AQW 48997/11-16


Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry


Tabled Date: 22/09/2015
Answered On Date: 29/09/2015
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister for Employment and Learning to detail all current and future academies being delivered under his Department’s Assured Skills Programme.


Answer:
The table below lists the live and planned Academies under the Department’s Assured Skills programme:
Name of Assured Skills Academy
Start date of Academy
Length of Academy
EY
17 August 2015
9 weeks
FinTrU
1 September 2015
6 weeks
Deloitte
5 October 2015
6 weeks
Whitehat
12 October 2015
5 weeks
Eishtec
October 2015
weeks
EY
December 2015/January 2016
to be confirmed
Change Fund
From 1 April 2015 my Department received an additional £2m in funding through the ‘Change Fund’ for Assured Skills. The overall objective of this funding is to improve the effectiveness of government support and to identify and address those sectors and sub sectors where the availability of skills is impeding the growth of the sector.
The table below lists the live and planned Academies funded from the Change Fund:
Name of Change Fund Academy
Start date
Length of Academy
2D Animation Academy
3 August 2015
16 weeks
Financial Services Academy
7 September 2015
8 weeks
Export Sales & Marketing Academy
7 September 2015
8 weeks
Welding Academy
7 September 2015
8 weeks
Data Scientists Academy
To be confirmed
16 weeks
Gaming Academy
2 November 2015
12 weeks