Policy lessons
News | Tuesday September 18th, 2007There is a distinct change of tone in the government’s response to the Leitch review compared with the bleak utilitarianism of its earlier skills strategy white papers.
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UK learning exports ‘worth £28bn’
News | Tuesday September 18th, 2007The export value of UK education and training is £28bn, more than that of financial services, a report says.
Government concern over employer take-up of Train to Gain skills scheme
News | Monday September 17th, 2007The government has admitted its concern that too few employers will make use of the £1bn Train to Gain scheme. To mark the anniversary of its launch, skills secretary John Denham announced a budget increase from £200m in the first year to nearly £1bn b
Skills minister David Lammy brushes off criticism of Leitch pledge efforts
News | Monday September 17th, 2007Skills minister David Lammy has insisted the UK skills drive is progressing well, despite only 50 companies having signed the Leitch pledge to train all staff to Level 2 since its launch in June.
The skills equation - People Management
News | Monday September 17th, 2007Poor literacy or numeracy is a problem for a tenth of the UK population. What steps are government agencies and individual organisations taking to solve the basic skills conundrum?
Adult skills scheme ‘on target’
News | Thursday January 01st, 1970A £5bn scheme to boost the literacy and maths skills of 2.25m adults in England by 2010 is on target, a watchdog says.
Australia’s skills shortage
News | Thursday January 01st, 1970With an economy in its 17th year of uninterrupted growth, Australia's skills shortage has never been worse.
More than £38bn spent on training to beat skills shortages
News | Thursday January 01st, 1970Training spend per employee hit a record high last year, latest figures show. The National Employer Skills Survey 2007, published by the Learning and Skills Council, found the average money spent per employee on training increased by 11% from £1,550 in 2
Employers urged to recognise the value of engineers
News | Thursday January 01st, 1970Engineering needs to dispel its image of hard hats and overalls if it is to attract more people into the profession and employers have to recognise this in the way they recruit and retrain, according to the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).
National Skills Academy supports British Energy in finding staff for new nuclear plants
News | Thursday January 01st, 1970A National Skills Academy for Nuclear was launched by skills minister David Lammy and energy minister Malcolm Wicks earlier this year to help nuclear employers tackling skills shortages.
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- Train to Gain - summary of flexibilities
- External Doc. | Monday January 05th, 2009
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Train to Gain was established as a national skills service to support employers of all sizes / sectors…
- Who does what in the Skills system
- Word Doc | Thursday November 27th, 2008
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In an effort to try and understand the skills system of England a bit better, this Paper looks at…
- Leading on Learning - a hands-on guide for line managers
- | Monday November 24th, 2008
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A guide for line managers, including hints, tips and tools to help their staff be the best they can…