National Skills Academies
National Skills Academies are employer led centres of excellence. Their purpose is to raise employer investment in skills and shape provision to meet the needs of employers in key sectors of the economy.
NSAs provide an opportunity for employers influence and invest in the development of skills provision which meets the needs of their sector. NSAs mostly operate as hubs of specialist resource and expertise and lead specialist networks of colleges and training providers. They match employers to specialist provision and work with providers to develop their capacity and plug gaps in provision.
There are currently 19 National Skills Academies in various stages of development.
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18 in operation: Manufacturing; Construction; Environmental Technologies; Railway Engineering; Financial Services; Food and Drink Manufacturing; Nuclear; Process Industries; Hospitality; Creative and Cultural; Sports and Active Leisure; Retail; Enterprise; Social Care; and Materials, Production and Supply; Information Technology and Telecommunications; and Power and Logistics
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1 new NSA is currently in business planning; Health. Also in business planning are extensions to the Nuclear NSA (to cover manufacturing) and to the Creative and Culture NSA (to cover jewellery, design and heritage).
NSAs have been very successful examples of collective employer action and co-investment in skills; employers are investing over £119m in NSAs.
