Welcome to the website for the
Alliance of Sector Skills Councils.

The Alliance is an organisation  comprising all 25 licensed UK Sector Skills Councils (SSCs), the employer-driven organisations that together articulate the voice of the employers of around 90% of the UK's workforce on skills issues. Its core purpose is to:

• Act as the collective voice of the SSCs
• Promote understanding of the role of SSCs within the skills system across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
• Co-ordinate policy positions and strategic work on skills with stakeholders across the four home nations
• Help build the performance capability of the SSCs to ensure they continue to work effectively on the employer-driven skills agenda

Sector Skills Councils are unique:
               Uniquely independent and employer-led
               Uniquely UK-wide, covering 90% of the workforce
               Uniquely able to respond to real industry needs
               Uniquely supported by all major political parties
SSCs are unique in the world, increasingly emulated by other countries moving to a more demand-led system of workforce training and skills

Latest Publications

NEW
SSA and Cluster Reports
Sector Skills Assessments and Cluster Reports are now available.  Click this heading to access them.

Alliance Skills Monitor
Wave 1, October '09, of the new Skills Monitor from the Alliance.  Reporting on trends in the skills landscape  

Sector Skills Councils Speaking for UK Employers
This brochure describes what Sector Skills Councils are, why they are important and the very real impact they have on the development of skills in the UK.

Working Together as One Voice. Alliance Strategic Plan 2009/12
As a relatively new organisation the Alliance of Sector Skills Councils outlines its strategic direction 2009/12, describing its 5 major objectives.