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 south-east and our strategy for realising them in our Regional Statement of Priorities 2006 - 2007.
