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College chief welcomes ‘Skills for Jobs’ White Paper Date published: 22 January 2021
Oldham College Principal and Chief Executive Alun Francis
Oldham College has given a “warm welcome” to new plans for the future of skills, jobs and training that could significantly transform the prospects of thousands of local adults, young people and employers.
The Government’s ‘Skills for Jobs’ White Paper (published yesterday) is the Department for Education’s new blueprint for a post-16 education system it says is designed to ensure that everyone, no matter where they live or their background, can gain the skills they need to progress in work at any stage of their lives.
Landmark reforms that will transform post-16 education and training, boost skills and get more people into work, have been published today (21 January).
BRC: Education reforms will ‘help the industry to upskill’
The British Retail Consortium has welcomed proposals to reform post-16 education, but added the government has fallen short on its commitment to amend the apprenticeship levy.
The Skills for Jobs White Paper , published earlier today, sets out reforms to post-16 technical education and training. This includes amendments to the National Skills Fund, a £2.5bn funding pot to help adults retrain. It also introduces the Lifelong Loan Entitlement, giving adults the opportunity to undertake the equivalent of four-year post-16 education. It also puts forward plans to introduce the Lifetime Skills Guarantee, a policy that pledges to offer tens of thousands of adults the opportunity to retrain in later life.