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By Philip Walzer
The Virginian-Pilot
© May 23, 2013
NORFOLK
School wasn’t Spencer Buckle’s "thing," so he didn’t stick it out to graduation at Norfolk Collegiate.
The 20-year-old, though, found a solid footing for the future. Since 2011, he… Continue reading
Published: 23 May 2013
BUDDING engineers are being invited to join an apprenticeship programme with bus company Stagecoach.
Stagecoach South is urging school-leavers in Portsmouth with an interest in engineering to put themselves forward for the four vacancies before… Continue reading
http://www.tlnt.com/2013/05/14/an-effective-company-culture-it-only-happens-when-everybody-owns-it/
Culture. I write about it all the time, yet I never seem to unpack all the myriad facets of culture.
Just think about all the different ways the word itself can be used:
- A “cultured” person – one… Continue reading
http://www.thurrockgazette.co.uk/news/10434736.MP_buoyant_as_superport_hunts_apprentices/
9:58am Wednesday 22nd May 2013 in News
Stephen Metcalfe MP at the superport
MP STEPHEN Metcalfe helped to launch a new apprenticeship scheme to get people into work.
Mr Metcalfe, MP for East Thurrock, welcomed DP World London Gateway’s… Continue reading
Figures from the Skills Funding Agency show that 35,540 people started an apprenticeship in hospitality and catering between 2011 and 2012 compared to 16,790 between 2008 and 2009 while completion rates during that time increased by 10 per cent… Continue reading
Nice of the Premier Inn chain of Hotels to provide a custom made parking space for Brompton Bikes.
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The Data Service plan to release 2011/12 Classroom Based Learning, Apprenticeships and Workplace Learning Minimum Standards shadow reports to the Provider Gateway on Thursday, 30 May. These reports show how a provider’s success rate would have met the new minimum… Continue reading
http://www.ifl.ac.uk/newsandevents/press-releases/ifl-comments-on-labours-interim-skills-report
The Institute for Learning (IfL) has commented on the interim report published by Labour’s vocational education and skills taskforce today. The paper, Talent matters, refers to IfL’s written response to a call for evidence, which was informed by the… Continue reading
http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/education-22609674
By Sean Coughlan BBC News education correspondent
7 hours ago
A-levels have been a common currency since the 1950s, but there could now be a full separation in exams between England, Wales and Northern Ireland
The shared A-level and… Continue reading
http://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/News/Firm-to-offer-more-city-apprenticeships-21052013.htm
Published: 21/05/2013 09:33 – Updated: 21/05/2013 09:36 
Charlotte Noble – leading the way for new apprentices
THIRTY-SIX new apprenticeships are to be created in Inverness over the next seven months as part of an expansion by Capgemini.
It follows… Continue reading
http://www.yourthurrock.com/2013/05/21/south-essex-college-responds-to-government-cuts/
Date posted: 21-05-2013
SOUTH Essex College will safeguard the quality of teaching and learning despite the latest round of Government funding cuts, insists Principal and Chief Executive, Angela O’Donoghue.
Angela said: “These are difficult times, but our focus and… Continue reading
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