UKCES

The UK Commission is responsible for the relicensing process for the 23 Sector Skills Councils (SSCs).  Each SSC is an employer-led, independent organisation that covers a specific sector across the UK.

The process of relicensing will determine whether their licence from the UK government and the devolved administrations should be renewed.

This is important because the UK government and the devolved administrations are giving SSCs increasing levels of influence over skills policy, qualification reform and the way in which learning provision is delivered.

The recommendation that SSCs be relicensed came from Leitch's 2006 report 'Prosperity for all in the Global Economy - World Class Skills.'

Read about SSCs