Events calendar

Upcoming events

• WEBINAR: Learning technologies in a responsible workplace

  • Date: February 03, 2011
  • Time: 10:00 – 11:00
  • Venue: Various (webinar)

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• Building Business: Economic Growth Through Apprenticeships

  • Date: February 07, 2011
  • Time: 8.00-10.30
  • Venue: Gherkin

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• Investing in Human Performance - EDF Energy

  • Date: March 01, 2011
  • Time: 10:00 - 15:30
  • Venue: Gloucester

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News

• February 24, 2011

  Record number of young people not in education, work or training

  Figures show 15.6% of 16-24 year-olds were 'neets' at end of last year, as thinktank warns young people's unemployment likely to rise to 1.2m in next five years Source: Guardian Education

• January 25, 2011

  Westminster Hall debate on Skills Strategy

  Robert Halfon, Conservative MP for Harlow, moved a debate in Westminster Hall on Wednesday 19 January 2010 on the subject of the Government's Skills Strategy. MPs discussed vocational skills, apprenticeships and routes into training that provide an alternative to university. Watch and read the views expressed by MPs who took part in the debate. Source: HCIO

• January 18, 2011

  Graduates urged to get ‘employability’ skills

  University leavers will increasingly require “employability” skills. Job-hunting graduates in the UK need work experience to stand a chance of getting a job with many employers, a recruitment survey suggests. Source: BBC

• January 11, 2011

  How we can get Britain’s wasted talent working

  Britain's top businessmen today warn that a generation of youngsters will be lost to unemployment without urgent action to help them into work, training or education. They call on the Government to launch a major drive to improve the prospects of school leavers – including recognition of poor reading and writing skills – and demand tax breaks for companies who take on young people who risk languishing on the dole. Source: ©independent.co.uk

• January 10, 2011

  PM meets UK’s biggest firms to discuss job creation

  David Cameron is meeting the bosses of some of the UK's biggest firms to discuss their plans to create thousands of new jobs. John Lewis, Microsoft and all the major supermarkets are among those involved. The prime minister, who is hosting the Downing Street meeting, said he was working on the "most pro-business, pro-growth, pro-jobs agenda ever unleashed by a government". Source: BBC

• December 07, 2010

  Skills shortage could hamper UK jobs recovery

  A skills shortage in UK organisations is the top concern for HR professionals aiming to expand their workforces next year, according to PwC research published today. The survey of HR directors from more than 1,000 companies across Europe and the US found 53 per cent of UK respondents ranked skills shortages as the biggest challenge to finding the right people to fill new positions, compared to just over a quarter of their American peers. Source: Training Journal

• November 30, 2010

  Skills Minister John Hayes Welcomes IBM Apprenticeship Scheme

  Skills Minister John Hayes today met apprentices at the London launch of IBM’s first apprenticeship scheme, aimed at school leavers. John Hayes said: "IBM’s new apprentices will gain invaluable skills that will help them take forward their own careers in the ICT sector. And every firm that makes this investment in its people will help ensure its future prosperity as well as that of the wider economy." Source: Policy Dialogue

• November 23, 2010

  Skills Olympians get into shape for London 2011

  If viewing figures for TV shows such as The X Factor are anything to go by, the British love a good competition. So the organisers of WorldSkills, the X Factor of the world of vocational learning, are hoping next year's competition, which is due to be held in London, will create a bit of a buzz. Source: Guardian Education

• November 16, 2010

  New strategy for vocational skills

  The coalition government's new strategy promises to transform the social status and image of vocational skills and apprenticeships. Source: Guardian News and Media Limited

• November 08, 2010

  Businesses and the Government launch campaign to drive home the benefits of apprenticeships

  Business leaders and the Government are joining forces in a drive to urge employers to take on apprentices. Source: HR Magazine

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