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Ian Austin MP

Details Announced of West Midlands Regeneration Convention 2008

Date published: 20/11/2008

LSC strategic partner RegenWM are inviting bookings for the 2008 West Midlands Regeneration Convention which will be held on Monday 8 December at the International Convention Centre, Birmingham.


Mohammad Pandhair

Driving Up Skills - How Birmingham Taxi Drivers Found Road Map to Better Customer Care

Date published: 12/11/2008

Birmingham taxi and private hire drivers are going the extra mile to offer top quality customer service by picking up new qualifications thanks to a government-backed skills service.


Learner Doreen Jobson (left) gets IT guidance from ReCOM trainer Rebecca Hunt.

Solihull Surfers Sign Up for Skills

Date published: 07/11/2008

Up to 50 Solihull residents are logging on to develop their computer skills thanks to a £70,000 initiative offering free IT equipment and training.


Theatre And actors prepare for the Stay in Learning tour.

Time Travel and Tactical Tips Help West Mids Teens Weigh Up Stay in Learning Options

Date published: 31/10/2008

Indiana Jones, Doctor Who, Match of the Day presenters and other well known TV, film and sport personalities will be caricatured in a theatrical presentation highlighting careers options for 3500 Year 10 and 11 students throughout schools in Birmingham and Solihull, during November.


Ian Austin meets young engineering students at Castle Vale School, Birmingham.

Regional Minister Supports Launch of Civil Engineering Apprenticeship

Date published: 30/10/2008

The new Regional Minister for the West Midlands, Ian Austin MP, helped launch a new Civil Engineering Apprenticeship at Castle Vale School in Birmingham as part of a region-wide effort to drive up skills by boosting the number of businesses employing apprentices.


Partner representatives at the formal launch of the Minster Construction Skills initiative.

Building Skills on Building Sites – How a Pioneering Partnership is Taking Training to the Construction Trade

Date published: 03/10/2008

Plans have been unveiled for a construction site-based training initiative in the West Midlands which could provide the blueprint for flexible skills delivery in the sector.


(l-r) Andrew Geraghty, Craig Normansell, Paul Broadhurst, Nick Jenkins, James Smith.

Golf Star Backs Sports Apprenticeship

Date published: 30/09/2008

Local golf hero Paul Broadhurst has ‘pitched in’ with support for an LSC-backed initiative to support Britain’s sports stars of tomorrow.


Ruth Badger

Real Apprentice is Real Deal

Date published: 26/09/2008

One of Britain's most famous apprentices Ruth Badger put herself in the frame to star in a DVD promoting the real value of being a trainee.


Yvonne Rose declares King Edward VI College's learning resource centre open.

Nuneaton College Opens New Learning Centre

Date published: 25/09/2008

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Director Yvonne Rose cut the ceremonial ribbon as a new learning resource centre was declared open at King Edward VI College, Nuneaton.


Be Birmingham logo

LSC Joins Launch of Vision for Future of Birmingham

Date published: 22/09/2008

West Midlands LSC Regional Director David Cragg believes a newly-published long term vision for Birmingham can help the city reap a “demographic dividend” as it develops an economy to compete with the best in the world.