BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//InvisionCommunity Events 5.0.19//EN METHOD:PUBLISH CALSCALE:GREGORIAN REFRESH-INTERVAL:PT15M X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT15M X-WR-CALNAME:Community Calendar NAME:Community Calendar BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London TZURL:https://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20200329T020000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20201025T020000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Lifelong learning\, the National Retraining Scheme and estab lishing the National Skills Fund - take-up\, delivery and adapting to a ch anging labour market following the pandemic DTSTAMP:20200724T145622Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:209-1-ee2a5ec9cbd1b5a75b4ec5d63ec903ec@www.pslhub.org ORGANIZER;CN="Clive Flashman":noreply@pslhub.org DESCRIPTION:\n\n Book here\n\n\n\n Matt Hassan\, National Retraining Sch eme and National Skills Fund Programme Director\, Department for Education \nIain Murray\, Senior Policy Officer\, TUC\nNic Trower\, Senior Policy Ad visor\, CBI\nJuliet Stuttard\, Director\, PwC UK\nPatrick Craven\, Directo r of Assessment Policy\, Research and Compliance\, City &\; Guilds\nDr Fiona Aldridge\, Director\, Policy and Research\, Learning and Work Instit ute\nand\nKenny Barron\, Unite the Union\; Joe Billington\, National Caree rs Service\; Stephen Cole\, CITB\; Lesley Giles\, Work Advance\; Jack Orli k\, Nesta\; Dr Susan Pember\, Holex\; Patrick Spencer\, Centre for Social Justice\; Simon Tindall\, The Open University and Paul Warner\, Associatio n of Employment and Learning Providers\n\nChaired by:\nBaroness Garden of Frognal\, Deputy Speaker\, House of Lords\nLord Watson of Invergowrie\, Sh adow Spokesperson for Education\n\n\n\n The agenda:\n\n\n\n What has been learnt from the National Retraining Scheme\n \n \n Creating an effective retraining offer - funding\, scope\, and engagement with industry and the workforce\n \n \n Case study: international approaches to lifelong learn ing\n \n \n The role of qualifications in the future lifelong learning la ndscape\n \n \n Adapting to a changing labour market following COVID-19 - careers advice and guidance\, retraining\, digital literacy and the impac t on labour mobility\n \n \n Lessons from the National Retraining Scheme pilots and user research\, and the next steps for the National Skills Fund \n \n\n The discussion will also look ahead to:\n\n\n\n the role of the N RS in dealing with medium term skills needs following the COVID-19 pandemi c\n \n \n the establishment of the Government’s new £2.5bn National Sk ills Fund prior to an expected consultation on the fund which will look at long term skills needs\n \n \n wider issues around lifelong learning\n \ n\n Funding\n\n\n\n With concerns being raised by some in the sector\, and with projected costs for both the National Retraining Scheme and National Skills Fund yet to be outlined - delegates will discuss:\n\n\n\n cost ex pectations\n \n \n sources of funding\, including the potential balance o f contributions from government\, employers\, and users.\n \n\n Size and s cope\n\n\n\n Discussing what has been learnt so far from the National Retr aining Scheme\, with:\n\n\n\n pilots initially focused towards adults in low-skilled work and occupations susceptible to automation\n \n \n the fi rst phase of the Scheme ahead of full rollout available only to adults age d 24 and older\, qualified below degree level\, and within a certain wage threshold.\n \n\n Inclusivity\n\n\n\n What will be needed to develop progr ammes that:\n\n\n\n adapt to user needs\n \n \n ensures high take-up\n \ n \n secures the involvement of hard-to-reach groups\n \n \n serves thos e who are otherwise unlikely to receive retraining - particularly those la cking the time\, money\, and the confidence or necessary skills to retrain .\n \n\n Strategic aims\n\n\n\n How to achieve the overarching objectives of both the NRS and National Skills Fund\, for:\n\n\n\n creating a cultur e of retraining and lifelong learning\n \n \n overcoming the barriers tha t adults face to retraining - looking at the roles of: \n \n careers a dvice and guidance - and how it will need to develop\n \n \n qualif ications and awarding bodies.\n \n \n\n The changing skills landscape f ollowing the pandemic\n\n\n\n With the Government increasingly focusing on digital skills across the spectrum\, we expect discussion on: \n\n\n\n t he contribution of the National Retraining Scheme to maintaining and updat ing the digital literacy of the workforce\n \n \n opportunities for retra ining in data science and artificial intelligence skills\, with plans for this to be supported by the Adult Learning Technology Innovation Fund\n \ n \n the shape that the National Skills Fund should take to support long term skills needs following COVID-19 - including how: \n \n the Fund c an complement existing support which is available \n \n \n support employers - particularly SMEs\n \n \n how the Government can ensure the best possible return on investment.\n \n \n\n Broader economic imp acts\n\n\n\n With the National Retraining Scheme and National Skill Funds widely considered as a response to work automation\, we also expect discus sion on: \n\n\n\n how the programmes can be designed to combat macro-econ omic challenges\, such as skill shortages\, productivity issues\, and labo ur mobility\n \n \n examples of how retraining is being approached outsid e the UK.\n \n\n Developments that are relevant to the discussion:\n\n\n\n The first phase of the NRS - in the Liverpool City Region\, the West M idlands Combined Authority\, the Leeds City Region LEP\, Cambridgeshire an d Peterborough combined authority area\, the Heart of the South West LEP a nd the North East LEP.\n \n \n The forthcoming Government consultation on the establishment of the National Skills Fund with a report by City and G uilds recently calling for government to release and redirect £3bn in fun ding assigned for the National Skills Fund to support those that have lost their jobs as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.\n \n \n The announcemen t by Government of reforms to Higher Technical qualifications to improve s upport adults seeking to retrain and upskill\, including new qualification s from September 2022 with a Government quality mark.\n \n \n Launch of t he new digital service ‘Get Help to Retrain’ last year and the recent issuing by Government of a tender as part of the NRS for groups of employe rs\, providers and local authorities to deliver a new training model in th e digital sector with the partnership providing 12 week courses.\n \n DTSTART:20200909T080000Z DTEND:20200909T120000Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR