Investment in work experience, quality work-based training and apprenticeships provides not just soft intangible benefits, but also has a positive impact on the bottom line, a UK academic has advised.
Jonathan Garnett, dean of the Institute for Work-Based Learning at Middlesex University, which held a ‘Getting the UK Working’ conference with employers lobby group, the CBI, this week, said that the body’s research showed workers felt far more valued and loyal if they were provided with properly accredited training at work.
“With the costs to students rising and opportunities to engage in skills training and education often seen as dwindling, businesses that offer these opportunities will reap the rewards,” he added.
“Work-based learning isn’t about me giving my staff a certificate with my signature on it. This is a degree, a real qualification and that really counts. This is a great opportunity for many organisations,” Kemp added.
