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.
DCSF and the LSC have published the 16-19 Statement of Priorities 2010-11 which gives details of the planned investment in young people’s learning. To view the document please click on the title above.
The East of England LSC has produced a summary of provision available from unemployment through to employment. This provision is funded by the LSC, Jobcentre Plus, the European Social Fund and the East of England Development Agency. The information contained in these documents will be of interest to anyone involved in the employment and skills agenda.
East of England 14-19 Strategic Analysis 2009
The LSC is organised into nine regions and each region produces an annual commissioning statement. This is the Regional Commissioning Statement for the East of England
The East of England Regional Strategic Analysis 2008 is a regional level view on the learning and skills, sectoral and economic issues that are present in, and surround, the East of England region. Click on the title above to find out more...
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 Plan 2008-09...
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.
