Tag - SQW

The UK Strategy for Agricultural Technologies was published in 2013 as one of the Government’s 11 Industrial Strategies. The Strategy sets a vision for the UK to become a world leader in agricultural technology, innovation and sustainability. The Government has now published SQW’s report providing a baseline of the sector, and an evaluation framework setting out the methods that can be used to assess the effects of the Strategy.

According to the often repeated mantra, employers are now ‘in the driving seat’ of English vocational education and training reform, driving up demand for higher-level and higher-quality professional and technical skills to increase productivity, boost business performance and deliver economic growth. But which skills and qualifications do employers want, how do their skills needs align with the aspirations of local young people, and what are local training providers doing to engage employers and learners and offer responsive local provision […]