Sector Skills Councils

The government has set out a new skills strategy which claims to “radically simplify” the way skills policy is delivered.Skills...

Now in its ninth year, the Top 40 Power Players aims to recognise HR’s most prominent and influential professionals; those...

Lack of cash for training places is delaying employers’ recovery from the recession, the Association of Learning Providers (ALP) has...

Last weekend saw young UK trainees pick up three gold and six bronze medals at the 2009 WorldSkills Competition in...

Regional airline Flybe is set to get £7.1m in public funding to help expand its Exeter training facility.The award comprises...

The fate of fashion and textiles skills council Skillfast will be decided next week when its senior management team meets...

A new survey of companies in the engineering sector has found employers still struggling to fulfil their staffing needs despite...

Lord Mandelson announced today that e skills UK will be re-licensed, following the recent review of all Sector Skills Councils by...

Type ‘electrician’ into the national database of qualifications and you’ll get a list of 84 accredited qualifications. These are offered by...

Train to Gain has not provided good value for money for the taxpayer, according to a report by the National...

The CIPD has called for a single Workplace Commission to streamline the numerous employment and skills quangos that currently exist.Both...

Business secretary Peter Mandelson has outlined the responsibilities of his ministerial team at the new Department for Business, Innovation and...

Leading retail bosses have called on HR functions to embrace diplomas and apprenticeships as a means of developing long-lasting talent...

May saw the publication of two reports highlighting the plight of graduates and school leavers trying to find jobs this...

May saw the publication of two reports highlighting the plight of graduates and school leavers trying to find jobs this...