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Learning & Skills

“In the 21st century, our natural resource is our people – and their potential is untapped and vast. Skills will unlock that potential.” - Leitch Review, December 2006

The development of learning and skills is fundamental to the economic and social well-being of the UK and Europe. Building policies and infrastructures that can support the level of development required is now a major priority.
Across Europe, governments are seeking to build systems that can meet the needs of businesses and individuals in a variety of ways. These include: developing a better understanding of education and training; reforming the accreditation and qualification systems to encourage flexibility in the labour market; extending the definition of learning to encompass informal learning; and developing robust planning and quality assurance systems.

ECOTEC can help you:

  • Find and implement practical solutions;
  • Gather a clear picture of supply and demand in learning markets and help to identify business skills needs;
  • Evaluate education and training programmes, and recommend how they can be developed to meet your objectives;
  • Develop sustainable policies that meet the needs of the economy and of diverse communities;
  • Determine where your policy should head in the future and assess the quality of provision, provider capacity and capability development.

Service Portfolio: Evaluation of the QIA's Support programme for Train to Gain

The support programme for Train to Gain was set up to develop the capacity of the providers delivering Train to Gain provision. Our evaluation provided an independent view of the success of the programme in meeting its aims and objectives. The formative phase involved a desk review, interviews with the consortium delivering the development programme and an online survey to explore the planning process of the evaluation. The summative phase involved a documentary review of regional reports, interviews with key stakeholders, email survey of a sample of providers and follow-on interviews with providers.

 

The evaluation provided recommendations on the future options for taking the support programme forward.

elizabeth.kwaw@ecotec.com
Elizabeth Kwaw


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