Transport and the further education reforms: is the further education sector ready to deliver the future skills the transport industry needs?

In 2016 the Sainsbury Review into Technical Education reforms (report indexed in VOCEDplus at TD/TNC 125.184) made a series of recommendations to the government on the reforms of technical education which impact on the remit of the Strategic Transport Apprenticeship Taskforce (STAT). STAT was established by the Department of Transport (DfT) to implement the Transport Infrastructure Skills Strategy (TISS) (indexed in VOCEDplus at TD/TNC 129.865) for addressing the skills shortages in the industry, primarily through the achievement of 30,000 apprenticeships. This report is STAT's...  [+] Show more

In 2016 the Sainsbury Review into Technical Education reforms (report indexed in VOCEDplus at TD/TNC 125.184) made a series of recommendations to the government on the reforms of technical education which impact on the remit of the Strategic Transport Apprenticeship Taskforce (STAT). STAT was established by the Department of Transport (DfT) to implement the Transport Infrastructure Skills Strategy (TISS) (indexed in VOCEDplus at TD/TNC 129.865) for addressing the skills shortages in the industry, primarily through the achievement of 30,000 apprenticeships. This report is STAT's assessment of how those proposed reforms, and the government's subsequent response to implementing these recommendations, as set out in the Post-16 Skills Plan (indexed in VOCEDplus at TD/TNC 125.183), enables or challenges STAT's ability to achieve its skills and apprenticeship ambition.

Edited excerpts from publication.