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Developments at the LSC
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as one of the most powerful things they
can do to drive their businesses forward.
Employers that have invested in the skills of
their people in the past will be better placed
to respond to the economic challenges,
and they will also be better placed to take
advantage of the opportunities in the next
period of growth.”
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Furthermore, the LSC has now introduced
complete online learning program using
the Training Quality Standard, an
employer-endorsed mark of excellence
courses that follow the Official Microsoft
in training provision. Providers with the
Standard will play a major role in further
Curriculum.
raising the credibility and equality of the
Train to Gain service.
Over 750 online learning products available
In a demand-led system employers are
free to choose where they purchase their
including courses, clinics and workshops.
training and development solutions. It
is therefore important to ensure that
employers recognise what the Training
Featuring Virtual Labs that allow students
Quality Standard represents and what
they can expect from a provider that has
to work on a real system rather than a
gained certification.
simulation. Continued
Certification to the Standard is based
on assessment against criteria that look
at the ways in which providers meet
celebrations
employers’ needs, and the outcomes
achieved by providers. Over 600 employers

were consulted on the design, which
highlights excellence in the two areas that
Services include:
employers say are most important; provider
responsiveness to needs and provider
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Having just announced a successful second expertise in a particular vocational area.
• Complete management of training year for the Train to Gain scheme, the The LSC is working with Train to
programs
Learning and Skills Council (LSC) has now
Gain brokers to ensure that providers
with the Standard are ‘flagged’ when
• Industry leading Learning Management
introduced a mark of excellence in learning
recommending to employers. This will also
be replicated in the Employers Guide to
System
provision that will further enhance the
Training Providers, where providers with
the Standard are highlighted for their
• Reporting tools to measure results
standard and credibility of the programme
excellence in employer responsiveness.
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As the Train to Gain service is enhanced
• Assessments
mpanies have that some 43 per cent of people who
for 2008/09 it is vital that it continues to
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ome 100,000 co
now signed up to Train to Gain, had completed their training, reported
be high performing, helping employers
a government initiative that helps having received a pay rise, and 30 per cent
identify and meet their skills needs.
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businesses source the right learning reported having had promotion. Funding for
through a skills brokerage service. Train to Gain will increase from £520 million
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in 2007-08 to over £1 billion by 2010-11.
The LSC is exhibiting and
conference sponsor for the
In a bid to boost the nation’s skills, Train to
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World of Learning 2008. For
Gain has helped over 570,000 employees Lord Young, Parliamentary Under-Secretary
further information about the
in England get training, and over 291,000 of State at the Department for Innovation, standard visit stand E40 or go to
learners have achieved a qualification. An Universities and Skills said:“Successful
www.trainingqualitystandard.co.uk
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evaluation published this year revealed employers see up-skilling the workforce
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