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Barriers to Training and Skills Development in Rural Areas

Duration: 24 March 2009 to 24 March 2009

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The South West has a larger rural area and larger rural population than any other English region. This ‘rurality’ poses particular challenges - for employers, employees and people looking for work. The absence of a large local labour pool, from which skills can be ‘bought-in’, places a premium for employers on training their existing staff.

In this Learning Theme we explored the following:
  • the extent to which rurality has created barriers to training and skills development, for employers, employees and job-seekers;
  • the nature of the barriers and reasons for their existence;
  • how these barriers have been overcome.
At the time of this theme, the region’s European Social Fund (ESF) Frameworks were under review, also the Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE) Framework was under development. In light of this we also examined:
  • the ways in which ESF worked in rural areas to date;
  • lessons for future ESF programme delivery;
  • the priorities for skills and business development in farming, food and forestry.
Related research papers and other resources have been collated here, including outputs from our closing workshop entitled "Barriers to Training and Skills Development in Rural Areas", which was held on Tuesday the 24th of March.

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Venue Details
Estuary Suite
Sandy Park Conference Centre
Sandy Park
Exeter
England EX2 7NN
Tel: +44(0)1392 427427


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