Key benefits

The National Skills Academy network represents a major investment by the Government and employers.

But it will bring real returns, including:

  • A better trained, highly skilled workforce, adapted to employers’ needs
  • Fewer skills gaps in key sectors of the economy
  • A broader base of potential recruits
  • Improved productivity and real savings for employers
  • A stronger economy, as skills training in key sectors benefits UK industry as whole.
‘The National Skills Academy for Nuclear places nuclear employers from across the sector at the forefront of skills development.’ David Bonser, Executive Director, British Nuclear Fuels plc

‘There was a substantial association found between training and the chances of establishment closure… 27% of non-training establishments closed for business of the 1998-2004 period while only about 11% of training establishments closed down. Training establishments were thus nearly 2.5 times more likely to survive.’ Collier, Green and Kim, ‘Training and Establishment Survival,’ SSDA Research Report, 2007.

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