We would like to invite UVAC members to take part in the Skills for Work feedback consultation. 

The request for feedback is now open, and the consultation will remain open until 16 October 2026.

Ensuring that the programme is informed by robust evidence from across the skills and employment system, as well as from employers, will be critical to its success. 

The Skills for Work programme, led by Board Chair Phil Smith, is considering how the standards and the products they underpin, are fit for the future, meet employer need, equip people for good jobs and careers, and support the devolution agenda.  

Focus of the work: 

This programme will consider: 

• How to improve simplicity and flexibility for employers and places and make it easier to respond to emerging regional and national skills needs, such as AI; 
• How participation by young people could be increased; 
• Whether occupational standards are sufficiently aligned with growth priorities; 
• Whether there are gaps in provision and how these should be addressed;
• Whether there are lessons we can learn from international comparisons to strengthen the system here.

You can contribute via the form here.   

Why your contribution matters  

You are invited to share your views on how to shape a stronger, future-ready occupational standards system.