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Accetts Group NewsJuly Archive
Sector backs Government plans for a streamlined skills and education system
- 31 July 2008
- Plans to give local authorities more say over the education of young people and to streamline the adult skills system have received broad support, Bill Rammell and Jim Knight announced today.
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Pupils 'confused' by exams maze
- 29 July 2008
- The range of qualifications now on offer in England is leaving teenagers "bewildered", teachers are warning.
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Nine In Ten Learners Satisfied With Their Further Education
- 23 July 2008
- The FE system continues to make a significant contribution to the skills of the nation, with success rates in FE at record levels (78 per cent) as shown in the LSC’s Annual Report and Accounts for 2007-08 Learning and Skills: changing lives, improving work and learner satisfaction remaining high at over 90 per cent.
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Denham backs Vocational Qualfication celebration
- 23 July 2008
- All eighteen-year-olds will be eligible for a new 'universal offer' of Government support for continued education or training, Skills Secretary John Denham confirmed today, speaking at the first ever Vocational Qualification day.
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Number of vocational qualifications hits new high
- 23 July 2008
- Over 3,250,000 vocational qualifications were awarded in the UK last year according to figures released today to mark the first Vocational Qualifications Day (VQ Day).
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Ministers to publish Apprenticeship Bill
- 16 July 2008
- The government will today unveil measures to give young people the right to an apprenticeship.
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Skills deal for government work
- 15 July 2008
- Workers employed by firms on government contracts will be offered the chance to boost their skills and told how to join a trade union under a new agreement.
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Putting NVQ's On The Map
- 14 July 2008
- Awareness is being raised about the value of vocational qualifications
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Apprenticeship taskforce will improve opportunities for young Londoners
- 14 July 2008
- More Londoners will have the chance to get top quality training, as Skills Minister David Lammy launched a London Apprenticeship Taskforce to expand the numbers of apprenticeship places offered by employers.
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Universities' influence on economy grows
- 10 July 2008
- Higher education's contribution to the economy continued to grow in 2006-07 reaching record levels.
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Employers 'cut back recruitment'
- 08 July 2008
- Demand for permanent staff in the UK fell last month for the first time in five years, a survey suggests.
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Graduate literacy 'worries firms'
- 08 July 2008
- Poor reading and writing skills among graduates are a concern for half of the UK's top employers, a survey suggests.
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Workers benefitting from employers' commitment to training top four million
- 01 July 2008
- Skills Minister David Lammy today congratulated Transport for London (TfL) for pushing the number of employees now covered by the Skills Pledge, a key Government initiative to boost the nation's skills, to over four million.
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Funds promised to end skills shortage
- 01 July 2008
- The government addressed Britain's skills shortage today with a promise of £300m to train workers for jobs in construction, hospitality and manufacturing.
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