24 Mar 2009 (Courtesy of News Wales)
The cloud of redundancy had a silver lining for Anglesey woman Janine Jones. Losing her job seemed like a massive blow but now, thanks to a new scheme run by the trade union Unite, she has set up her own business microchipping pets and dog...
24 Mar 2009 (Courtesy of Wired-Gov)
Lifelong Learning UK welcomes the government's announcement of a £20m plan to support informal adult learning. This is particularly meaningful at a time of economic challenges and when supporting all forms of training and education is more important than...
24 Mar 2009 (Courtesy of Journalism.co.uk)
Corporate tax relief to fund training could provide long-term investment for the newspaper industry, a leading journalism academic has said. Francois Nel, founding director of the Journalism Leaders Programme at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN), is considering launching an online petition to ask.
24 Mar 2009 (Courtesy of Computer Weekly)
Today is Ada Lovelace day. Over 1,000 bloggers are uniting to celebrate the achievement of women in IT, under the sign of the world's first computer programmer, and daughter of Byron, Augusta Ada King, Countess of...
24 Mar 2009 (Courtesy of Music Week)
50 creative apprenticeships in music and arts have been created in Scotland following a campaign by Creative & Cultural Skills.
24 Mar 2009 (Courtesy of Government Technology)
The gap between males and females remains a live issue for those working in the UK IT professional workforce. Currently females account for just one in five IT professionals, according to research published jointly by BCS, e-skills UK and...
24 Mar 2009 (Courtesy of MWP Online)
Dr Sue Ion, one of the countrys leading lights in the energy arena will be debating the controversial issue of the energy gap time-bomb in London on 24 March and if the impending skills shortage will cripple plans to build a host of new nuclear power plants before any have even got off the...
24 Mar 2009 (Courtesy of Electrical Contractor)
SummitSkills is forecasting plummeting workloads in the building services engineering sector and redundancies of between 67 000 and 154 000 in 2009 among m&e contractors 2009-03-24 04:16:27 SummitSkills predicts massive...
23 Mar 2009 (Courtesy of Printing Talk)
Laura Whitehouse has won PrintIT's 'Overall Winner'...
20 Mar 2009 (Courtesy of Daily Post)
A COMPANY building the new £20m North Wales headquarters of the Welsh Assembly government is taking part in an initiative to encourage girls to consider careers in the construction...
20 Mar 2009 (Courtesy of Times Educational Supplement)
Apprenticeships are suddenly all the rage, but what are the prospects in a recession? Neil Munro...
20 Mar 2009 (Courtesy of Caterer Search)
A number of employer champions for the forthcoming 14-19 diploma for hospitality were named at an event at Tottenham Hotspur Football Clubs White Hart Lane stadium this...