The Scottish Government has announced a review of its vocational education and training system. The review will be undertaken by the Chair of Skills Development Scotland, Willy Roe, and is expected to be concluded by the Spring of 2011.
The Scottish Government claims to have invested over £200m in skills development. The review will reflect [...]
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Policy NewsVocational Review in ScotlandWednesday, August 18th, 2010The View from AustraliaThursday, August 5th, 2010This week we bring you a special report from the National Employment Services Association (NESA) National Conference in Sydney. Jim Carley, Managing Director of Carley Consult, has been travelling through Australia on a market research visit jointly funded by UK Trade & Investment. Ideas Exchange: More Questions PublishedMonday, August 2nd, 2010The DWP online “Ideas Exchange” for the Work Programme has now moved on to its second stage of consultation, and is now seeking views, ideas and feedback in the areas of efficiencies, customers, and implementation. The three new questions posed by DWP are as follows: Skills Consultation Gets UnderwayThursday, July 29th, 2010The Department for Business, Innovation & Skills has commenced its public consultation on the Government’s proposed new Skills Strategy. It has published two consultation papers, “Skills for Sustainable Growth” and “A Simplified Further Education and Skills Funding System and Methodology”. New Procurement Model for the SFAThursday, July 22nd, 2010The Skills Funding Agency is introducing a new procurement system in an effort to simplify its arrangements for commissioning work based learning provision. The new Approved College and Training Organisation Register (ACTOR) will replace the current Qualified Provider Framework (QPF). ACTOR will be used as the procurement channel for all core SFA provisions, including Adult [...] Hayes Extends Key Skills within ApprenticeshipsWednesday, July 14th, 2010John Hayes, Minister for Further Education, Skills & Lifelong Learning, today announced that the use Key Skills in Apprenticeship Frameworks will be extended until March 2011. CDG calls for Summit on W2W Volunteering ModelTuesday, July 6th, 2010To coincide with the annual Civil Service Live Conference at Olympia this week (July 6-8), The Careers Development Group (CDG) is making a “call to action”, proposing “professional/volunteer hybrid model”, with businesses and the Welfare to Work sector collaborating to identify and utilise expert volunteers. W2W Convention: Work Programme ProspectusThursday, July 1st, 2010Inclusion’s Welfare to Work Convention in Liverpool has got underway with a substantial industry turnout, all eager to find out the latest welfare reform developments. New Interim Chief Executive for ERSAWednesday, June 30th, 2010Hilary Clifford is to become the new interim Chief Executive of ERSA, taking over from the current Director Amanda McIntyre when she leaves on 23rd July. TAEN unveils 50+ Works GuideWednesday, June 30th, 2010A new tool is being unveiled at this week’s Welfare to Work Conference in Liverpool for providers of welfare to work programmes. 50+ Works is a new, free-of-charge, online Good Practice Guide for those working with older jobseekers. |
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