The holiday season is over (I almost called it summer, but that would be an outrageous misnomer for the rain-drenched...
Skills shortages
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EXCLUSIVE: The government’s multi-million pound ad campaign to drive up UK skills has attracted just 9,000 calls to the national...
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Business leaders have accused the government of allowing the skills drive to stall after it admitted that only 50... -
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As the business world becomes ever more complex, so do the leadership skills that are needed. What are they?
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Government actions since last year's Leitch Review on the UK's skills needs will do little to avert skills shortfalls in key sectors.
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Work and pensions minister welcomes EU £2bn seven-year investment in skills for England
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryA £2bn investment in jobs and skills in England over the next seven years from the European Union has been...
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The opening of a second national skills academy in the financial services sector next month is expected to trigger a...
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CBI chief Richard Lambert condemns government’s slow response to Leitch review of skills
by Greg Pitcherby Greg PitcherCBI director-general Richard Lambert has branded the government’s attempts to tackle the skills crisis as “lame”.He told Personnel Today that...
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Scottish Enterprise, the country’s main economic development agency, has launched a marine technologies training project to ensure there is no...
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On the fast track: what skills does London need to ensure a successful 2012 Olympics?
by Ross Bentleyby Ross BentleyAccording to the chief executive of the British Olympic Association, Simon Clegg, the Great Britain team should be aiming for...
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The average graduate will earn £100,000 more over their working life than people with A-levels who choose not to go...
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HR news on diversity, skills and racial discrimination, presented by Mike Berry, Gareth Vorster and Greg Pitcher.
Most diversity practitioners...
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Government urged to fast-track immigration process of chefs in bid to avoid Olympics skills shortage
by Greg Pitcherby Greg PitcherForeign chefs must be given the same immigration fast-track as Premiership footballers to stop the 2012 Olympic Games being blighted by...