Date published: 04/09/2008
The Learning and Skills Council has confirmed that all eligible students who apply for the Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) and who may have experienced delays with the processing of their application form will get all the payments for which they are eligible. All payments will be backdated and no-one will miss out.
Date published: 29/08/2008
But three quarters of Brits state that they wished they used their cash more efficiently and over half would rather spend £20 a week learning a new skill
Date published: 12/08/2008
New research into how the average Brit spends their time released today, by the Learning and Skills Council to celebrate Skills and Apprenticeships, reveals the huge amount of time, an average of 40 days a year, which is wasted by Brits as they live up to their reputation as the world’s greatest faffers.
Date published: 28/07/2008
From today FE colleges and training providers can tap into a new fund to help them connect with businesses in an innovative and collaborative way.
Date published: 28/07/2008
1 in 5 people in England struggle with converting currencies when abroad and admit it is their top maths worry. With school summer holidays now getting underway, the Get On campaign is urging sun seekers to brush up on their maths skills to avoid bringing home debt, as well as a tan.
Date published: 28/07/2008
New research into Britain’s best bosses, released today by the LSC to celebrate Skills and Apprenticeships, reveals that 51 per cent of the country’s workforce would most like to work for the tycoon Sir Richard Branson.
Date published: 23/07/2008
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.
Date published: 21/07/2008
Skills Minister, David Lammy, announced this week the expansion of the National Skills Academy network with the approval of the tenth skills academy. The National Skills Academy for Retail is joining a national network of employer-led centres of excellence. The plan includes creating a network of 70 highly-professional retail Skills Shops in high streets and shopping centres, run individually by partnerships of local stakeholders including developers, training providers, other agencies including job centres and importantly, retailers themselves.
Date published: 16/07/2008
Minister for Further Education Bill Rammell will today announce how a major building programme will deliver zero carbon, state-of-the-art FE colleges throughout England.
Date published: 11/07/2008
The Learning and Skills Council (LSC) today announces the winners of the national Apprenticeship Awards 2008. Now in their fifth year, the Awards are designed to recognise the hard work and commitment of people who are currently undertaking, or who have recently completed, an Apprenticeship, as well as the employers who are successfully using Apprenticeships to improve business performance.
