West Yorkshire priority areas  

To enable employers and individuals to access the technical skills they need to support growth, transformation and increased productivity in our key sectors, defined as: 

• Health and Social Care 
• Engineering and Advanced Manufacturing 
• Financial and Professional Services 
• Low Carbon 
• Digital and Technology 
• Creative Industries 
• Education 
• Construction 
• Transport and Logistics. 

To enable employers to increase their responsiveness and resilience to changes, including emerging regulatory challenges and changing socio-economic circumstances, by addressing thematic skills needs, with themes defined as: 

• Net zero transition and sustainability 
• Transferable skills 
• Equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) 
• Leadership and management 
• Digitisation and automation