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Minister for Higher Education, Further Education, Youth Employment and Training Jamie Hepburn MSP T: 0300 244 4000 E: [email protected] Sue Webber, MSP Convener, Education, Children and Young People Committee The Scottish Parliament By e-mail: [email protected] ___ 24 August 2022 Dear Convener FLEXIBLEWORKFORCEDEVELOPMENTFUND – YEAR SIX I am writing to advise Committee of changes to the FlexibleWorkforceDevelopmentFund for Year Six which will commence delivery at the start of the college academic year for 2022/23.
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Other findings in the report include:
The evidence gathered by the Committee suggests that the current NRAC funding formula fails to meet the specific needs of remote and rural areas.
It called on the Scottish Government to “create a policy and funding environment that gives universities the scope to flexibly respond to Scotland’s skills needs, which could in turn make a significant contribution to increasing labour market participation”.
Tackling these systemic delays requires the Scottish Government to ensure timely funding allocations and Local Authorities to develop more flexible commissioning processes that mitigate disruption to service users.
Minister for Higher Education, Further Education, Youth Employment and Training Jamie Hepburn MSP T: 0300 244 4000 E: [email protected] Sue Webber, MSP Convener, Education, Children and Young People Committee The Scottish Parliament By e-mail: [email protected] ___ 24 August 2022 Dear Convener FLEXIBLEWORKFORCEDEVELOPMENTFUND – YEAR SIX I am writing to advise Committee of changes to the FlexibleWorkforceDevelopmentFund for Year Six which will commence delivery at the start of the college academic year for 2022/23.
Of equal concern are both the Scottish Government's decision to suspend the FlexibleWorkforceDevelopmentFund which previously allowed SMEs to access up to £5,000 to upskill their staff through local providers and the drop in apprenti...