10 April 2024
Policy and Public Affairs
Setting out our understanding of the UK skills crisis and demonstrating how technology is an essential part of improving skills, productivity and levelling up.
Since 2021, Ufi VocTech Trust has been engaging more widely in skills and vocational education policy debates as well as with key stakeholders and influencers across the four nations.
We’ve submitted and published consultation responses, letters, and articles all of which can be found below.
Together, this work sets out Ufi’s understanding of the UK’s skills crisis and demonstrate how technology is an essential part of improving skills, productivity and levelling up.
Our aim is to grow the number of people who understand how digital tools can help improve skills for work.
If you’d like to find out more, then please get in touch with Josh Smith, Ufi’s Public Affairs Manager, josh.smith@ufi.co.uk.
Consultation responses and letters
The Advanced British Standard – Ufi’s response to the Department of Education
Ufi welcomes the ABS as an opportunity to modernise and update the formal English education system.
Just transition to net zero in Wales: Ufi’s response to the Welsh Government
By supporting the development and deployment of technology, Wales can form a critical part of a systems-led approach to adult vocational education.
Engineering and technology apprenticeships for young people – Ufi’s response to Engineering UK
Our response highlights the need for a comprehensive systems-based approach to skills.
Ufi’s response to the BEIS Select Committee – Post-pandemic economic growth
As the UK moves out of the pandemic, economic growth will be underpinned by increasing productivity which has to come from improving the skills base of the labour market. Digital tools and technology present a proven means to deliver the skills system the UK needs.
Education in prisons: Ufi’s response to the Ministry of Justice
Digital tools and technology are essential to deliver the prison education system the UK needs.
The role of technology in levelling up the UK’s skills
An open letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson from Ufi VocTech Trust
The Future of Post-16 Qualifications: Ufi’s consultation response
Our Response to the Skills for Jobs White Paper
Our immediate response to the January 2021 Skills for Jobs White Paper
Harnessing the potential of digital to meet the skills requirements of the future
A summary of our recent event in Wales. An insight-filled day looking at how digital technology is transforming skills for work.
The role of tech in levelling up adult learning
Nine practical examples of how technology is helping make a real difference for learners.
Week of VocTech – looking through the lens of Inclusive FE
#VocTechFutures Episode 7 - Week of VocTech: Looking through the lens of inclusive FE