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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Skills secretary John Denham has distanced the government from carrying out its threat of requiring employers to provide training...
HR news and analysis including:
an exclusive interview with skills secretary John Denham
Dragons’ Den entrepreneur James Caan’s thoughts on...
The skills bus rumbles on, despite the planned closure of the Learning and Skills Council. The government has announced that...
The announcement of the commissioners to oversee the all-new Commission for Employment and Skills (Personnel Today, 11 December 2007 and...
The BBC, BSkyB and Microsoft are among employers that have declared they are willing to spearhead a government consultation on...
Teachers have been offered a pay increase of more than 2% in the first of the government’s three-year deals, despite the...
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.
Line managers need more support to create a true culture of learning within organisations, the TUC has warned.Frances O’Grady, deputy general...
Skills secretary John Denham has used Personnel Today to urge employers to make 2008 the year of employee training.Denham, secretary...
The government has revealed the 20 commissioners who will be members of the new UK Commission for Employment and Skills...
Human resources news and analysis including:
Employer opinion on the Leitch Review of Skills one year since it was published...
The threat of mandatory skills training for employers has receded just a year after it was a key recommendation of...
The chief executive of the UK’s biggest supermarket chain has insisted in-house training is the way forward for apprenticeships, contrary...
Skills minister David Lammy will reveal expansion plans for the ailing Train to Gain scheme in the next fortnight, he...
School dropouts will face £50 on-the-spot fines as part of a major shake-up of the school year, it has emerged.Ed...
