 HEIs or partnerships to support initial growth targets. National credit transfer framework, to facilitate delivery of bite size and accredited modules, APEL, accreditation of in-company training Amend funding (including T2G type mechanism), quality, PIs, data collection and other national systems to incentivise and reward this work 100,000 participants in FDs by 2010, including more HE in FE Empower SSCs to approve vocational qualifications (condition of funding) Sector based qualification and credit framework based developments
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