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<p>Our mainstream vocational education programmes in England are designed to equip
people with the wide range of vocational and generic skills that employers need:</p><p>
</p><p>• Employers are in the driving seat of new apprenticeships – by designing frameworks
and standards so that they contain the elements, and young people are equipped with
the skills, that employers need.</p><p> </p><p>• Work experience and employability
skills are key elements of traineeships which are designed for those who are motivated
to work but lack the necessary skills, behaviours and experience.</p><p> </p><p>•
Projects under the Employer Ownership Pilot cover a wide range of training provision
led by employers. Many of these training areas will cover interpersonal skills as
it is ultimately for employers to decide which areas of training they value and are
of most importance.</p><p> </p><p>• Ofsted inspection of vocational education provision
includes consideration of employability skills.</p><p> </p><p>One of the main priorities
of the new European Social Fund (ESF) programme for 2014-2020 is to develop the skills
of the potential and existing workforce, with special emphasis on helping young people.
There will be particular focus on reducing the relatively high proportion of people
with low levels of qualifications/skills and developing those skills, including interpersonal
skills which have been identified by employers as meeting their needs.</p><p> </p><p>Young
people are being given better support to get ready for employment through the Department
for Education’s 16-19 Study Programmes. These focus on exactly the areas that employers
say matter, such as employability skills and work experience, and under which schools
and colleges could chose to prioritise activity which relates to inter-personal skills.</p><p>
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