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Employer ownership of skills in action

Posted by: Simon Perryman, Posted on: 30 November 2011 - Categories: Employer ownership, Investment
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In September I posted about our first steps in making a radical change in the way we work; moving from a grant based funding approach towards investing in innovation and...

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Employers should be the owners of the UK’s vocational education system

Posted by: Sir Charlie Mayfield, Posted on: 17 November 2011 - Categories: Employer ownership
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Over the past two decades governments of all hues have driven reform and expansion of the country's vocational skills system, with some notable successes. But the fact is we've become...

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Retaining talent in the Advanced Engineering sector

Posted by: Theresa McDermott, Posted on: 10 November 2011 - Categories: Investment, Skills and training
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Another update on one of our joint investment projects. Semta are delivering a project to ensure that skilled employees who are made redundant from Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering companies are matched to vacancies in other companies in the sector.  The …

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Will a Guild work for the Logistics sector?

Posted by: Theresa McDermott, Posted on: 4 November 2011 - Categories: Investment, Skills and training
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In September, Simon Perryman posted about the UK Commission’s move towards our new investment culture. Several projects are now up and running and we recently met up with one of...

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Sustaining the appetite for sandwich courses

Posted by: Valerie Todd, Posted on: 10 October 2011 - Categories: Higher Education, Skills and training
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Back in June, the Government produced a white paper entitled ‘Students at the Heart of the System’ setting out proposals to reform Higher Education and improving the student experience by opening up the market.  For me, one of the main …

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A new investment culture

Posted by: Simon Perryman, Posted on: 27 September 2011 - Categories: Investment

The UK Commission has taken the first steps from grant based funding towards investment funding.  It marks a radical change in the way we work.  So what exactly will it achieve? It will create a new mindset amongst those seeking …

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Transforming career guidance

Posted by: Liz Sayce, Posted on: 27 September 2011 - Categories: Career development, Career guidance
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As Chief Executive of Radar, I understand the positive impact that effective career guidance can have on people’s lives. It's not about offering single options - David Blunkett was famously...

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