Department for Education: Training
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will provide a list of training programmes used by civil servants in her department since 2020.
Answered by Olivia Bailey
The department offers a wide range of training and development opportunities to our employees across a broad curriculum. The majority of this training is delivered through the cross‑government Civil Service Learning platform, which can be accessed at Skills for Government here: https://prospectus.governmentcampus.co.uk/find-out-more/skills-for-government/.
Core learning areas accessed by the department include:
• Planning and delivery
• Leadership
• Communication
• Working with Parliament and government
• Grant management
• Problem solving
• Line management
• Developing behaviours
• Information, data and analysis
• Change management and agility
• Budget management
• Contract management
• Stakeholder and customer engagement
• IT software skills
• Artificial intelligence.
In addition, directorates and professional functions across the department commission or access bespoke training where required to meet specialist, technical or role‑specific needs.
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