What is effective practice in pedagogy and curriculum design in technical education, apprenticeships and adult training? Where are the barriers to delivery of high-quality courses, and how might these be overcome?

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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.

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