Get to know the Education Landscape
A skilled workforce is at the heart of every successful business, so understanding the education and skills system – and how your business can benefit from it – is crucial. The Education Landscape: A Guide for Employers has been created to help you get to grips with the landscape and identify new opportunities available to your business.
Using the Education Landscape Resources
Discover how these free resources can help your business connect to education and your future workforce.
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The Education Landscape: A Guide for Employers
This is a free, independent overview of the education and skills landscape in England, co-produced by leading business bodies. It explains how technical education is changing to better meet business needs, the main ways to get involved, and the key benefits of doing so.
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The Education Landscape: Index
The Index is an accompanying document to the Guide, providing a comprehensive list of different activities businesses may wish to engage with. These are split into five categories and include the key business benefits and estimated time commitments.
Business benefits
Discover the key benefits of working with schools, colleges and universities and hear from real businesses who have successfully engaged with them.
Where to start
Visit the Get Involved page for a simple overview of the education system in England and an outline of the types of activity you could get involved in.
Further guidance
In the Next Steps section, you will find a list of organisations who can provide further guidance and answer any specific questions you might have.
Why get involved and why now?
Changes to the education and skills landscape are focused on meeting the needs of employers. This includes helping you address skill shortages, tackle fast-paced technological change, and meet new requirements to manage your environmental impacts.
New technical qualifications, like T Levels, can give your business access to new talent and the skilled employees you need for the future. There are also a range of opportunities to upskill, motivate and help retain your existing staff.