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IMPROVE EDUCATION AND SKILLS LEVELS IN THE ADULT POPULATION
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IMPROVE EDUCATION AND SKILLS LEVELS IN THE ADULT POPULATIONThe Salford Lifelong Learning Partnership has a vision for Salford where poor Skills for Life amongst its residents will be reduced and eventually eliminated. This will be achieved by increasing the coherence, quality, range and sustainability of provision through a co-ordinated, city-wide approach (Skills for Life IN Salford) Encourage and enable adults to learn, improve their skills and enrich their lives. By 2010, increase participation in Higher Education towards 50% of those aged 18 to 30. Also to make significant progress year on year towards fair access, and to bear down on rates of non-completion Reduce by at least 40% the number of adults in the workforce who lack NVQ2 or equivalent qualifications by 2010 (Education and Skills a strategy to 2006 - Objective 3 p.14) Strengthen our skills offer – KPIs: Increase the proportion of working age adults qualified to Level 2 or higher (% of adult pop) from 67% (2007) to 75.8% in 2012 Increase the proportion of working age adults qualified to Level 4 or higher (% of adult pop) from 27% (2007) to 46.2% in 2012 (MAA Building Block 3 p56). Improve the economic prospects of adults in our most deprived communities by substantially improving adult skill levels, particularly improving the volume of people with economically valuable skills (GM Strategy p17). Improve basic skills amongst adults (Community Plan, Strategic Imperatives p.7) Better education standards with fewer adults with literacy and numeracy problems by 2004 (Urban White Paper para 7.28) Improve the literacy, numeracy and language skills of adults in Salford, including those for whom English is a second language (Community Plan p.25) Increase the number of adults gaining at least one ‘skills for life’ qualification at Entry Level 3, Level 1 and 2 to 4780 between 2005 and 2008. Close the gap in skills for life levels so that Salford achieves the North West Average by 2015 (Community Plan p.26) Regional Target to reduce number of working age people with no qualifications by 80,000 and ensuring no district has more than 29% over the period 2006 – 2009 and to match England average and to eliminate major sub-regional variations, and variations between groups, by 2026 or earlier (NW EDS p.8) Increase the number of people in the workforce with graduate qualifications by 120,000 in order to meet the England average over the period 2006-2009 and to have exceeded the England Average by 2026 (NW EDS p.8). Financial support for 16-19 year olds to stay in education (Every Child Matters, p. 29) Increase adult attendance at cultural and recreational sessions as a method to re-engage adults who may be disenchanted with formal education (A creative city: Salford’s strategy for cultural development 2002-2006, pg 23) VOCATIONAL TRAINING & SUPPORTING ECONOMIC GROWTHStrengthen our knowledge base to support innovation by every company (Moving Forward: Northern Way p.18 and 22) Invest significantly more in meeting the skills needs of our employers (Moving Forward: Northern Way p.18) Drivers for Growth include: Improving productivity and growing the market, which in turn includes the need to tackle the lack of basic skills/qualifications, meet skills needs of sectors and growth opportunities, invest in workforce development, develop leadership, management and enterprise skills and develop education infrastructure, and skills in the future workforce (NW RES p.6, 7, 26 and in more detail pages 28 to 31) Strategies should seek to improve the skills base of the region, including tackling skills deficiencies and concentrations of unemployment (RSS Policy W1) Increase the proportion of employers engaged in formal workforce development leadership training (GM Strategy p23) retaining and attracting skilled peopleCreate an institutional infrastructure focused on attracting the most talented people to the Manchester City Region and build an ongoing relationship between them and the city (GM Strategy p26) Increase the proportion of graduates from Manchester city region’s higher education institutions who stay in the city region for two years after graduation (GM Strategy p26) Increase the number of students from the Times top 30 universities and the Shanghai Jiao Tong top 20 universities who choose the Manchester city region as their career destination (GM Strategy p.26). REFERENCES (education)EU (2001) A Sustainable Europe for a Better World: A European Union Strategy for Sustainable Development. AGMA (August 2009) Prosperity for all: the Greater Manchester Strategy AGMA (2008) The Manchester Multi Area Agreement AGMA (2009) Manchester – Statutory City Region Pilot DfES (2003) Every Child Matters Green Paper GONW (2008) North West of England Plan: Regional Spatial Strategy to 2021 HM Government (March 2005) Securing the Future – delivering UK sustainable development strategy. Learning and Skills Council (May 2003) GM Strategic Plan 2002-2005 Manchester Enterprises (March 2006) Greater Manchester Skills Priorities 2006 DCLG (November 2000) Urban White Paper – Our Towns and Cities, The Future – Delivering and Urban Renaissance National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (2008) Promoting and Creating Built or Natural Environments that Encourage and Support Physical Activity (NICE Public Health Guidance 8) Northern Way Steering Group (September 2004) Moving Forward: The Northern Way. North West Regional Development Agency (Dec 2005) North West Regional Economic Strategy 2006. NWCC & NWDA (2001) The Cultural Strategy for England’s North West ODPM (February 2005) PPS1 (Delivering Sustainable Development) Salford City Council (2002) A Creative City: Salford’s strategy for cultural development 2002-2006 Salford City Council (2002) Education Development Plan 2003-2008 Salford City Council (2004) 14 – 19 in Salford: a strategy for 14-19 developments Salford City Council (2006) Building Schools for the Future: Strategic Business Case Salford City Council (June 2009) City of Salford Unitary Development Plan 2004 – 2016 – Policies saved beyond 21 June 2009 Salford City Council (2006) Every Child Matters: Salford Children and Young People’s Plan 2006 Salford City Council (2006) ‘Skills for Life IN Salford’ Available at: www.skillsforlifeinsalford.co.uk Salford City Council (2008) Claremont and Weaste Neighbourhood Plan. Download 1.19 Mb. Share with your friends:
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