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“We are in the commercial business of retailing and making a profit as all businesses are. So all of the investment we make has to deliver to the bottom line.The fantastic thing about skills is that it’s an absolute win win”

Andy Ferguson, MD Dollond & Aitchison

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Winners and losers as training takes off

External Doc. | Tuesday November 11th, 2008

Winners and losers as training takes off. Train to Gain is succeeding in its mission to boost work skills, but is it at the expense of adult learners?

The impact of Train to Gain on skills in employment

External Doc. | Tuesday November 11th, 2008

The impact of Train to Gain on skills in employment. 24 page report.

IT’S TIME TO TALK TRAINING

External Doc. | Tuesday October 07th, 2008

We believe that this publication breaks new ground. It is the product of a joint venture by our organisations and it addresses a critical, yet relatively unexplored, aspect of the training and skills agenda – how two-way dialogue on training

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A training and apprenticeship revolution: Conservative Policy Green Paper

External Doc. | Friday September 26th, 2008

Skills and training are vitally important. It’s about our economy – because if we can get more people skilled and in work, we can cut the cost of social failure and bring taxes down in the long-term. It’s about our competitiveness – because in the

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Get on - Marketing tool kit

External Doc. | Friday September 26th, 2008

The Get On campaign aims to encourage adults to sign up for a free course and brush up on their basic maths and English skills. The success of the campaign and hard work of everyone connected to Skills for Life is clear – in 2008, we met the 2010

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Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills newsletter: Aug 08

External Doc. | Friday August 15th, 2008

The FE and Skills E-newsletter is a direct news and information link from DIUS to the further education and skills sector and will be produced on a regular basis as part of our continued efforts to improve communications with FE and skills

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Skilled to Go

External Doc. | Tuesday July 22nd, 2008

Skilled to go has been developed in collaboration between the Office of Fair Trading and LLU+ at London South Bank University. It develops consumer skills, confidence and knowledge alongside literacy and numeracy skills with additional suggestions

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Can’t Read, Can’t Write

External Doc. | Tuesday July 22nd, 2008

Can't Read Can't Write is a shocking and moving Channel 4 series, which reveals the hidden realities of Britain's adult literacy crisis. Nine illiterate adults enrol for a six-month reading course which they hope will change their lives. Each has

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The WoLLNET project - Research Report June 2008

External Doc. | Friday July 04th, 2008

The WoLLNET project aims to research, trial, pilot and develop a web-based, user-friendly Toolkit to enable employers, providers and unions to evaluate the impact of workplace basic skills (literacy, language and numeracy) training programmes on

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Department for Innovations Universities and Skills newletter - May Edition

External Doc. | Wednesday May 14th, 2008

Welcome to the eighth edition of the FE and Skills e-newsletter - a direct news and information link from DIUS to the further education (FE) and skills sector.

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Updates | Wednesday December 03rd, 2008

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Updates | Tuesday December 02nd, 2008

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News | Friday November 28th, 2008

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Updates | Thursday November 27th, 2008

Make sure the remarkable achievements of adult learners are given the recognition they deserve and…

Government Publishes its Response to ‘Planning Matters - Labour Shortages and Skills Gaps’
News | Friday November 21st, 2008

The Government has now published its response (Cm 7495) to the Communities and Local Government and…