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Manufacturing Giants join forces with Telford College to Build new Food and Drink Apprenticeship
5+ hour, 58+ min ago (737+ words) Three of Shropshire's biggest food and drink manufacturers are partnering with Telford College to design a brand new engineering apprenticeship. Kraft Heinz, Avara Foods and Pickstock are joining forces with the college to develop the new qualification aimed at delivering…...
Reforming Essential Skills Wales Qualifications
10+ hour, 42+ min ago (492+ words) Qualifications Wales recently published its findings and decisions report after its consultation process on reforming Essential Skills Wales qualifications in Application of Number, Communication and Digital Literacy. Senior Qualifications Manager Oliver Stacey takes us through the decisions and the next…...
Driving Excellence: Work Based Learning Providers Are Stepping Up to Skills Competitions
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (317+ words) Inspiring Skills Excellence saw a 400% increase in training providers registering learners for Skills Competition Wales this year. Evidencing that for work based learning providers across Wales, embedding vocational skills competitions into daily delivery is proving to be the way forward…...
Make UK launches accelerated apprenticeship and rapid skills training for engineers
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (13+ words) FE News...
Foundation Apprenticeships: Essential to Wales's Changing Economy
6+ day, 10+ hour ago (489+ words) By Faith O'Brien, Managing Director, Cambrian Training Company The idea of a "job for life" has all but disappeared from the modern labour market. Across the UK, and here in Wales, people are changing careers more often, moving between sectors…...
Welsh Government Sets Out Plan to Reform Vocational Skills Training
2+ week, 6+ day ago (280+ words) The Welsh Government has announced a package of reforms to vocational skills training. It says that by developing a Welsh skills system that is fit for the future it will ensure that education and training opportunities are aligned with the…...
Successful training isn't about how deep your pockets are but about how smart your strategy is
3+ week, 11+ hour ago (712+ words) At the end of last year, the'Employer Skills Survey'highlighted that investment in training among UK businesses had fallen to its lowest levels since tracking began back in 2011. This seemed to indicate that organisations are tightening the purse strings and, in…...
Greater Manchester FE Innovation Programme Secures New GMCA Backing for Third Year
3+ week, 2+ day ago (323+ words) The Greater Manchester Further Education Innovation Programme (GMFEIP) is set to enter its third year with major new backing from the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA), continuing vital innovation support for businesses and learners across the city-region. Following two successful…...
Leeds Manufacturing Festival Awards celebrate Yorkshire's next generation of manufacturing talent
3+ week, 2+ day ago (397+ words) The Leeds Manufacturing Festival Awards returned this week, with a rollcall of some of the brightest talent in West Yorkshire's manufacturing and engineering industry. Apprentices, graduates, rising stars and mentors, as well as employers and manufacturing leaders, were all recognised…...
The UK's Plant Skills Gap is no Longer Abstract
3+ week, 6+ day ago (677+ words) The construction skills gap is no longer a future concern'it is a current operational reality. Nowhere is that more evident than in plant operations. Across conversations with employers and card scheme stakeholders, a consistent theme is emerging: the issue is…...