Employers to shape education

The Bedford College Group is hosting a series of Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP) events run by Chambers of Commerce in Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire.

On Monday March 20th employers from a range of sectors heard how the LSIP events would feed back information to the Government about what changes were needed in FE to meet skills demands.

Said Robin Webber-Jones, Principal of Tresham College, part of The Bedford College Group which hosted Monday’s event at its Corby campus:

“Our links with locally-based companies, large and small are already good, but we recognise that improvements need to be made across the whole employer-education section. 

“Hopefully these events will lead to Local Skills Improvement Funding which can support close links between teachers and trainers and industry and employers.”

A further LSIP event is being held in Northants on March 28th at the Wellingborough campus of Tresham College.

Any businesses interested in attending can register here

From these meetings information will be channelled to the Department for Education to shape plans for future funding. So far 2,000 comments from employers across the SEMLEP region of Beds, Northants and MK have been collected.