http://www.guardian.co.uk/voluntary-sector-network/2012/jun/07/unemployment-charities-volunteering

How unemployment and the recession is affecting volunteering | Voluntary Sector Network | Guardian Professional

Despite the continuing recession, in recent weeks unemployment figures have thankfully started to recover. However, there are still more unemployed young people than… Continue reading →

http://www.ayrshirepost.net/ayrshire-news/local-news-ayrshire/

Stuart Wilson’s Business World

Jun 8 2012 by Stuart Wilson, Ayrshire Post (main ed)

SCHOOLKIDS from across Ayrshire have been given an insight into their dream jobs.

Pupils who want to crack the construction industry joined some of Scotland’s… Continue reading →

http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/Notts-firm-pledges-apprentices-Post-campaign/story-16312311-detail/story.html

Notts firm pledges three apprentices during Post campaign

A NOTTS firm is looking for three apprentices to boost its use of modern technology.

Hillary’s Blinds, of Colwick Business Park, wants them to join its ICT team.

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   Training pledge:… Continue reading →

http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/Gloucestershire-LEP-secures-cash-incentives-small/story-16313995-detail/story.html

Gloucestershire LEP secures cash incentives for small businesses taking on apprentices

Gloucestershire Local Enterprise Partnership has secured £184,000 to help small and medium sized businesses take on an apprentice and drive economic growth.

Gloucestershire LEP wants to encourage more… Continue reading →

http://www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk/news/greenock/articles/2012/06/08/430276-six-win-apprenticeships/

Six win apprenticeships

Elaine Grundy • Published 8 Jun 2012 16:00

SIX young people have secured apprenticeships through the Trust Employability Services scheme.

Three of the group are working on the refurbishment of the old Gourock High building, which… Continue reading →

http://allafrica.com/stories/201206080804.html

From Allafrica.com

Tunisia: Programme of Support to Education and Employability Under Focus at Seminar

Tunis — The Programme of Support to Education, Training, Higher Education and Employability, launched in January 2011, was at the centre of a one-day co-ordination… Continue reading →

http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/Jubilee-jobs-whingers-jeopardise-work-chances/story-16311695-detail/story.html

From This is Plymouth….

Jubilee jobs: ‘whingers may jeopardise work chances’

HOPES of work for dozens of jobless people could be dashed by bad publicity surrounding a controversial Jubilee trip, charity bosses fear.

Sixty Plymouth security trainees found themselves… Continue reading →

http://feweek.co.uk/2012/06/08/great-debate-on-teaching-and-learning/

Great Debate on Teaching and Learning

Joy Mercer, AoC and Bob Powell, Holex, offered opinions and views from the floor

Apprenticeships were fiercely debated at the Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) conference, with a diverse panel of… Continue reading →

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http://www.niace.org.uk/news/new-learning-resources-for-unison-members?src=fp2nd

New learning resources for UNISON membersFriday, June 8, 2012 – 14:20

The NIACE survey of UNISON members and subsequent report, Skilled for Work (2011), showed that 16% of UNISON members (potentially 210,000) are not confident to apply for… Continue reading →

http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-06/D9V87S5G0.htm

Greek unemployment hits 21.9 pct in March

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ATHENS, Greece

Greece’s unemployment shot up to 21.9 percent in March, rising sharply from the 15.7 percent rate in the same… Continue reading →

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobileweb/mark-joaquin-ruiz/social-entrepreneurs-aung-san-suu-kyi_b_1578484.html

What Social Entrepreneurs Can Learn from Aung San Suu Kyi – The Huffington Post

What Social Entrepreneurs Can Learn from Aung San Suu Kyi

Listening up-close to Nobel Peace Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi