National Skills Academy launch

Trade and Industry Secretary Alistair Darling launched the National Skills Academy for Manufacturing at Warwickshire College, Leamington Spa in January, one of the first in a national network of academies that will put employers in the training driving seat.

Led by SEMTA, the Sector Skills Council for science, engineering and manufacturing technologies, together with leading industry employers, the National Skills Academy for Manufacturing is part of a network of academies the Government wants to establish for all the major sectors of the economy to improve productivity and tackle skills shortages across the UK.

It will focus initially on training initiatives to develop and improve the skills of the UK’s existing workforce as part of the adult skills revolution called for by the recently-published Leitch Review of Skills. This was commissioned by the Chancellor of the Exchequer to look at ways of driving up the UK’s skills base by 2020.

www.nationalskillsacademy.co.uk

Posted: 06/02/07