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• IMI calls on businesses to invest in apprentices or risk failure

  7 Feb 2014

  Research reveals up to 300% return on investment from automotive apprentices

• Bridging the Gap: Apprentices Have Their Say

  3 Feb 2014

  Apprentices from British Sugar joined a group of commissioners including MPs Graham Evans, Chloe Smith and Mike Thornton on Tuesday 28th January 2014 to share details of British Sugar’s work to develop youth skills. This was for the first of a series of briefing sessions for the launch of the Industry and Parliament Trust’s Youth Skills Commission, in association with the UK Commission for Employment and Skills.

• Employability Skills Matrix puts the focus firmly on values, attributes and behaviours in the healthcare workforce

  22 Jan 2014

  In the light of the recent publication of major reviews including Francis and Cavendish, the importance of employing and recruiting staff with the right attributes to contribute to high quality care is paramount. It is therefore timely that Skills for Health (SfH) is this week launching a revised and updated Employability Skills Matrix (ESM) to help both employers and individuals working across the UK healthcare sector to identify the personal skills, qualities, values, attributes and behaviours needed to improve the delivery of care.

• Skills Calculator surpasses 5,000 web hits

  27 Nov 2013

  Launched by Skills for Logistics in March 2013, the Skills Calculator has already received over 5,000 web hits, whilst boasting a social media presence of over 500 LinkedIn group members.
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  HSBC scoops National Apprenticeship Award

  15 Nov 2013

  HSBC Bank plc has been named the Investors in People Newcomer Employer of the Year 2013 in the National Apprenticeship Awards at a ceremony at Birmingham’s NEC.

• Nestlé to create 1900 employment opportunities for young people in UK and Ireland

  15 Nov 2013

  Nestlé UK and Ireland today announced it will create 1,900 employment opportunities for young people over the next three years, including 300 paid work experience placements.
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  Welsh formula working to get young people back into employment: Deputy Minister tells UK Commissioners

  29 Oct 2013

  An intelligent combination of targeted skills development and job experience, fully backed by employers, is the right formula for getting young people back into employment, the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) was told during its visit to Wales.

• Logistics sector develops new pre-apprenticeship qualification

  17 Oct 2013

  Langdon Industries Ltd (part of the Nagel-Group) is a logistics service provider specialising in frozen and chilled food deliveries and is leading and piloting an exciting new qualification for the logistics sector.

• First ‘Made in China’ Logistics Challenge in the Doncaster Local Logistics Community Network

  17 Oct 2013

  Three schools took part in this exciting logistics challenge, supported by employers and strategic delivery partners to encourage understanding of, and interest in, logistics.

• Breakfast with Logistics takes off in Doncaster

  8 Oct 2013

  Skills for Logistics (SfL) held its latest ‘Breakfast with Logistics’ event at Robin Hood Airport in Doncaster on 8 October. This important growth location offers opportunities for airfreight when the future Inland Port is implemented and will employ 5,000 people.

• Skills for Logistics promotes exciting logistics careers to young people

  24 Sep 2013

  Skills for Logistics, working with partner SWAN CIC, delivered a ‘Made in China’ event to four teams of pupils from Parker E-ACT Academy in Daventry and Campion Secondary School in Northampton.

• England should expand provision of postsecondary vocational programmes, says OECD

  23 Sep 2013

  England should expand the provision of postsecondary vocational training in order to meet the changing needs of students and employers, according to a new OECD report.

• Energy & Utility Skills network wins prestigious training initiative of the year award for small business

  23 Sep 2013

  Energy & Utility Skills (EU Skills) in partnership with QMSA Ltd win Best Training Initiative of the Year Award at the 2013 Energy Efficiency & Renewables Awards.

• New cross sector partnership fuels business growth and apprenticeship opportunities

  18 Sep 2013

  A consortium of 10 Cornish business sectors has formed a partnership to stimulate industry growth and create hundreds of apprenticeships through the Cornwall Apprenticeship Agency.

• Project Shutdown provides transition training for local industry apprentices

  29 Aug 2013

  A first of its kind training programme took place earlier this month at the CATCH facility in North East Lincolnshire as 33 apprentices from 10 regional companies came together to take part in Project Shutdown.

• Raising standards and challenging perceptions in the automotive sector

  21 Aug 2013

  The automotive retail sector is a substantial generator of wealth for the UK, turning over £146billion and £25billion GVA. However, the sector suffers from poor public perception which makes attracting high calibre talent to the sector difficult. Automotive technology also advances at a rapid pace, creating a need to drive up skills standards in the sector if it is to remain profitable and fit for purpose.

• IT Skills Academy creates another 135 apprenticeships and launches a guide to help more employers hire

  13 Aug 2013

  A partnership between the National Skills Academy for IT, training provider, NITP, and BT has created 135 apprenticeships, to add to the 300 already successfully underway since October 2012. The partnership has received co-investment from the UK Commission for Employment and Skills via the Growth and Innovation Fund.

• IT businesses create new route to employment in the North East

  26 Jul 2013

  A new industry-backed course to prepare young people for apprenticeships in IT has been launched by e-skills UK and Newcastle College, with co-investment from the Employer Investment Fund. Local employers including Accenture, Fluid Pixel, HP, Ubisoft and many small firms in Sunderland Software City have collaborated on this new route into technology careers.

• Scheme to secure industrial apprenticeships for young unemployed is underway

  24 Jul 2013

  A special six-month training scheme designed to help young people not in employment, education or training secure an apprenticeship in the process industries is underway.

• Government sets out radical plans to shake up apprenticeship funding

  24 Jul 2013

  Employers could be funded directly to purchase the apprenticeship training they want as part of proposals which will put businesses in the driving seat, Business Secretary Vince Cable announced today, 24 July 2013.

• UK’s top companies looking to get involved in ‘Business Class’

  22 Jul 2013

  Prudential hosted a breakfast event on the 18 July to talk about their involvement in BiTC’s ‘Business Class’ programme and encourage other employers to get involved. Delegates from companies such as Kingfisher, the Met Office, Deloitte LLP, M&S and Shell UK heard how the programme creates long-term strategic partnerships between schools and businesses for mutual benefit.

• Financial services sector sets out to enhance leadership with major call to action

  18 Jul 2013

  The financial services sector took a bold move to shape its future as the industry’s skills body, the Financial Skills Partnership, showcased Leadership 21st Century (21C) at the House of Commons.

• Professionalising the employability sector

  26 Jun 2013

  The UK Commission has helped to create a professional body to increase the skills and enhance the careers of practitioners working to get jobseekers and the unemployed into work.

• Society of Biology celebrates accredited degrees at annual awards ceremony

  24 Jun 2013

  Bioscience degrees at the University of Manchester, the University of York and the Royal Veterinary College have been accredited by the Society of Biology in the first wave of accreditations since the programme’s pilot in 2012. These degrees have been acknowledged for their academic excellence and commitment to developing graduate employability skills.

• Leading employers and e-skills to launch Cyber Security Apprenticeships

  20 May 2013

  Supported by co-investment from the UK Commission for Employment and Skills, leading employers are working with e-skills UK to develop the first ever nationally available, degree-level apprenticeships in cyber security.