2020 Vision: Learning and Qualifications for Managers and Leaders

Sector Skills Councils (SSCs) and other recognised Standard Setting Bodies (SSBs) such as the Management Standards Centre ( MSC) are now responsible for ensuring that the skills needs of employers in the sectors they represent are clearly defined.

The Sector Skills Development Agency and the UK Regulatory Authorities (RAs), QCA, ACCAC, CCEA and SQA, are working with these organisations and other strategic partners to reform and rationalise vocational qualifications.

This is to ensure they support workforce development and the needs of individual learners. Sector Qualifications Strategies (SQS) will assist in the reformation and rationalisation of vocational qualifications.

The SQS is designed to provide a UK-wide vision or ‘blueprint’ for the design, development and implementation of qualifications and/or other learning provision in each sector. It is underpinned by robust evidence of sector need and capable of supporting workforce development in years to come. The SQS should provide a sound basis for planned, strategic and intensive activity by all stakeholders, to reform and rationalise provision.

A SQS should:

• Provide clear statements of employers’ needs with respect to qualifications and/or other learning provision;
• Provide clarity on the broader range of skills and knowledge which will be required by that sector in the short, medium and longer term;
• Articulate what the SQS is intended to achieve, indicating what work is required to be undertaken, how the information will be gathered, who will be involved and within what timescales;
• Enable a shared understanding of sector needs and provide the foundation for more effective partnership and collaborative working between a wide range of stakeholders.

The Management and Leadership Learning and Qualifications Strategy (M&LLQS) has been produced by the Management Standards Centre on behalf of, and after extensive consultation with, the Sector. It is a high level strategy intended to inform the development of Management and Leadership qualifications throughout the United Kingdom.

Resources:

• A  two page summary strategy written for Directors and Chief Executives - 2020 vision
• The MSC’s full length SQS report written to the SSDA’s quality standard - Full report
• SSDA web site gives a full description - click here

For further information about the strategy and how you can become involved please contact Dr Kion Ahadi (kion.ahadi@managers.org.uk) on 020 7240 2826.

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