Author: unionlearn news releases

In response to the Prime Minister’s announcement of a £25 million fund to support advanced and higher apprenticeships, Tom Wilson, unionlearn director said: “If apprenticeships are to be meaningful, they need to lead on to higher-level studies and skills. Employers need to support apprentices to degree level and beyond if we are to have a highly-skilled and competitive workforce in advanced manufacturing, information technology and engineering. Unions are working with employers to support the expansion of apprenticeships.”

In this summer edition of the Climbing Frame Newsletter we celebrate the Climbing Frame website’s 1st birthday! We take a look at some of the many events where the Climbing Frame has been showcased recently and provide you with some top tips for using the website…. and more

Up and coming filmmakers from Havering College have taken a golden opportunity to make two promotional films on the Olympic Park.

Funded IT Training and Certification including City & Guilds Level 2 Diploma for IT Users from Happy Computers.

As part of unionlearn’s region-wide Apprenticeship event today (Wednesday 12 July) at Durham County Cricket Club, Newcastle City Council will become the first employer in the country to receive the unionlearn Quality Award for supporting apprentices.

These six new Skills for Life publications are essential reading for ULRs. The six booklets come in a handy folder. They include: General guide; Reading and writing; English for speakers of other language (ESOL); Dyslexia; Speaking and listening;
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This document presents the summary write-up of the15 case studies conducted for the ULF and Unionlearn evaluation. The final evaluation report (Stuart et al, 2010) draws selectively from this detailed dataset.

The government is keen to promote apprenticeships, but quality vocational training is often hard to find. So what can be done to encourage employers to invest in skills? Diana Hinds reports from a recent debate

With just under 4 months to go before London hosts the UK’s biggest ever showcase for vocational skills, opportunities for schools, colleges and training providers to register for tickets and make the most of the free learning resources are at a peak.

Last week I had been mainly thinking about apprenticeships – and not just because of an amazing and inspiring evening at the National Apprenticeships Awards. The evening was a showcase of what is the best in apprenticeships and the young people were a tribute to their employers, trainers and tutors. However, to maintain this high quality, there needs to be solid data on pay, length of training, information on off-the-job study and statistics on gender and BME participation. Unfortunately this information is hard to come by. That is why we commissioned Incomes Data Services to undertake a survey and we published the results last Friday (July 1).