Objectives 1. Training staff - Acquire relevant teaching tools, methods and skills to equip learners to enter the job market with the right skills to stimulate innovation and entrepreneurial activity thereby improving quality of production - Improve the quality of teaching methods used in delivering garment production training and increase its relevance to industry needs - Acquire a working knowledge and competences for new technologies to respond to employer-led skills needs thereby increasing the fashion and textiles skills in the UK - Improving the standard and quality of staff teaching by sharing best practice with European counterparts to improve learner’s knowledge and competences for the work place - Improve the knowledge of teachers in cultural awareness and language to develop an understanding of international perspectives 2. Production staff - Acquire competences and skills to use modern digital technology and techniques to improve their productivity, efficiency and quality - Upskill the garment production staff to acquire skills to meet market demands to become more competitive and improve the quality of items produced - Enable all staff to work with European colleagues to develop intercultural awareness
Learn to Re-create's had identified needs in the area of quality development and internationalisation that involved training staff members to gain new teaching methods and enable them to upgrade their skills to develop garment technology competences for manufacture which led me to apply for the project. We wanted to increase our staff competencies so that Learn to Re-create could run a competitive business and create a dialogue between educational institutions and Fashion businesses to adopt teaching and learning methods that were driven by business needs. Furthermore, we wanted to see more sharing of knowledge and collaborative working amongst learners, businesses and stakeholders within the Fashion Industry. Our needs included developing the capacity of staff that deliver learning and training programmes to provide a high standard of teaching and deliver high quality learning experiences. In addition, staff involved in the production of garments and accessories would have the opportunity to develop their working knowledge and understand applications of new garment technology whilst support staff would acquire effective project management skills.