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NSA for fashion, textiles & jewellery to become a reality
15 Jun '07
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Skillfast-UK, the Sector Skills Council for apparel, footwear and textiles, announced that it has been given the go-ahead by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) to turn the dream of a National Skills Academy (NSA) for the fashion, textiles and jewellery sector into a reality.
Backed by a consortium of Further Education establishments and Centres of Vocational Excellence (COVE) across the country, the National Skills Academy will be a ground-breaking virtual hub, spreading learning provision across the UK. The NSA will use the existing resources of the learning providers, coupled with a newly developed range of training modules which can be combined to make a learning program tailored for each individual and their employer.
Linda Florance, chief executive at Skillfast-UK says “The concept of National Skills Academies was developed as a solution to the widening skills gap in the fashion, textiles and jewellery industry. One of our aims as a Sector Skills Council is to transform learning provision across the UK and to ensure qualifications are relevant, not only in their content, but in the way they are delivered. A National Skills Academy will be superbly versatile offering people the chance to take on bite-sized chunks of learning which are designed to address the needs of employers with specific skills needs.
Backed by a consortium of Further Education establishments and Centres of Vocational Excellence (COVE) across the country, the National Skills Academy will be a ground-breaking virtual hub, spreading learning provision across the UK. The NSA will use the existing resources of the learning providers, coupled with a newly developed range of training modules which can be combined to make a learning program tailored for each individual and their employer.
Linda Florance, chief executive at Skillfast-UK says “The concept of National Skills Academies was developed as a solution to the widening skills gap in the fashion, textiles and jewellery industry. One of our aims as a Sector Skills Council is to transform learning provision across the UK and to ensure qualifications are relevant, not only in their content, but in the way they are delivered. A National Skills Academy will be superbly versatile offering people the chance to take on bite-sized chunks of learning which are designed to address the needs of employers with specific skills needs.
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