Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Sector skills councils (SSCs) are employer-led organisations that cover specific industries in the United Kingdom. They were introduced by Adult Skills Minister, Rt Hon John Healey MP in 2002, [ 1 ] while the architect of the policy was Tom Bewick, an education and skills adviser to the Labour Government , 1997-2002.
Category for Sector Skills Councils (SSCs) Pages in category "Sector Skills Councils" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
Lifelong Learning UK (LLUK) was one of the independent, Sector Skills Councils (SSCs) for UK employers in the lifelong learning sector. It was responsible for the professional development of all those working in community learning and development, further education, higher education, libraries, archives and information services, and work based learning across the UK.
According to the SSDA [1] (the Sector Skills Development Agency, replaced in 2008 by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills and the Federation for Industry Sector Skills and Standards, comprising all nineteen sector skills councils), a unit of NOS must comprise: Title, reflecting the content of the NOS
The Skills for Business network is an umbrella organisation for the twenty-five Sector Skills Councils in the ... Financial Services Skills Council; Creative ...
Instructus Skills has one of the largest organisational footprints of any standards-setting body or Sector Skills Council representing approximately 11 million UK employees working in pan-sector occupations, and developed apprenticeship frameworks which were expected to be started by over 122,000 learners during 2010–11. [1]
In 2009, e-skills UK was rated 'outstanding' [3] in the process to re-license Sector Skills Councils. [4] In August 2009, e-skills UK developed a £5.6 million scheme with the Open University called Vital, to train school teachers on technology in a form of continuing professional development (CPD). Vital was launched at the annual BETT trade show.
According to its annual report, NSDC developed an effective network of training partners which includes 302 funded, 115 non-funded and 14 innovation partners as well as 39 operational Sector Skill Councils, and distributed 1453.70 Crore (around US$210 million) funding to the skills training programs through the partnership network. [19]