Policy paper

Skills for sustainable growth: strategy document

Sets out government strategy on improving and using skills for sustainable economic growth, and to extend social mobility and inclusion.

• From: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
• Published: 16 November 2010

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Documents

Skills for sustainable growth: strategy document

Ref: BIS/10/1274

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Skills for sustainable growth: strategy document - executive summary

Ref: BIS/10/1273

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Details

Followed the consultation on the future direction of skills policy, summarising some public responses to it. Sets out the government’s original strategy on improving and using skills for sustainable economic growth, and to extend social mobility and inclusion. Shows how the skills system was reformed to better meet the needs of employers and learners.

An updated national skills strategy Rigour and Responsiveness in Skills plans to make the skills system more rigorous and responsive to need.

See also the government’s Strategy for Investing in Skills.

Published 16 November 2010