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• Talent & Skills Peer Learning Programme

  • Date: September 15, 2010
  • Time: 10:00 – 16:00
  • Venue: Lincolnshire Cooperative

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News

• July 07, 2010

  Employers have a responsibility to develop workers’ skills

  Employees need more skills for the workplace, and large companies must help in providing these, argues Norman Pickavance Source: Guardian

• June 29, 2010

  ‘The future is vocational’ say UK employers

  McDonald’s, Whitbread, Merseytravel and Clugston Construction were among 100 leading employers who came together today to campaign for greater recognition of vocational qualifications and discuss the positive impact they have on their businesses. Source: Edge

• June 01, 2010

  Vocational students left in the dark as qualifications undergo reform

  The shake-up of skills-based studies has left thousands of students not knowing if their courses will continue Source: Guardian

• May 20, 2010

  PM and Skills Minister - ‘adult learning crucial’

  In an interview in May's Adults Learning, the Prime Minister, David Cameron MP, considers adult learning to be crucial, saying: "Learning isn't just about consuming chunks of knowledge in order to be able to do a job. It's about broadening the mind, giving people self-belief, strengthening the bonds of community." Speaking at the Adult Learners' Week Policy Conference, John Hayes MP, the Minister for Further Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills, said: "Adult education - make no mistake - brings hope and the promise of a better society founded on social mobility, social justice and social cohesion." Source: NIACE

• May 18, 2010

  Eversheds announce radical changes to learning & development framework

  International law firm Eversheds has radically modernised its internal learning and development framework in order to foster a performance-based rather than term-based route to career progression. The framework, which includes bite-sized learning modules, interactive webinars, face to face training and practical support tools/checklists has been developed to help harness employees’ performance in line with the firm’s ethos of client service excellence. Source: Eversheds

• May 14, 2010

  Survey shows adult learning at ten-year high

  Economic uncertainty has prompted a huge surge in the number of adults in learning or thinking of upgrading their skills in the future, suggests a survey by NIACE, the non-government body for lifelong learning. Source: FE News

• May 04, 2010

  New Chairman for the FSSC

  The FSSC is delighted to confirm the appointment of Trevor Matthews as Chairman. Trevor, a respected figure in the international financial services community, joins the FSSC following ministers' recent endorsement of the new strategy and the FSSC's renewed licence... Source: Financial Services Skills Council

• April 27, 2010

  SKILLS SHORTAGE

  A new campaign urging people to take control of their future by investing in skills, will be launched the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) and the Learning and Skills Council (LSC). The campaign aims to bring about the cultural change needed to improve the attitudes and aspirations of employers and individuals to learning and skills across England. Source: Recruiter

• April 20, 2010

  Workers deserting employers who do not provide training

  Almost one in five workers left their job last year due to a lack of relevant training, a survey has found. However nearly half of those quizzed said relevant training would help to compensate for not being offered a pay rise or promotion. Source: Training Journal

• April 19, 2010

  Gas apprenticeship places 100 times oversubscribed

  British Gas has received more than 100 applications for every gas fitter apprenticeship available, more than twice the usual ratio, it has emerged. The utilities giant said it had more than 65,000 applications for 600 schemes, the Times has reported. The scheme guarentees a £24,000-a-year job once apprentices have been trained, and the majority of applications have come from people aged between 20-26 - although some were in their fifties, the firm said. Nearly one in five young people is unemployed, according to Office for National Statistics figures, a possible cause for the surge in applications. Source: PersonnelToday

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