Pearson VUE EMEA will be exhibiting for the first time at this year’s Skills for the Public Sector conference in London.
The public sector workforce is changing and within the midst of the recession, the stakes have been raised: skills policy could be the key factor that determines how and when the UK economy recovers and expands. Simultaneously, the need to ensure value for money and deliver efficient services has grown in importance and raised the need to identify the required skills base, which will in turn benefit society at large.
The number of public service employees continues to grow, in line with increased investment in schools, the NHS and the police. The composition of the workforce has also changed, reflecting rapidly changing demographics, the development of support worker roles to free up professionals to focus on their core tasks, and challenging targets to increase workforce diversity. The public sector in particular faces challenges due to the age-profile of the existing workforce and other worrying age-related trends (e.g. less than 10% of all apprenticeships are in the public sector).
To find out more go to http://www.govnet.co.uk/skills/index.php.
To arrange an appointment with one of our team email pvmarketingemea@pearson.com.