Services for Training Providers

Colleges, private learning providers and third-sector organisations, like charities and social enterprises, are on the brink of profound change. UK government funding has increased by over 50 per cent in the past decade, in real terms. The policy climate has never been more favourable to Technical and Vocational Education (TVET), especially work-based learning.

However, the ever-spiralling pressures of globalisation, catalogued in the government Leitch Review of Skills, have been reflected in demanding targets for better performance through to the year 2020. The need for sharper responsiveness, greater flexibility, in training and adapting to the employment market, has made the UK government put spending power in the hands of the customer – employers and working people – and progressively take away secure contracts from colleges and providers.

In this competitive climate, only the best will survive. Beyond Standards helps organisations to face up to and eliminate their weaknesses, and build on their particular strengths. We help ease the strains of adaptation: growth, acquisitions and mergers. We coach staff and managers to understand and adapt to new policy environments and conditions.

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