Lord Tony Young of Norwood Green
Responsible for engaging employers in the Government's skills agenda, including:
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Engaging employers in Train to Gain; expert, one-to-one skills advice and financial support to help businesses organise a full training package
- Right to Request Time to Train; plans for people to be able to request time for training
- Encouraging employer support for Apprenticeships
- Skills Pledge; companies publicly pledging basic skills training for all staff who need it
- National Skills Academies; employer-led, academies delivering the skills required by each sector of the economy
- Sector Skills Councils, including Sector Compacts; employer-driven organisations that articulate skills gaps in a sector and seek to address them
- UK Commission for Employment and Skills
- Better Regulation; helping to reduce bureaucracy in Government regulation
- Third Sector (charities and voluntary organisations) Skills
- Olympic Skills 2012
- Manufacturing strategy
- Union Learning Representatives; trade union representatives encouraging staff to learn at work
- World Skills; young skilled people from around the world, gather together to compete before the public in the skills of their various trades
- Investors in People (IiP); public standard regarding equal opportunities and training for staff in order to improve the performance of an organisation
Additionally:
- Minister for Students in Higher Education, including the Student Listening Programme
- Minister for Students in Further Education
Minister for corporate affairs in the Department, including sustainability
