In July 2010, the Secretary of State for Education stated in a speech that "the purpose of A-levels is to prepare students for university". After the speech, Simply Business Skills immediately challenged Mr. Gove on how this point of view holds up when it was predicted at over 200,000 A-level students would not get a university place that year.

His response was that the best brains in the party (Vince Cable and David Willetts) were already working on that very issue.

Bottom line is that whether your students progress to universities (which all want employable students), or straight into the workplace (by choice or necessity), equipping them employability skills is both essential for their success and for differentiating your school. For schools we provide the following options:

1. On-site Workshops

Intensive workshops - facilitated by real-world business people - teaching the employability skills identified by the CBI and UUK as being most lacking in new graduates. The 10 workshops are delivered on-site at your school and at times to fit in with your timetable.
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2. Employability Module

With over 20 years experience designing and delivering modules, Simply Business Skills is able to work alongside your teachers to design unique Employability modules specific for your range of programmes and learning outcomes.
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3. Train the Trainer

Customised sessions to delivered one-to-one or in small groups to give teachers the tools and confidence to deliver employability skills training.
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4. Online Courses

From Q4 2011 Simply Business Skills will have e-learning courses for all 10 units. There will be "white label" options for schools to use their own branding should this be required.
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