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Skills for life - helping employers compete

  • Do you want FREE training that will help your employees get the basic skills they need?
  • Want to improve your employees’ Maths and English skills to help increase efficiency and productivity?
  • Did you know that poor literacy and numeracy skills cost you money - £86,000 a year if you are employing 51 – 100 employees (DfES figures)

Do you know about the Skills for Life initiative that can help?


The Skills for Life training for businesses helps to improve basic skills in the workplace. Exeter College is working in partnership with local businesses to bridge their employees’ skills gap.

What we do

  • Offer free training for your employees
  • Train at the workplace
  • Tailor our courses to suit your organisation
  • Provide experienced tutors at a time to suit you
  • Improve the basic skills of your work force
  • Help learners to achieve nationally recognised qualifications in Maths and English
  • Provide all course material free of charge
  • Deliver courses such as ‘Understanding Health and Safety’, Report writing; Accident reporting for drivers; Personal and Business Finance and many more.

How your organisation will benefit?

  • Reduction in administrative errors – 40%*
  • Savings of up to £86,000 if you employ between 51 – 100 employees*
  • Keeping your customers – 35%*
  • Reduction in staff costs – 2%*

*DfES and National Research and Development Centre for Adult literacy and Numeracy figures.

To find out how Exeter College can help you call Susan Challacombe-Wallis, Skills for Life Outreach Coordinator.
Telephone: (01392) 205274
Email: susanchallacombe-wallis@exe-coll.ac.uk