What we do

learndirect scotland aims to:

Enhance the employability of individuals
Bridging 'the learning divide' is one of the key factors in tackling social exclusion. learndirect scotland is committed to fostering learning for all adults, throughout Scotland, regardless of location, socio-economic status, employment, disability, age, gender, religion and ethnicity. Our services to the public are universal but we will always place particular priority on engaging and meeting the needs of socially excluded communities and groups. Individuals can find out more about learning in Scotland, including information on a range of related topics such as qualifications, funding and childcare, at www.learndirectscotland.com

Enhancing the competitiveness of companies
Learning and skills are crucial to the competitiveness of Scottish companies and economic effectiveness for Scotland. We are committed to fostering business-focused workforce training and development in small to medium enterprises in order to ensure that the skills of our workforce keep pace with those of our competitors and adapt rapidly to changing markets, customer expectations, technologies and approaches. Find out more at the learndirect scotland for business website at www.lds4b.com

We do this by:

• stimulating demand for lifelong learning by businesses and individuals
  providing high quality information and advisory services founded on an extensive national learning opportunities database
• improving access through the development and support of a network of learndirect scotland branded learning centres
  developing capacity by providing a range of services to assist existing learning providers in addressing and growing the changing learning market

learndirect scotland is not a provider of learning but a broker, seeking to engage people and businesses in learning and to connect them with the learning that best suits their needs.