Skills

Indigenous Skill Potential

The indigenous skill base of an economy is undoubtedly one of the most important factors when deciding where to locate a business. Knowing that your business will be able to recruit trained employees who have the knowledge capacity to be innovative and dynamic, is vital any business’s success.

Training and then retaining skilled graduates in Cornwall is an important part of this process, and the efforts of the Combined Universities in Cornwall has created a local talent pool which has attracted world class businesses and employers to the area, and has supported the successful and sustainable growth of the local knowledge economy.

To find out more about the skill base and university-industry linkages in Cornwall please see the following sections on the Combined Universities in Cornwall as well as the Local Labour Market.

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