The National Skills Academy for Rail
National Training Partnership
The National Training Partnership, a new skills initiative to help solve the growing demand for new talent across the rail sector. It will bring together NSAR’s newly formed National Network of Colleges and Training Providers, the Training Alliance and Quality Assurance provision and will support the UK rail industry in achieving an integrated approach to education, professional development and training.
For employers
By developing a National Network of College and training providers, we now have a supply chain to balance demand and supply. Advantages for UK Rail Employers to engage with Partner FE Colleges and training providers in the National Training Partnership:
- Partner FE Colleges and training providers have extensive experience in the end to end delivery and management of apprenticeships
- Partner FE Colleges and training providers have experience in understanding and managing apprenticeship rules and funding
- Partner FE Colleges and training providers have extensive experience working collaboratively with employers and for quality delivery
- Partner FE Colleges and training providers can access 60,000 young people, from diverse backgrounds, to actively promote rail as a career
- Partner FE Colleges and training providers have a good understanding of the UK rail industry and its needs, through NSAR
- Partner FE Colleges and training providers work collaboratively with owners of specialist UK rail training resources, through the Training Alliance, to form a professional supply chain to deliver rail apprenticeships across the UK
- Partner FE Colleges and training providers are located around the UK
Partner Providers
Warwickshire College Group
The College Of Haringey, Enfield and North East London
Coleg
Gwent
Newham College
London
West
London
College
Barking & Dagenam College
Birmingham Metropolitan College
Newcastle College
Myerscough
College
For Colleges and ITP’s
As an FE College or training provider, you want your students to succeed and progress to a worthwhile and rewarding career. A strategic link with the UK rail industry will provide an incentive for students to come to your College or training provision to study and in return, the rail industry has access to that talent pool. UK rail sector also includes: Leadership & Management, IT, Customer Service, Finance and much more. The absence of an engineering department will not preclude an FE College or training provider becoming a select partner.
Advantages for FE Colleges and training providers to engage with the UK rail industry:
- Specialise in a fast-growing, niche, industry
- Select group of FE Colleges and training providers covering the UK, working with owners of specialist UK rail training resources, through the Training Alliance, to form a professional supply chain to deliver rail apprenticeships across the UK
- Promote careers in rail to all students; rail is relatively unknown as career and offers great opportunities
- Excellent labour market information available from NSAR
- Potential market of 2000 Level 2 and 3 apprenticeships across the UK
- Highest level funding for Level 2 and Level 3 Rail Engineering apprenticeships
- Opportunities to attract full-time students
If you are interested in becoming one of our partner FE Colleges/ training providers or would like further information contact us at NSAR Online.
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