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ClimateNE & Climate Change Schools Project support the move to a low-carbon, resilient economy and help businesses avoid risk and realise commercial opportunities. Posts by Jen Atkinson, Krista McKinzey and Harriet Thew » With the dust now settled on Gordon Brown's appointment at number 10, the Prime Minister is set to announce his plan to tackle the impending skills shortage.
The Government will reveal its tactics to meet the recommendations of the Leitch Review of Skills, which was published in 2006.
The study, conducted by Lord Leitch, found that the UK must urgently up its achievements at all levels of skills to become a world leader by 2020.
Among the many objectives set out by the report, the Government is looking to boost the number of apprentices by 500,000 a year and ensure that 40% of adults are skilled to graduate level and above by 2020.
So what could the implementation plan mean for the region? Hopefully we'll see more investment aimed at keeping talented workers in the North-East. Perhaps there'll be the launch of initiatives to increase employer investment into skills development from the regionâÂÂs corporate heavyweights. And, we could even see the creation of new specialist training academies across the North-East.
See nebusiness later this week for an exclusive interview with Chris Roberts, regional director of the Learning and Skills Council North East to find out more on the Government's plans for the region..
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