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Skills investment seminar - videos from the day

Below are the recordings we took at our Skills Investment seminar last month.

Trade unions are key to ensuring that public and private investment in skills leads to transferable skills and qualifications for workers, an audience of employer representatives, academics and trade unionists heard. Click here to read a summary of the event.

First Panel - Potential policy levers

Professor David Ashton - Comparison of UK approach on skills investment with other countries
Howard Reed - Tax relief on training: investigating the options for reform
Grahame Smith - Building a new sector approach

Second Panel - Employers, unions and SSCs working in partnership

Dinah Caine, Skillset - A view from the creative industries
Joanna Woolf, Cogent - A view from the science industries
John Rogers, Skills for Health - A view from the health sector

Closing comments

Michael Davis, UK Commission for Employment and Skills - Summary

Professor David Ashton

Skills investment seminar: David Ashton from unionlearn on Vimeo.

Howard Reed

Skills investment seminar: Howard Reed from unionlearn on Vimeo.

Grahame Smith

Skills investment seminar: Grahame Smith from unionlearn on Vimeo.

Dinah Caine

Skills investment seminar: Dinah Caine from unionlearn on Vimeo.

Joanna Woolf

Skills investment seminar: Joanna Woolf from unionlearn on Vimeo.

John Rogers

Skills investment seminar: John Rogers from unionlearn on Vimeo.

Michael Davis

Michael Davis from unionlearn on Vimeo.

Briefing document (200 words) issued 23 Jan 2012

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