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Chapter 3: On-line Consultation

Issues for Consultation

  • How should we develop the national framework for learning at work?

  • Are the measures we propose sufficient to meet the challenge?

  • What role could incentives play in encouraging investment by employers in workplace learning?

  • What contribution can businesses make to wider learning and how can we work together to do this?

  • How can we encourage employers to offer more of their employees the chance to gain qualifications at work?

  • What measures are needed to ensure that people in work have the time they need to learn?

  • How can employers be encouraged to contribute to their employees' ILAs?

  • What more should be done to improve learning in small firms and organisations?

  • What steps could be taken to provide cover for small firms to allow employees to undertake training?

  • Are there any other steps that we could take to increase the take-up of Investors in People?

  • What measurements should be used to best assess investment in training?

  • How should this information be publicised?

  • Which priority skill areas should the National Skills Task Force focus on initially?

  • Are there further steps we need to take to strengthen provision for basic skills?

  • How can we provide basic skills to people already in work?

  • Are the current support mechanisms the right ones to help raise the level and quality of training in the workplace; and how do they fit in with Regional Development Agencies?

  • Do they have the necessary 'purchase' to change culture and attitudes, or are more fundamental changes required?

  • What should the future role of TECs be in supporting learning at work?

  • Do NTOs have sufficient leverage to raise the quantity and quality of training in their sectors?

  • How can we ensure that local partners - including TECs, further and higher education, and local authorities - work together to support enterprises in improving learning?

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