Cogent, the Sector Skills Council for the chemicals and pharmaceuticals, oil and gas, nuclear, petroleum and polymer industries, has secured...
Sector Skills Councils
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McDonald’s HR deputy David Fairhurst appointed as vice-chairman of People 1st Sector Skills Council
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryDavid Fairhurst, vice-president of people at McDonald’s, has been appointed vice-chairman of People 1st, the sector skills council for the hospitality, leisure,...
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Water companies are working with schoolchildren, the Armed Forces, ex-offenders and Eastern Europeans in a bid to ease a recruitment...
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Sector skills council Improve proposes reforms to boost apprenticeship numbers in food and drink manufacturing
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryA major drive to revitalise apprenticeships in food and drink manufacturing has been launched by the sector skills council Improve....
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Skills for Life programme helps 1.6 million adults gain basic qualification
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryMore than 1.6 million people have gained basic skills qualifications through the government’s Skills for Life strategy, official figures have...
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Food and drink manufacturing skills academy gets the go-ahead from government
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryThe government has approved the launch of a national skills academy for food and drink manufacturing. The academy will open in...
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The Learning and Skills Council has spent more than £100m on redundancies and reorganising over the past six years, it...
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This week’s Personnel Today is a bonus issue brought to you in partnership with Skills for Business, the Sector Skills...
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The Leitch Review, published last month, was asked to: identify the UK's optimal skillset for 2020 to maximise economic growth, productivity and social justice outline who is responsible for delivering it and propose a policy framework required to support it.Mike Campbell, director of development at the Sector Skills Development Agency, summarises the report's findings.
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Welcome to this special edition of Personnel Today, which is themed around the issue of training and skills development.Lord Leitch’s ...
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The construction sector needs half a million new entrants by 2010, but they won't train and recruit themselves.A large-scale apprenticeship scheme may be the answer.
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Well groomed: few staff in the equestrian industry have the time to pursue formal qualifications, but a new skills passport will help employers to recognise experience.
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One-third of employers do little or no training at all, so it is no surprise that a key chapter of the Leitch Review focuses on employer engagement. Mike Campbell, director of development at the Sector Skills Development Agency, sets out what is expectedof employers.
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Accidental heroes: training emergency care practitioners to handle non-critical conditions could save the NHS £51m a year.
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A passport to success: keeping track of skills in the retail sector is a challenge, but a new skills passport allows both staff and managers to have an accurate record.