ExclusiveA flagship skills scheme for the retail sector has attracted just 2,000 users since its launch last year, with officials...
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ExclusiveThe £400m-per-year Train to Gain scheme – a key ingredient of the government’s skills plans – is already failing to...
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Freelancers, the self-employed and small business owners – nearly four million people – have been left out of the government’s skills...
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Newcomers to senior managerial positions are, it seems, pining for coaching to help them become effective leaders. How can training...
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HR news including: Government skills campaign receives a frosty reception, and the union chief who disagrees with proposed public sector...
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BBC and sector skills council Skillset to work together to promote training in audio-visual industry
The BBC will work with Skillset, the Sector Skills Council to promote education and learning across the audio-visual industry.Skillset has signed a...
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A £120,000 training facility at London Luton Airport has been approved by the English skills promotion body the Learning and...
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Skills envoy Sir Digby Jones has warned UK businesses that unless they rise to the challenge of the new global...
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News that not a single employer has, so far, signed up to the skills pledge, as recommended by the Leitch...
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More and more organisations are giving up on external coaches and developing internal ones. But could they be heading for trouble?
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A new £14m national academy to raise manufacturing skills is to be launched today by the government.
Trade and industry...
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The TUC has signed a deal with Cogent, the sector skills council for the chemicals, pharmaceuticals and energy sectors, endorsing...
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Learning and Skills Council calls for expansion of National Skills Academy network
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryThe Learning and Skills Council (LSC) is inviting employers to work together to expand the National Skills Academy network.
This network...
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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.