Skills in Focus

Skills in Focus is a series of events organised by the Skills Committee* to stimulate debate around current skills issues.

Attendees at the events include senior representatives from skills organisations in Scotland and beyond, including policy makers, public sector organisations with learning and skills interests; and employer bodies from the key economic sectors identified by Scottish Government.

Skills in Focus is sponsored by Skills Development Scotland and the Scottish Funding Council.

* The Skills Committee is jointly led by the Scottish Funding Council and Skills Development Scotland. It is a strategic committee to support and advise our respective Boards on the skills challenges in Scotland. The committee works closely with the Scottish Government, employers, business organisations and students to ensure that Scotland has the right high-level skills and an employable and adaptive workforce.

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  Skills in Focus event,15 July 2011

  15 July 2011

  Professors David Ashton and Johnny Sung are internationally renowned experts on workforce development. In this event they look at the relationship between skills and productivity, and the links between companies’ product market strategies and their skills utilisation.