What are the funding, system and market challenges and opportunities for growing technical education, apprenticeships and adult training?

Background

Our goal is to increase productivity and growth by bringing education and business closer together and improving the quality of our skills programme, so that we meet current and future business skills needs.

Next steps

If you would like to discuss previous, ongoing or potential research into any of the areas in this document, please contact research.engagement@education.gov.uk.

Source

This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:

Df E Areas of Research Interest 2024

Related UKRI funded projects

  • Supporting the Industrial Strategy

    1) Developing Skills: Strengths and Weaknesses in the System, and What can be Done. The new Industrial Strategy must consider how the education system can create the general and specific skills needed by businesses toda...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: London School of Economics and Political Science

    Why might this be relevant?

    Addresses funding, system, and market challenges for technical education and apprenticeships.

  • SD - APT: Scalable Delivery of Applied PEMD Training

    SD-APT brings together diverse organisations with established experience in innovation within the delivery of skills and training and expertise in PEMD to create delivery programs designed to meet the PEMD skills gap cha...

    Funded by: ISCF

    Lead research organisation: COVENTRY UNIVERSITY

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project specifically addresses the challenges and opportunities in technical education, apprenticeships, and adult training, with expertise in PEMD skills gap.

  • Institute of Electrification and Sustainable Advanced Manufacturing (IESAM) -Building Talent for Growth of North East PEMD Supply Chain

    Participation levels in advanced vocational Science, TEchnology and Mathematics (STEM) education and training are historically low in the North East of England. Fewer young people attain Level 3 vocational or academic qu...

    Funded by: ISCF

    Lead research organisation: NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY

    Why might this be relevant?

    Focuses on developing talent for growth in technical skills training.

  • Developing talent through apprenticeships

    Investing in apprenticeships is an excellent way for the UK economy to recover from the effects of COVID-19\. Apprentices each generate an average **£34,000 of economic benefit each year** in the UK and Government ...

    Funded by: Innovate UK

    Lead research organisation: WORKPLUS APPRENTICESHIPS LTD

    Why might this be relevant?

    Addresses challenges of finding apprenticeships and developing talent, but not specifically focused on technical education.

  • HIVE-PED: Higher Vocational Education and Pedagogy in England

    The HIVE-PED Research Seminar Series: Higher Vocational Education and Pedagogy in England The proposed HIVE-PED research seminars series will map out the research territory, report research findings, facilitate debate,...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Greenwich

  • Industrial Cadets PEMD Pathway- Midlands and UK wide

    Industrial Cadets, working alongside our leading PEMD sector employer partners, can inspire future generations to achieve their STEM potential in the growing PEMD sector. We use a multi activity approach, with next step...

    Funded by: ISCF

    Lead research organisation: THE ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT TRUST

  • E3x2

    The E3 Academy has operated with great success for 14 years, delivering high quality graduates to a group of Tier 1 and SME companies operating in the PEMD space, by providing students with a scholarship through their un...

    Funded by: ISCF

    Lead research organisation: E3 ACADEMY

  • University Technical Colleges - driving growth across the whole country and cultivating world-leading sectors?

    Evaluating school effectiveness is challenging, because parents can choose where to send their children to school. This causes a problem for researchers, because those choices are unlikely to be random. This means it is ...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Warwick

  • PEMD Skills Programme Bootcamp

    [Tech Lancaster][0] is an industry-led, industry managed outreach and training organisation based in Lancaster, United Kingdom. Initially created to support local people taking up new jobs in our regional electronics and...

    Funded by: ISCF

    Lead research organisation: TECH LANCASTER LIMITED

  • TrainAR - Augmented Reality Learning Platform for Skills Training

    TrainAR is a digital platform that enables organisations, educational institutions and training providers to create Augmented Reality learning experiences at scale. Immersive learning tools, such as Augmented Reality, de...

    Funded by: Innovate UK

    Lead research organisation: FUZZY LOGIC STUDIO LTD

Similar ARIs from other organisations

The drivers of productivity in AHT sectors and the impact of the sectors on economic growth, productivity, public health and employment What are the major skills gaps in the AHT sectors and how could that impact on sector growth and wider social and culture outcomes? Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport, 2023
See details
Local growth interventions What does the evidence tell us about the interplay between further and higher education, industry and government, and improved productivity? How can effective models be best enabled? Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, 2022
See details