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SEMTA calls on Government to create 'industrial revolution' to avert skills crisis


SEMTA, the sector skills council, has handed Sajid Javid, the newly appointed Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, an 8000 word document called Skills Vision. The documents calls on the Government to help in the creation of an 'industrial revolution' in schools and colleges, quality apprenticeships and industry-focused higher education. The move is needed, it says, to avert a skills crisis.

Ann Watson, the body's CEO, said: "We consulted the sector and asked what it needed to get the job done at this crucial moment in our history. Skills Vision is a blueprint for change – to galvanize the Government – to do the right thing."

According to SEMTA, examples of the skills issues employers include the fact that almost two in five firms requiring STEM skilled employees report difficulties in recruiting them.

Included in the document, which is the result of consultations with advanced manufacturing and engineering companies, is a call for a number of policies.

SEMTA wants plans that take a long term view on apprenticeships, skills and science funding, with the Government ensuring that apprenticeships are of the right quality. It also wants to see employers encouraged to engage with schools, as well as better provision for preparing students to work. Like other organisations, SEMTA also wants to see better opportunities for women, minorities and the disabled.

"Industry has spoken; its voice must be heard," Watson concluded.

Author
Graham Pitcher

Source:  www.newelectronics.co.uk


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