an article by Billy Camden for FE Week [grateful thanks to South West Skills Newsletter]
Employers should not be handed the keys to the National Retraining Scheme if the government is serious about supporting the millions of older people who need it most, according to a former senior skills civil servant.
Instead, the new initiative should focus on the skills needs of people rather than those of employers, insists Dr Sue Pember, who has worked with 10 skills ministers and eight education secretaries.
In her report on the scheme, written on behalf of NCFE and the Campaign for Learning, Dr Pember warned that if it were employer-led, the priority would be to “assist employers to retrain their employees in new roles and occupations rather than make them redundant”.
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