Only 5% of new apprenticeship starts in England are in pure engineering-related jobs and skills provision is still light years from being employer-led, manufacturers and trainers learn at the EEF North East Skills Summit.
Representatives from across manufacturing in the North East faced up to some harsh truths about the state of the region’s skills provision in Newcastle on Thursday. The skills provision market is still geared to provide apprentices and university places “designed to meet arbitrary targets” rather than being demand-led and driven by the real skills needs…
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