THREE NEW NATIONAL SKILLS ACADEMIES
Dated: 08/05/2008

On 6 May David Lammy announced the expansion of the National Skills Academy network with the approval of three new National Skills Academies: Sport and Active Leisure, Creative and Cultural and Hospitality. The new Skills

On 6 May David Lammy announced the expansion of the National Skills
Academy network with the approval of three new National Skills Academies: Sport and Active Leisure, Creative and Cultural and Hospitality.
The new Skills Academies will provide for more than 20,000 learners in their first year alone, with the aim of reaching over 400,000 learners over five years, representing a significant boost to the UK?s talent pool
Skills Academies have been created to solve specific and potentially acute skills shortages in their respective sectors, enabling employers, government and other stakeholders to design more effective solutions to training needs. There are now nine approved National Skills Academies, representing real progress towards the Government?s target of having a Skills Academy in each major sector by the end of 2011
Minister for Skills, David Lammy said:
"The National Skills Academy network will make a substantial contribution to the success of the UK economy. By making a long term investment in high quality training, tailored to specific sector needs, the employers involved in these partnerships will reap dividends in terms of enhanced productivity, creativity and National Skills Academy for Sport and Active Leisure among others, Sport England, Fitness First and the England and Wales Cricket Board will provide one single, coherent approach to all skills training across the sector. It will be driven by twin ambitions: to stage a successful London Olympic Games in 2012 and to see 50 per cent of the nation active and healthy by 2020."

THREE NEW NATIONAL SKILLS ACADEMIES