Flagship Scottish Government job retraining programme has helped just half of its target
Ministers said that the multi-million pound National Transition Training Fund would support 6,000 Scots by last year.
Figures reveal that 573 people have been given support from the £25m National Transition Training Fund - well short of its 6,000 target (Image: Getty Images)
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As lockdown gradually lifts and we approach the end of school term, Skills Development Scotland credits a multi-partnership strategy for keeping Foundation Apprentices on course – physically and virtually – during the Covid-19 pandemic THE challenges Scotland has faced to ensure the country’s school pupils continue to learn and achieve during the pandemic have been unprecedented. Within the education sector, collaboration has been vital in a rapid response to create solutions that will support the skills and learning system. As part of the development of Foundation Apprenticeships, adaptations have been made so pupils were able to continue to progress with their work-based learning throughout the disruption to complete and achieve their qualification.
What does the future of work look like?
Wednesday, 28th April 2021, 9:19 am
That’s the key question posed in a new podcast series by The Scotsman, in partnership with Skills Development Scotland dedicated digital skills and careers website
How will we work? Where will we work? Will the future be dominated by technology - and will robots take our jobs?
Experts and industry leaders share their insights, with Professor Heather McGregor, Executive Dean of Edinburgh Business School at Heriot Watt University saying in the first podcast: “The future of work will be unbelievably flexible. We will work in different ways and in different places. It will not be one continual line of employment.”
SHETLAND companies are said to have bucked the trend by taking on a record 87 new apprentice starts during 2020 despite the coronavirus pandemic.
Train Shetland vocational manager Kevin Briggs said: âWeâre very happy to have been able to support these 87 apprenticeships across the isles, and across a wide variety of employment sectors.
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“The recent Apprentice Employerâs Grant from Skills Development Scotland was a big factor in securing more apprentices in engineering, construction and social care.â
A particular area which has seen an increase in apprenticeships is agriculture, with six new apprentices starting their training on farms around Shetland.