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Apprenticeships & Training
Stemming the skills shortage
By Teresa Addinell, director of business services at South and City College Birmingham
If we are to reshape our local and national economy around high value, knowledge-intensive activities that can compete in a global market place, we must provide the labour market with young people and adults with economically valuable skills. In particular, the education and skills sector must work in
partnership with business to ensure they have access to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) skills – as it is these skills that are critically important to developing innovative products and globally competitive services. As the drivers within our economy change, with increased reliance
on digitalisation, bio and nano technologies, the requirement for effective STEM skills has extended beyond the traditional sectors. Occupations such as manufacturing and mechanical engineering are equally important to the construction, creative and digital, finance and the health sectors. We are already seeing there has been substantial growth in the number
of employers currently active in the recruitment market and in 2015 there were 928,000 reported vacancies, almost 300,000 more than 2013.
40 CHAMBERLINK May 2016
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