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| 08 Jul 2008 - Current Vacancy at Cogent: Development Officer |
| As a Government funded body, Cogent is involved in boosting the skills base for its industries. To help us make this happen we are looking to recruit a Development Officer on an initial 12 month contract based at our Warrington office.
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| 08 Jul 2008 - 3rd Annual 14-19 Diplomas Conference |
| September 2008 represents a significant milestone in the Diploma programme; with around half of colleges and a quarter of schools delivering the first five lines of learning. As the pace of engagement accelerates, with 72% schools and 88% of colleges predicted to be offering a diploma by September 2009, addressing the key challenges including; engaging young people and their parents; timetabling; collaboration; monitoring systems; and the ensuring the quality of teaching will be critical. |
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| 26 Jun 2008 - Skills Gap To Be Bridged By New Laboratory Technician Apprenticeship |
| Oxford and Cherwell Valley College (OCVC) has just announced the introduction of an exciting new industry-specific Laboratory Technician Apprenticeship.
This new and unique Apprenticeship will provide employers an opportunity to train and develop their employees in the workplace, from school leavers to graduate level. It will also be equally suitable for bridging the skills gap of those already working in the industry, and therefore offered to entrants of all ages.
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| 18 Jun 2008 - Nuclear power seeks young talent |
| A new generation of nuclear power stations has been given the go-ahead by the government - but where are the scientists and engineers to build and run them?
Inside Sellafield nuclear power plant, past the police checks and the barbed wire fences, 26-year-old Gemma Johnson is hard at work in one of the plant's high-security laboratories. |
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| 18 Jun 2008 - Workers set to benefit from right to request time to train |
| England's workers are to be given a new right to request time off for training relevant to their job.
Ministers expect an extra 300,000 people a year to receive extra training as a result of the new law which could be in place by 2010. |
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| 16 Jun 2008 - A new apprenticeship scheme is to be introduced in some of Wales |
| A new apprenticeship scheme is to be introduced in some of Wales. £70m will be spent on creating more than 14,000 training places to improve the skills of the workforce.
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| 12 Jun 2008 - Current Vacancies at Cogent |
| Cogent is expanding the team in a number of key areas and currently has a number of vacancies. |
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| 11 Jun 2008 - Cogent Welcomes Martin McManus |
| Martin McManus has joined Cogent on a fixed-term basis to undertake some specific pieces of work with the Stakeholder & Policy and Research teams. Martin was most recently Head of Sector Skills Agreements at the SSDA, successfully delivering on the commitment to Ministers that all 25 sectors would have an SSA in place by March 08 |
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