What is the Tech Partnership Training Fund?
The Tech Partnership Training Fund provides funding for employers to invest in IT training.
The fund is available as a result of a successful bid into the government’s Employer Ownership of Skills Pilot by the Tech Partnership. The Tech Partnership is a growing network of employers, collaborating to accelerate growth by, amongst other things, creating new jobs (e.g. via apprenticeships) and developing new skills (e.g. via training for more experienced staff).
What is the objective of the Fund?
The objective of the Fund is to increase the investment in IT training so as to take advantage of the UK’s opportunities to become a leader in key strategic tech areas such as Big Data, Cyber Security, Cloud Computing etc.
The beneficiaries of the Fund are individuals who will become more highly skilled, and the UK economy as a whole which will become more competitive and attract more business and inward investment.
By providing investment itself, the Government, via the Tech Partnership, will unlock investment from employers, so that more people get more training than would otherwise have been the case.
What can the Fund support?
Short courses
Funding is available for employers wanting to invest more in:
- Cyber security
- Big data – data management, data analytics, data science, business intelligence
- Mobile
- Cloud
- e-commerce
Employers may apply for up to 50% of the costs of training, up to a maximum of £500 per learner for strategic skills short courses.
Eligibility for this funding?
The main eligibility criteria employers is as follows:
- The business is based in England and the training is delivered in England
- The training would not have taken place without the support of the fund, and has not already started.
- The training will help meet a business’s objectives.
- For short courses, the training is in one of the listed strategically important skills areas or another area of strategic importance to your business.
How to apply?
The online application form for the short course can be found at http://www.surveygizmo.co.uk/s3/1836451/
Enquiries about the Tech Partnership Training Fund can be sent to trainingfund@thetechpartnership.com.