South East England Development Agency (SEEDA)

The demands for a highly skilled workforce from the South East's growing number of high technology businesses is matched by the drive for a more effective service sector. SEEDA is working with partners to fulfil these requirements by supporting everything from new colleges and training initiatives, creating and filling over 140,000 learning opportunities, developing two innovative university campus programmes and pioneering the availability of Broadband in remote and rural areas.

Our objective is that by 2012, the South East of England will be one of the top 15 regions in the world in terms of labour productivity, competitiveness and employment rates. In order to achieve this we need to develop a skilled and adaptable workforce.

The Learning & Skills Division's activities are structured within three broad areas (click for further details):

• Automotive Skills
• Skills for Productivity.
• Skills for Innovation.
• Skills Led Regeneration.

Details of other Learning & Skills areas:

• Broadband Initiatives.
• Employability Projects.

Learning and Skills publications can be found here.