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July 2008
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July 2008
30/07/08
OpenLearn wins Excellence in Distance Education award
OpenLearn, The Open University's project that offers free learning resources on the internet, has received an Excellence in Distance Education Award at the Fifth Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning.
29/07/08
New websites spearhead Jaguar Land Rover apprentice recruitment drive
Jaguar Land Rover has launched dedicated apprentice websites to help its dealer network recruit apprentices in 2008/2009.
28/07/08
LSC publishes annual report
The Learning and Skills Council (LSC) has published its Annual Report and Accounts for 2007-08 and says success rates in further education are at record levels (78 per cent) with learner satisfaction remaining high at over 90 per cent.
24/07/08
Edge publishes vocational qualifications review
Over 3,250,000 vocational qualifications were awarded in the UK last year according to figures released yesterday to mark the first Vocational Qualifications Day (VQ Day).
23/07/08
Team event to raise money for WaterAid
Up to 70 teams are expected to go head-to-head in a challenge of fitness, intelligence and strategic thinking in the Cisco Euro Challenge to raise money for WaterAid.
22/07/08
New guide promotes dialogue on training in the workplace
A new guide, designed to help employers work to improve staff skills and training, has been jointly published by the Department for business, CBI, TUC and Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS).
21/07/08
Event aims to help organisations looking to accredit their own training
Qualification provider NCFE has organised a conference designed to help employers, colleges and training providers looking to develop their own qualifications.
18/07/08
Marketers urged to get qualified
The Chartered Institute of Marketing is urging marketers to realise the benefits of becoming professionally qualified.
16/07/08
Cranfield offers MBA scholarships to voluntary sector
Cranfield School of Management and the Cranfield Trust are offering two scholarships worth £28,000 each to voluntary sector managers to study the part-time, two-year MBA at Cranfield.
14/07/08
LSC announces winners of 2008 Apprenticeship Awards
The Learning and Skills Council (LSC) have announced the winners of the national Apprenticeship Awards 2008.
11/07/08
Learning Tree adds to its management curriculum
Learning Tree International has added three new three-day courses to its leadership and management skills curriculum.
09/07/08
Ashridge launches talent management programme
Ashridge Business School has launched a programme that aims to help managers to plan and implement talent management systems within an organisation.
09/07/08
Combined Knowledge Asia Pacific
Combined Knowledge a UK based training organisation and Kathy Hughes, SharePoint MVP Australia have launched a subsidiary company 'Combined Knowledge Asia Pacific'.
08/07/08
Fourteen providers awarded Beacon status
Fourteen further education providers have been awarded QIA Learning and Skills Beacon status.
04/07/08
Business school launches new diploma
Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford is launching a new Masters level Diploma.
04/07/08
BCS begins the search for the IT Trainer of the Year 2008
The British Computer Society (BCS) is searching for the individual who will be crowned top IT Trainer at this year’s BCS IT Industry Awards.
03/07/08
Transport for London signs Skills Pledge
Skills Minister David Lammy has congratulated Transport for London (TfL) for pushing the number of employees now covered by the Skills Pledge to over four million.
02/07/08
IT Training Awards 2009
The Institute of IT Training is inviting organisations to enter the IT Training Awards 2009.
01/07/08
New courses from The Open University
The Open University has released a set of online courses that aim to help aspiring managers tackle issues ranging from office feuds to company politics.
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