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6th November 2007

Sector Skills Councils use online learning to recruit and train women in industry

Automotive Skills commission MyKnowledgeMap custom training.

A web-based system developed by learning technology provider MyKnowledgeMap (MKM) to help raise recruitment levels and provide training in sectors where women are under-represented has been adopted by a second Sector Skills Council.

Automotive Skills, the Council for the retail motor industry has commissioned the system to handle administration of its Women and Work Sector Pathways Initiative.

Women working in the retail motor sector can register their interest online, quickly and easily, using the system which then captures details needed by Automotive Skills, and allows individuals to access custom training plans.

The food and drink Sector Skills Council, Improve is already using a similar system to enable women working in food and drink manufacturing to register for a level three Introductory Certificate in Management.

The Council’s Adult Learning remit engages employers to assist staff in improving basic skills, provide opportunities to acquire new skills and knowledge, wherever possible through access to public funding, such as Train to Gain and Women in Work.

Other key areas are careers, 14-19 year old provision, management and leadership, and sector qualification strategy.

York-based MKM has broad experience of working with Sector Skills Councils, primarily as a provider of virtual academy platforms for managing skills and competencies across industry sectors including food & drink manufacturing, sport & active leisure, care, and retail.

More information at http://www.myknowledgemap.com/2_B_academies.asp

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NOTES TO EDITORS

About Automotive Skills Ltd

Automotive Skills is the Sector Skills Council for the retail motor industry, charged by government and employers with leading the drive to boost competitiveness through skills development.

Its role is to:

• identify and reduce skills shortages raising employers ambition in the demand for skills;

• develop innovative ways to both attract new recruits into the industry and develop the skills of the existing workforce;

• influence Government and its agencies to respond positively to the needs of the retail motor industry;

• make learning providers more responsive to the needs of the sector, supporting and developing learning provision which impacts on business performance.

More at www.automotiveskills.org.uk

About MyKnowledgeMap

Founded in 2000, MyKnowledgeMap (often known as MKM) is a dynamic company delivering web-based knowledge systems designed by individuals, for the individual.

Operating in the corporate, public and education sectors, MKM's range of products and services includes:

• Academies: MKM is the UK's leading supplier of infrastructure systems for national skill academies, including those in the UK for food & drink manufacturing, sport & active leisure, care, and retail. MKM's e-academy infrastructure helps learners and people with a stake in a particular skill to progress from entry to degree level. Working with the UK's national Sector Skills Councils (MKM's clients include Skillsmart Retail, Improve and SkillsActive), MKM has pioneered online academies that can help people with everything from day-to-day productivity to discovering and achieving relevant qualifications. MKM also offers e-academies tailored to the needs of organisations in the private and local government sectors.
   

• Skills diagnostics: MKM's Skills Diagnostic suite allows clients to build their own system of skills diagnosis and training regimens. Its sophisticated software tools are designed to meet clients' specific needs, and to facilitate, not impose, the required solutions.
   

• Learning: MKM's e-learning solutions, including e-learning content, delivery systems and teaching aids, are used by a worldwide and growing range of organisations from Lloyds TSB to the RSPB; from manufacturing to retailing; from the police to local authorities; from the University of York to colleges in Delhi, Bahrain and Nairobi. MKM produces inventive and versatile applications that are can be shaped and contextualised by their users to meet the rapidly-changing needs of contemporary work and training, either for use within an e-Academy environment or as stand-alone products.

Further Information from:

Rob Arntsen / Tom Holland/ Dawn Ritchie, MyKnowledgeMap 00 44 (0) 1904 466081
Peter Muir / Bob Little, Bob Little Press & PR 00 44 (0) 1727 860405