Apprenticeships and training

Rhian Davies

14 October 2024, Equality and Social Justice Committee

Disability and employment: evidence session 6

…being unemployed. So, we've seen huge cuts to benefits. Many of our members who go through things like employability support assessments talk about how humiliating they are. It's almost like you're trying to be caught out, that you're trying to defraud the system. We see cuts to benefits, and also…

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Ian Morgan

9 October 2024, Children, Young People, and Education Committee

Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 12

…and how those qualifications are utilised across Wales. And that's in general qualifications and vocational qualifications as well. So, we've got a broad range of activity there. I think the second aspect I would just pick up on is that we do also provide the adult education Welsh language…

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Cefin CampbellPlaid

9 October 2024, Plenary

Plaid Cymru Debate: Education funding

…and the economy and how the skills system is failing our young people at the moment, resulting in a skills gap in the economy, particularly in emerging sectors, and how we are are not taking advantage of those emerging sectors. Again, Carolyn Thomas, you were talking about austerity and the pandemic…

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Luke FletcherPlaid

9 October 2024, Plenary

Plaid Cymru Debate: Education funding

…ultimately detrimental to our economy and social well-being. And what's the result? Well, a significant skills gap across the economy. Now, in 2024, research from the Open University found that nearly 50 per cent of Welsh-owned businesses were facing a skills shortage, and similar research from the…

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Vaughan GethingLabour

9 October 2024, Plenary

Plaid Cymru Debate: Education funding

…facilities are created in those new buildings, and that we gain greater values in terms of skills, apprenticeships and spend within our local economies. This year, we've provided a 5.5 per cent pay offer to teachers—well above the current rate of inflation. I'm very pleased to see that the NEU this…

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Cefin CampbellPlaid

9 October 2024, Plenary

Plaid Cymru Debate: Education funding

…the financial situation is dire now. The sector is facing a teacher recruitment crisis now, and the skills gap is at its highest level on record now. And that's why we're calling on the Government to say how many more teachers will be funded from the pledge that they made and when they will start…

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Peredur Owen GriffithsPlaid

9 October 2024, Plenary

Debate on the Petitions Committee Report, 'Freedom to thrive: Free and accessible public transport for young people'

…manifesto commitment, yet that promise is failing, with Wales having the highest number of young people not in education, employment or training across the UK. Cabinet Secretary, the committee's second recommendation called for the Welsh Government to undertake preparatory work for introducing free…

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Hayley Roberts

9 October 2024, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historic Monuments of Wales (5)

…aims that Christopher mentioned that are in the remit letter, such as supporting the new curriculum and apprenticeships. I had noted a few examples that were in the remit letter:

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Christopher Catling

9 October 2024, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historic Monuments of Wales (5)

…are social objectives. They are objectives to do with young people, older people, community cohesion, apprenticeships, social prescribing, promotion of the Welsh language—I could go on, there are many others. All of which are extremely worthy objectives, but I think the assumption is that we can…

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Luke FletcherPlaid

8 October 2024, Plenary

Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning: Economic Growth

…the Welsh Government's approach to economic development as being scattergun. You used the example of apprenticeships; well, if you speak to further education colleges, that is exactly what they're telling us—there is a feeling that the approach of the Welsh Government is scattergun. That's why I…

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Rebecca EvansLabour

8 October 2024, Plenary

Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning: Economic Growth

…a scattergun approach here in Wales. I think you only have to look at the way in which we target our apprenticeship programmes to know that we are doing so in a way that seeks to meet strategic skills needs. We design those programmes to improve productivity, and we prioritise investment in…

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Samuel KurtzConservative

8 October 2024, Plenary

Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning: Economic Growth

…colleges and training providers across Wales are facing a cut of around 24 per cent to their 2024-25 apprenticeship budgets. How are we to have the desired workforce for the future if we can't train our young people? How are we to build homes and infrastructure to meet the challenges of the housing…

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