AQW 48997/11-16 Written question to the Minister for Employment and Learning
To ask the Minister for Employment and Learning to detail all current and future academies being delivered under his Department’s Assured Skills Programme.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 22 September 2015
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 22 September 2015
- Answer due by
- 7 October 2015
- Answered
- 29 September 20157 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Employment and Learning
- Priority question
- No
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 |