Learners

Learners will benefit from easy access to the Academies and their flexible learning programmes. This will result in the engagement of new and different types of learners:

• Those who may previously have been excluded from training opportunities
• Those who may have thought particular types of skills training were beyond their reach
• Those who are attracted into sectors they may not have considered previously.

“I want to work in this industry because it’s fast-moving and there’s always something different to do. There are new challenges every day and this is what really attracts me to fashion. There’s also lots of potential for development, so there’s scope for moving up the ladder” Lindsey Gilmartin, a student at The Fashion Retail Academy

And since employers are ensuring that the training is in real skills for real jobs, learners can look forward to a head start in their chosen sector as well as long term potential in their chosen career.