Lord mayor aims to promote City as global training centre
London's new lord mayor is launching a campaign to promote the City as a centre for training business and financial professionals from around the world.
John Stuttard told last night's lord mayor's banquet in Guildhall he had chosen "City of London - City of Learning" as the theme of his mayoralty.
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Today he will unveil plans to use his year in office to promote the higher education institutions and professional bodies whose expertise has contributed to making London the world's leading financial centre.
The campaign aims to bring together more than 30 professional bodies, business schools and training organisations in a drive to raise the number of people studying for British qualifications in the UK and in their home countries.
"People who want to succeed in financial and business disciplines increasingly recognise the value of British qualifications," said Mr Stuttard. "We represent the gold standard in the UK, but there is no co-ordinated campaign to promote them. I can join them all up and be champion for a year."
A survey by the City of London Corporation, the Square Mile's local authority, found the availability of highly skilled staff rated by global financial institutions as the most important reason for locating in London.
Many in the City arrived in Britain to complete their education and training and now work for London-based companies.
But the provision of qualifications in financial services such as accountancy, banking, financial trading, insurance and dispute resolution has also become a growing export market, with hundreds of thousands studying for them worldwide.
The financial and professional service institutions have more than 800,000 members, of whom 160,000 live overseas. The six accountancy bodies alone have more than 330,000 members, one-quarter of them abroad. But more than half the 330,000 students working towards their qualifications are based overseas.
One-quarter of the 120,000 members of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors live abroad, as do 40 per cent of their 100,000 students.
The Securities and Investment Institute provides qualifications in administration, trading, dealing and investment management that attract more than 34,000 examination entries a year in more than 30 countries.
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国伦敦金融城新任市长史达德(John Stuttard)将发起一项运动，把金融城推广为全球商业和金融专业人士的培训中心。
史达德在市政厅举行的金融城市长晚宴上表示，他已选择将“伦敦金融城――学习之城”作为自己任期的主题。
他在周二公布若干计划，利用自己的一年任期推广伦敦金融城的高等教育机构和专业团体。它们的专业知识为伦敦成为全球主要金融中心做出了贡献。
这项运动旨在将30多家专业团体、商学院和培训机构联合在一起，以增加在英国和自己祖国为获得英国资格证书而学习的人数。
“想在金融和商业学科上取得成功的人越来越认可英国资格证书的价值。”史达德表示。“我们代表着英国的黄金标准，但却没有配套的行动来推广它们。我可以把它们都联合起来，并为它们提供一年的支持。”
金融城权力机构City of London Corporation进行的一项调查发现，全球金融机构将能找到高技能员工列为进驻伦敦的最重要原因。
金融城里的许多人当初来到英国是为了完成自己的教育和培训计划，现在则为总部设在伦敦的公司工作。
但是，提供会计学、银行学、金融贸易、保险和争端解决等金融服务领域的资格证书，目前也已成为一个日渐增长的出口市场，全球有无数人在为获得这些证书而学习。
英国的金融和专业服务机构拥有逾80万名成员，其中16万人生活在海外。仅6个会计机构就拥有超过33万名成员，其中四分之一在国外。但是，在33万名为取得资格证书而学习的学员中，超过半数的人住在海外。
皇家特许测量师学会(Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors)的12万成员，有四分之一生活在国外，该学会10万名学员中的40%也是如此。
英国证券与投资学院(Securities and Investment Institute)提供管理学、贸易、交易和投资管理方面的资格证书，每年吸引30多个国家的3.4万多人参加考试。
