Why have you funded Higher Level Skills Pathfinders (Train to Gain) as well as individual institutions on employer engagement pilot projects?
The aims of the three Higher Level Skills Pathfinders are to: • embed HE in employer workforce development and skills strategies regionally, at a business sector level, and nationally • embed workforce development and skills in HE providers’ strategies. The Pathfinders are building on the Learning and Skills Council’s Train to Gain model by putting in place HE specialists to work with employers to identify their higher-level skills needs, and work with HE institutions to develop responsive provision. In this way, the Pathfinders aim to build both the long-term capability and the capacity of institutions to engage with employers. A three-year development fund, provided to each of the three Pathfinder regions, will support HEIs in developing responsive provision. The Pathfinders provide the regional infrastructure for employer engagement which, it is hoped in the longer term, will also promote employer contributions to this type of HE provision. However, we recognise that institutions ha
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