These articles were categorised when the skills agenda was controlled by the Department for Education & Skills, from 2001 to 2007. Subsequently the government department responsible for skills is the Department for Business Innovation & Skills (BIS).
Skills minister Lord Tony Young, Simon Waugh of the National Apprenticeship Service and Dave Walsh, BT’s head of apprenticeships join us live online to discuss apprenticeships.
Huge government resources are dedicated to training, but the schemes on offer often baffle those trying to access them. Guy Sheppard finds out how HR can best unravel the mess.
Business secretary Lord Mandelson has announced a review into the productivity of British workers following a dispute over foreign labour....
Publicly-funded education and training must help students gain the skills needed for 21st century business, according to a report published...
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Pilots union BALPA criticises BMI after pay was taken back from employees’ account and then...
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HR directors fight back against the recession by focusing on training and development;
and a...
HR news and analysis including: MPs condemn the Leitch Review skills targets, labelling them “unrealistic and unachievable”, and Leading HR...
A report by a Parliamentary select committee on the UK's skills prospects concedes that a significant switch is needed in the country's approach to skills acquisition. But there's little time for this government to act on it.
TQ, the leading UK provider of training and education services to Governments and private clients around the World, is predicting...
The best teachers will receive a £10,000 ‘golden handcuff’ for working at the worst performing secondary schools, according to plans...
The government is to channel £27m of EU cash to help people improve their skills and stay in work or...
People are looking to careers in teaching to help them through the economic crisis, official figures show.Sector skills council Lifelong...
Outgoing skills minister David Lammy has insisted that he leaves with the UK on course to hit the ambitious skills...
Controversial backbencher and former News of the World journalist Sion Simon has become parliamentary under secretary of state for further...
A government agency is looking for radical ideas to improve the UK skills system.The UK Commission for Employment and Skills...
