So we throw money in this direction and the skills we so desperately will reappear 'just like that' as Tommy Cooper would say.
Them Tories have broken the economy, you'd be nuts to entered a skilled profession in the UK these days with the poor pay for skilled workers versus the cost of living.
If you want this to succeed you have to get rid of short term profit chasing. I don't sense UK Plc is moving away from that anytime soon.
source: Vocational training shake-up 'most ambitious since A-levels' - BBC News
Them Tories have broken the economy, you'd be nuts to entered a skilled profession in the UK these days with the poor pay for skilled workers versus the cost of living.
If you want this to succeed you have to get rid of short term profit chasing. I don't sense UK Plc is moving away from that anytime soon.
Vocational and technical education in England is to get an extra £500m a year in a bid to train more skilled workers and boost the economy.
The plans, to be set out in next week's Budget, also include replacing 13,000 existing qualifications with 15 "world-class routes".
Students in further education or at a technical college will also be eligible for maintenance loans.
The new courses are expected to start from the 2019/20 academic year.
The government is calling the plans the most ambitious education reform since the introduction of A-levels 70 years ago.
'Need to be self-sufficient'
The funding will increase the amount of training for 16 to 19-year-olds' by 50%, to 900 hours a year.
A government spokesman said the move was part of its plan to tackle weaknesses in the UK's productivity levels, and so improve living standards.
Association of Colleges chief executive David Hughes said the announcement would make a significant and positive difference, saying technical skills and education had been overlooked for too long.
He said: "Post-Brexit Britain will need more self-sufficiency in developing skills and people will need the confidence, support and opportunities to adapt and change over 50-plus year careers."
The plans, to be set out in next week's Budget, also include replacing 13,000 existing qualifications with 15 "world-class routes".
Students in further education or at a technical college will also be eligible for maintenance loans.
The new courses are expected to start from the 2019/20 academic year.
The government is calling the plans the most ambitious education reform since the introduction of A-levels 70 years ago.
'Need to be self-sufficient'
The funding will increase the amount of training for 16 to 19-year-olds' by 50%, to 900 hours a year.
A government spokesman said the move was part of its plan to tackle weaknesses in the UK's productivity levels, and so improve living standards.
Association of Colleges chief executive David Hughes said the announcement would make a significant and positive difference, saying technical skills and education had been overlooked for too long.
He said: "Post-Brexit Britain will need more self-sufficiency in developing skills and people will need the confidence, support and opportunities to adapt and change over 50-plus year careers."
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