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20:20 skills vision - your views on learning and working in the future
Free events for learners
| Date | Location | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| Thu 22 March 2007 | Wigan Investment Centre, Wigan WN3 5BA [FULL] | C15-14/03/07 |
| Wed 28 March 2007 | Baylis House, Slough SL1 3PB | C15-14/03/07 |
| Thur 29 March 2007 | Centre for Life, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4EP [FULL] | C15-14/03/07 |
NIACE invitation to learners
We need your help! The Government is currently planning the shape of education and training for adults up to the year 2020. You can help by joining with us and other learners to give them some advice!
The UK economy is in good shape and over the last ten years, millions of adults have gained new skills and qualifications. Yet despite these successes, there is an urgent need for the UK to improve further if we are to be a more prosperous society. By the year 2020 a lot could have happened. There are already more people aged over 60 than aged under 16 and this trend will continue. Most of us are living longer and this is good, but it has a lot of implications when it comes to jobs, wages and pensions.
What should be the role of learning for work, for our families and for ourselves?
The society we live in is the fifth richest in the world, but the global economy is changing, with emerging economies such as India and China growing quickly. Britain is less productive than France and considerably less so than the USA. Poverty still exists despite tax credits and regeneration budgets. We are also an increasingly multi-racial society, in which tensions between different communities are on the rise because of migration and living in a ‘global village’.
Can learning new skills play a part in addressing some of these difficult issues?
Lord Sandy Leitch was commissioned by Gordon Brown in 2004 to identify the skills that the UK will need in 2020. On 5 December 2006 Lord Leitch published his final report: Prosperity for all in the global economy - world class skills. The report recommends that the UK should aim to be a world leader in skills by 2020 and makes a number of recommendations for how that vision should be delivered in order to make our economy grow and our society to become fairer.
What can we do that will help make a difference?
What changes need to happen? The '20:20 skills vision' events have been arranged by NIACE, especially for you and other learners to have your say. There will be plenty of opportunity for small group discussions to make sure your views are heard. Together we shall be producing a colourful report, highlighting your main priorities and recommendations.
The report will be going to Government ministers and education policy makers to help influence and shape what needs to be done.
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