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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

• August 17, 2010

  Consultation launched on right to request time to train

  John Hayes has today launched a consultation on the future of the right to request time to train. Source: BIS

• August 16, 2010

  24,000 apply for BT apprenticeships

  BT has had nearly 24,000 applications for just 221 places available on its apprenticeship scheme, a spokeswoman confirmed. More young people applied for the positions than the total applications to Oxford University, which attracted 17,000 applications for its 3,000 undergraduate places. Source: Independent

• 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

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