Employer involvement central to Government's skills vision
The latest White Paper on skills has affirmed the Government's belief that employer involvement in Learning and Sector Skills Councils is essential to the success of vocational training.
The time is now Margaret Kubicek reports in Training Magazine
Skills: Getting on in business, getting on at work Read the full text of the Skills White Paper, as published on the Department for Education and Skills website.
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Taking skills to the next level Mark Haysom, chief
executive of the Learning and Skills Council talks to Personnel Today about the
future prospect for skills in the
Agreements herald a new era for vocational skills The rationalising of vocational qualifications and courses is a step closer following last month's launch of the formal agreements between employers, suppliers and government by the four 'pathfinder' sector skills councils. Margaret Kubicek reports.
Can we mix with the best in the world? The government has high hopes for its reform of vocational education but, as our WorldSkills team prepares to compete on the international stage, how viable are the latest planned changes? Training Magazine reports.
Skills initiative puts employers in control Business has welcomed the government's new skills initiative, but employers will need to be convinced of its credibility when it is rolled out. Michael Millar reports in Personnel Today.
