Consultation - 
Skills for Sustainable Growth (England)
Response due: 14 October 2010
Semta response submitted: 13 October 2010
Summary
The Government has launched a new 'Skills Strategy' for
consultation. Areas for consultation are:
- The importance of skills
- Principles for a skills strategy
- A respected and credible training offer
- Funding and entitlements
- Helping individuals and employers choose the learning they
want
- Giving colleges and training organisations the freedom to
respond
- Incentives to train in priority areas
- Encouraging a more productive workforce
- Reinvigorating adult and community learning
- Measuring success
Next steps
Semta's submission focused on the need for skills policy to
reflect employer need, as articulated through Sector Skills
Councils. We also highlighted how skills policy should look
to the wider needs of the economy through support for critical
subjects such as science, technology, engineering, and mathematics,
as well as complementary skills in areas such as
Business-Improvement Techniques.
Documents and Links
Semta response
Consultation
document
Semta represents the views of our employers across government and
the media. If you are an employer in the science,
engineering, or manufacturing technology sectors we welcome your
views at policy@semta.org.uk
14 October 2010