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The 157 Group is a forward thinking membership organisation which represents 31 leading Colleges and College Groups who collaborate, at a local and national level, with a wide range of stakeholders in the development of  sustainable professional and technical skills to enable a transformation of the productive capacity of the UK economy. 

We achieve this through:

  • Partnerships with employers to co-create and deliver high quality and relevant professional and technical skills.
  • Thought leadership in the areas of professional and technical skills, policy implementation and sector funding.
  • Providing transformative leadership in the education sector
  • Providing learning environments which support enhanced technical, professional and other skills so learners are ready for work.
  • Taking a leading role in shaping the future skills needs to ensure the long-term economic capacity of the UK economy.

157 Group activities comprise: