Education and
learning / Matching skills with
opportunities / Electronic
services
Education
and learning
The City of London is
committed to providing a high standard of education and training in
ways that improve awareness of business culture amongst students.
This commitment extends through primary and secondary education
both within the Square Mile as well as in the more
deprived boroughs neighbouring the City.
The City of London is a member of the
Hackney Education Action Zone, the School Governors' one stop shop
and many of the regeneration partnerships in which the City of
London is involved, run training courses for specific types of
employment and industries. The City Fringe Partnership’s
Bridging the Gap Programme provides local unemployed
people with a series of courses aimed at developing the key skills
necessary to compete effectively in the City and City Fringe labour
markets.
The City Academy in
Southwark represents a major investment by the City of London in
the future business skills of school leavers. The City of London
invested £2 million in the project and the Academy has a special
curricular emphasis on City related topics such as Business
Studies, Economics, Law, Finance and Information
Technology.
A number of
educational charitable trusts are managed by the City of London
which provide funds to individuals to improve the skills of young
people.
Matching skills with
opportunities
The
Brokerage Citylink aims to relieve poverty
amongst disadvantaged groups and minorities, such as the
unemployed, ethnic populations, and women, within inner London, in
particular by providing vocational guidance and training which will
enable them to access City and local employment. Over 200
jobseekers a year are being placed into employment through the
Brokerage in a variety of fields at a variety of operational and
managerial levels.
Electronic
services
Through its involvement with
the London Central Partnership, part of the London Connects
eGovernment project, the City of London has promoted the need for a
dedicated site in support of business and employment
issues.