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Less is more. NSARE becomes NSAR – The National Skills Academy for Rail
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National Skills Academy for Rail
Less is more. NSARE becomes NSAR – The National Skills Academy for Rail
At NSARE’s Annual General Meeting on Tuesday, 1st December, attended by delegates from more than 50 Member organisations, the National Skills Academy for Railway Engineering (NSARE) changed its name to National Skills Academy for Rail (NSAR) to reflect that its service now extends to the whole rail industry, including operations, service delivery, digital technology and passenger facing roles.
Neil Robertson, NSAR CEO said: “This is not a strategic shift - NSAR will continue to focus on our pressing engineering skills shortages, providing skills intelligence, quality assurance services, supporting apprenticeship standards, and offering strategic advice on skills and workforce development. We are grateful for the generous support we have already received from RDG, individual TOCs and the ROSCOs. Rail now has the single focal point on skills it needs and deserves."
NSAR’s new enhanced membership scheme embraces RDG members, Train Operating companies, Rolling Stock Companies, Network Rail and TfL, as well as maintaining the current membership scheme with over 360 companies throughout the industry.
Ensuring that our rail network remains safe, effective, reliable and productive is vital to our national prosperity. The whole rail industry, government and informed commentators recognise that rail faces a shortage of skilled people. A significant proportion of experienced rail staff will retire and leave at exactly the time when investment in rail and demand for rail services are at their highest for nearly a century.
NSAR will continue to provide skills intelligence, quality assurance services, develop apprenticeship standards, curriculum development, policy and strategic advice on skills and workforce development. NSAR will work with the industry to encourage wider take up of the SkillsID competency management system.
As we have diversified our service and support we needed a new brand identity to reflect the change. Our new website and e-mail are: www.nsar.co.uk / enquiries@nsar.co.uk
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