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.
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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.
163,000 managers experience skills gap in England
News | Thursday January 01st, 1970The National Employer Skills Survey 2007 has found that almost 163,000 managers in England alone experience a skills gap. Of these, nearly three quarters lack management skills, and the Learning Skills Council is urging managers across the country to take
Staff sickness absence falls by 33% at Basildon Council
News | Thursday January 01st, 1970A local authority has slashed its sick leave by one-third in little over a year with the introduction of manager training and an occupational health (OH) system.
New right for workers’ training
News | Thursday January 01st, 1970Bosses in all sectors will soon need a good business reason for refusing staff requests for training.
Quality not quantity for new Diplomas
News | Thursday January 01st, 197020,000 uptake lower than anticipated but Balls says Diplomas are "on track"
Time for skills to slim down
News | Thursday January 01st, 1970Chris Humphries and his new commission aim to simplify the sector skills councils for employers.
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…