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Sport and Leisure added onto Skills Academy network
Skills Minister Phil Hope today announced that sport and active leisure are among the next four sectors that have successfully bid to be part of the expanding National Skills Academy network.
Sport, alongside the other three successful sectors – retail, fashion and building products – will now go forward into the business planning stage, bringing the total number of sectors involved in the employer-led network to 12.
The network aims to drive up the standard of industry training, improve productivity and tackle skills shortages across England.
It will provide vocational education and training which is tailor made to meet the specific needs of industry sectors and those who work in them.
Phil Hope said: "National Skills Academies are starting to transform vocational training sector by sector.
“They are giving employers a unique opportunity to shape curriculum and delivery in return for investing in academies.
“It is good news that four more organisations are now on their way to joining the growing network of operational National Skills Academies and those heading for completion of their business plans".
To date, the Government has approved National Skills Academies for the construction, financial services, manufacturing, and food and drink manufacturing industries.
The second round of National Skills Academies for the nuclear, process industries, creative and cultural, and hospitality sectors are currently at the business planning stage and, if approved, will become operational later this year.