Towards Ambition 2020: skills, jobs, growth
The UK Commission has just published ‘Towards Ambition 2020: skills, jobs, growth’.
This is a report which contains our advice to government on how the UK’s education, employment and skills systems could be simplified, made more effective and become more responsive to the needs of their customers.
The report focuses on our three key priorities:
- building employer ambition and engagement with skills;
- motivating people to develop their skills;
- and empowering learners and employers to drive the supply and performance of the employment and skills systems.
We believe our proposals will enable government and employers to place more trust and accountability in providers, such as colleges and universities, to ensure that they can respond more effectively to the needs of the labour market, whether nationally, by sector or locally.
Our recommendations also recognise that, in a time of pressure on public expenditure, government’s policy intent must be to maximise the proportion of public investment that reaches front-line teaching and learning.
The UK Commission’s advice in this report is offered with the aim of establishing cross-party, four-nation consensus for these proposals. They will require ten years of consistent policy and determined implementation if the UK is to become world class by 2020.
Our assessment of the UK’s progress towards making the UK a world leader in skills, employment and productivity by 2020 was described in our report, ‘Ambition 2020’. This was published in April and will be updated annually.
Download a text only version of skills, jobs, growth translated into Welsh
Related Documents
Ambition 2020: World Class Skills and Jobs for the UK
The 'Ambition 2020' Report is the UK Commission for Employment and Skills' first annual assessment of the progress towards making the UK a world leader in employment and skills by 2020. It monitors progress on our World Class Skills and Jobs Ambition and against our international competitors.
Tuag at Uchelgais 2020: sgiliau, swyddi, twf
Mae rhagolygon y DU i’r dyfodol – ein llwybr allan o’r dirwasgiad, ein cyfleoedd am adferiad llwyddiannus a chynnydd economaidd cynaliadwy wedi hynny – yn ddibynnol ar y diwydiannau a’r swyddi yr ydym ni’n medru eu creu, ac ar gael y gweithlu medrus sydd ei hangen arnom i wneud y swyddi hynny’n dda.
Authors
Towards Ambition 2020: skills, jobs, growth for Scotland
Scotland’s future prospects – its route out of recession, its chances of a successful recovery, and sustainable economic progress thereafter – depend on the industries, businesses and jobs it is able to create, and on having the skilled workforce it needs to do those jobs well.
Later today, we’ll be publishing our report, “Skills, Jobs, Growth” which contains expert advice to government on how our education, employment and skills systems could be made less bureaucratic, more effective and more responsive to employer needs.
Start a conversation
Log in or Register
To start or join a conversation, you need to be logged in
How do you feel about this content? Good, bad or indifferent, your opinion matters to us and can help us improve.
Be the first to have your say.