College for National Security
Find out how the College for National Security is breaking down barriers to improving understanding of national security across the Civil Service and beyond.
About the college
The College for National Security provides learning across the Civil Service and wider public sector about the threats faced by the UK and the actions needed to counter them. To respond, we need a workforce that is knowledgeable, skilled and connected.
Led by Andrew Millar, pictured, the college is part of Government Skills and is closely tied to the National Security Secretariat.
Its aim is to build responsiveness and effectiveness in the National Security practitioner community and to support other professions to learn more about national security.
Learning it offers
The college is deepening professional skills and connecting and broadening our reach beyond the traditional National Security departments.
The college’s foundational learning offer aims to take national security understanding beyond the core departments and out into the wider civil service. It aims to support our community to ensure that policy and operations are well-informed, and that staff have access to the skills needed.
Practitioner level training aims to deepen the skills of those currently working in national security, with access to deeper expert level training for team leaders within the profession. We will form a community of experts encompassing devolved governments and nations to better identify and mitigate threats.
Specialist training will remain the domain of departments and professions.
Who can access learning
Training is available to all civil service learners. The college aims to deliver at all classification levels, creating a common knowledge baseline, and sharing best practice.