Industry experts work for young people

Sir Ian Wood and experts with business, further education, schools and trade union backgrounds will join forces with the Scottish Government to improve the readiness of young people for work.

A new Commission for Developing Scotland’s Young Workforce, led by the former Chair of world leading oil services company, The Wood Group, will look closely at the links between Curriculum for Excellence, Post 16 education and employers.

The Commission’s members, including Sir Willie Haughey, Grahame Smith from the STUC, Michael Davis from the UK Commission for Employment and Skills and Linda McKay from Forth Valley College, have both employed and inspired tens of thousands of young people. They will look at routes into work after school and the success of programmes such as modern apprenticeships before making recommendations to enhance the current reform programmes next year.