LSC Strategy
The LSC’s strategy is designed to work with the four groups that we see as our main markets: employers, young people, adults, and the education and training providers we fund.
With
employers, our aim is to help them build a workforce skilled enough to rank among the best in the world. Our new
Train to Gain service is designed to help small and medium sized organisations get the training they need to succeed. Our National Employer Service provides a similar service for large companies, and
Apprenticeships are a popular option for on-the-job training.
For young people, we aim to boost their level of skills and their participation in higher education. Our biggest challenge here is to reduce the number of young people who are neither working nor in education or training. Our strategy for reaching them includes making more level 1 and 2 vocational courses available. Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) and the Entry to Employment (e2e) scheme are also proving successful.
As for adults (aged 19+), we aim to boost their skills, too - and that includes trying to make sure that everyone has the basic skills needed to get a job. To help bring this about, we have promised everyone free learning to achieve their first level 2 qualification and are focusing support on vocational skills.
The LSC’s strategy for its relations with colleges and other providers is heavily bound up with agenda for change. The government is committed to the LSC’s vision of world class teaching in a world class environment - and here in the south-east we are implementing a £1.4 billion capital improvement strategy.
You can learn more about our plans for the East of England and our strategy for realising them in our Regional Commissioning Plan and Regional Strategic Analysis below.
The ‘FE 16-18 Travel to Learn Patterns’ Report provides information on the supply and demand for Further Education (FE) provision for each of the six local LSC areas in the East of England. Click on the title above for more information…
The Local Needs Assessments and the Skills Sector Reports are now available, click on the title above to find out more and to read the documents...
Click on the title above to view the LSC East of England Regional Commissioning Plans 2008-09 and 2007-08.
Click on the title above to see The Learning & Skills Council Local Statements of Need 2008/09...
The East of England LSC commissioned SHM (a management and research consultancy) to undertake research to understand the nature and extent of current and planned provision for learners with learning difficulties and / or disabilities within the region. Click on the title above to see SHM's report and accompanying maps illustrating the LLDD profile of need.
Updated Skills for Life strategy for the East of England. Please click the title above to find out more.
We are pleased to publish our strategic implementation framework for learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities, 2007-2010. Please click the title above to find out more.
The LSC is organised into nine regional teams, each of which produces an annual commissioning plan identifying the priorities for the Learning and Skills sector in its region for the forthcoming year. This is the plan for the East of England for 2007/08.
The East of England Regional Strategic Analysis is a wide-ranging analysis of the demand and supply of learning and skills across the region, drawing out the key issues for the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) in the East of England and contributing to the development of the Regional Plan.
