Speaking at the recent Department for Education’s (DfE) Skills Summit, the Secretary of State for Education Justine Greening outlined the government’s plans for the future of technical education. The announcements include:
- the launch of a new Institute of Technology (external link) described as “prestigious and high quality employer-led institution[s] delivering higher level technical education with a clear route to high skilled employment.”
- additional funding for career learning pilots as part of a National Retraining Scheme
- a consultation (external link) on the implementation of the T levels programme and the membership of the panels (external link) which will help to create the content. (the introduction of T levels was announced by the Chancellor in March.)
- the launch of Skills Advisory Panels, the first of which will be in Greater Manchester, West Midlands, Cornwall and the Scilly Isles, Greater Lincolnshire, Lancashire, Leeds and Thames Valley.
Read the full speech here (external link)