Archive: Training

Cable launches apprenticeships pledge

The government will fund an extra 75,000 apprenticeship places by 2015, Vince Cable will announce in a speech later today.

Brown pushes apprenticeships in global "skills race"

Mandy unveils 35,000 new apprenticeships

Brown sends closure warning to failing schools

Govt-funded internships 'could save state money'

The government could save money by paying employers to take on disadvantaged young people as interns, a thinktank has claimed.

Feature: Gizza skill

There are increasing concerns the government's policies are undermining the ability of those who have lost their jobs to find new skills.

Brown pushes apprenticeships in global "skills race"

The government has launched a major review of apprenticeships as part of Gordon Brown's efforts to improve the workforce's skill base.

Brown sends closure warning to failing schools

Failing schools were today warned they risk closure if they do not improve standards.

Johnson: Raise school leaving age to 18

The education secretary today outlined proposals to require all young people to remain in education until their 18th birthday.

School leaving age 'to rise to 18'

Education secretary Alan Johnson is considering plans to raise the school leaving age to 18, it emerged last night.

MPs warn over adult education course closures

Adult learning courses across the country could be closed because of the government's focus on "skills and employability", a group of MPs has warned.