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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).


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    Bosses won’t pay for English lessons for immigrant workers

    by John Charlton 23 Apr 2008
    by John Charlton 23 Apr 2008

    The CBI said it rejects communities minister Hazel Blears’s view that employers may be compelled to pay for immigrant workers...

    • Employment law
    • Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
    • Maternity

    Friday Podcast: Maternity leave pension liability, policing for London 2012 and HRD 2008

    by Rob Moss 18 Apr 2008
    by Rob Moss 18 Apr 2008

    HR news and analysis including:

    legal experts warn that maternity law changes made this month could cost employers huge amounts of...

    • Department for Education
    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    High Level Skills consultation launched to strengthen employer/university relationship

    by Gareth Vorster 15 Apr 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 15 Apr 2008

    A new government consultation has been launched to strengthen the relationship between employers and universities for more tailored skills.The High Level...

    • Employee engagement
    • Employment law
    • Department for Education

    Friday Podcast – 11 Apr: Highly Skilled Migrant Programme high court ruling, exclusive interview with employment minister Stephen Timms, NHS staff survey and training providers being bought up

    by Rob Moss 11 Apr 2008
    by Rob Moss 11 Apr 2008

    HR news and analysis including:

    An exclusive interview with Amit Kapadia, executive director of HSMP Forum, outside the High Court...

    • Latest News
    • Department for Education
    • Economics, government & business

    Minister moves away from mandatory skills training

    by Louisa Peacock 7 Apr 2008
    by Louisa Peacock 7 Apr 2008

    EXCLUSIVE
    Skills secretary John Denham has distanced the government from carrying out its threat of requiring employers to provide training...

    • Employee relations
    • Employee engagement
    • Department for Business and Trade (DBT)

    Friday Podcast: including interviews with skills secretary John Denham and Dragon’s Den entrepreneur James Caan

    by Rob Moss 4 Apr 2008
    by Rob Moss 4 Apr 2008

    HR news and analysis including:

    an exclusive interview with skills secretary John Denham
    Dragons’ Den entrepreneur James Caan’s thoughts on...

    • Department for Education
    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    Support for skills pledge reaches 3.3 million people

    by Gareth Vorster 25 Mar 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 25 Mar 2008

    The skills bus rumbles on, despite the planned closure of the Learning and Skills Council. The government has announced that...

    • Department for Education
    • Economics, government & business
    • Letters

    Skills commissioners need to prove they will add value

    by Personnel Today 28 Jan 2008
    by Personnel Today 28 Jan 2008

    The announcement of the commissioners to oversee the all-new Commission for Employment and Skills (Personnel Today, 11 December 2007 and...

    • Career development
    • Department for Education
    • Latest News

    BBC, BSkyB and Microsoft commit to work on informal adult learning in government skills drive

    by Louisa Peacock 15 Jan 2008
    by Louisa Peacock 15 Jan 2008

    The BBC, BSkyB and Microsoft are among employers that have declared they are willing to spearhead a government consultation on...

    • Department for Education
    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    Teachers’ pay offer breaks Gordon Brown’s public sector limit

    by Greg Pitcher 15 Jan 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 15 Jan 2008

    Teachers have been offered a pay increase of more than 2% in the first of the government’s three-year deals, despite the...

    • Department for Education
    • Economics, government & business
    • Skills shortages

    Interview with Chis Humphries, chief executive of Commission for Employment and Skills

    by Louisa Peacock 2 Jan 2008
    by Louisa Peacock 2 Jan 2008

    The UK's skills shortage is costing the country billions of pounds - and all eyes are on Chris Humphries to help solve it. Louisa Peacock reports.

    • Employee relations
    • Department for Education
    • Latest News

    TUC calls for support for line managers in improving skills

    by Personnel Today 2 Jan 2008
    by Personnel Today 2 Jan 2008

    Line managers need more support to create a true culture of learning within organisations, the TUC has warned.Frances O’Grady, deputy general...

    • Department for Education
    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    Skills secretary John Denham calls for training push in 2008

    by Greg Pitcher 2 Jan 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 2 Jan 2008

    Skills secretary John Denham has used Personnel Today to urge employers to make 2008 the year of employee training.Denham, secretary...

    • Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
    • Department for Education
    • Latest News

    Commission for Employment and Skills gets 10 business leaders on 20-strong list of commissioners

    by Mike Berry 11 Dec 2007
    by Mike Berry 11 Dec 2007

    The government has revealed the 20 commissioners who will be members of the new UK Commission for Employment and Skills...

    • Department for Education
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    • Economics, government & business

    AUDIO: Friday Podcast

    by Personnel Today 30 Nov 2007
    by Personnel Today 30 Nov 2007

    Human resources news and analysis including:

    Employer opinion on the Leitch Review of Skills one year since it was published...

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