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Businesses should 'Love Apprenticeships'
 

Businesses Should ‘Love Apprenticeships’

2/7/2012 4:59 AM EST  -   Lantra
Businesses are urged to ‘Love Apprenticeships’ this year as Lantra, Sector Skills Council for land-based and environmental industries, has created a free website that puts interested employers in touch with learners, helping to bring an Apprentice into their workplace.

Apprenticeships are a great way to breathe new life into a business, as employers get to train apprentices from scratch, to ensure they develop all...
Learners are urged to 'Love Apprenticeships'
 

Love Apprenticeships?

2/6/2012 6:01 AM EST  -   Lantra
There are even more reasons for learners to ‘Love Apprenticeships’ the year as Lantra, Sector Skills Council for land-based and environmental industries, has created a free website and match making service that provides learners all the information and tools they need to begin an Apprenticeship.

The changing times have required many learners in the UK to re-assess their long term plans and decide what their future...

Special Olympics & Best Buddies Converge on Capitol Hill to Urge for Critical Go...

2/3/2012 11:00 AM EST  -   Special Olympics Inc.
-- Members Advocate for Passage of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver Act of 2012 --
Washington, D.C. – February 3, 2012 - People with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) along with family members, coaches and leaders from Special Olympics and Best Buddies International are coming to the nation’s capital to fight for equality. 

On Wednesday February 8th, delegations from Special Olympics athletes and...

New rules on setting up schools in England come into force

2/1/2012 12:20 PM EST  -   British Humanist Association Press Room
New rules on setting up English schools introduced by the Education Act 2011 have come into force today. The British Humanist Association (BHA) has called the changes a ‘regressive step in further entrenching favouritism enjoyed by “faith” school proposals in the school creation process’.
Where a local authority recognises a need for a new school, the changes strongly give preference to all new schools being...
Vocational Qualifications
 

VOCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS ARE VITAL TO YOUNG LEARNERS AND TO THE FUTURE SUCCESS ...

1/31/2012 1:27 PM EST  -   Lantra
For immediate release

Lantra is responsible for defining the content of vocational qualifications for the land-based sector. This includes the Fish Husbandry and Horse Care qualifications which were highlighted in today’s BBC reports on vocational qualifications no longer to be recognised in school performance tables.

Lantra agrees with the broad recommendations of Professor Alison Wolf’s report which stressed the...

CANADA COMPANY OFFERS $5,000 IN STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS FOR COMMEMORATIVE “OPERATIO...

1/26/2012 10:00 AM EST  -   Explorica
Scholarships to help students participate in tours commemorating historic Canadian Second World War triumph
January 26, 2012 - Toronto, Canada— In order to raise awareness and commemorate the sacrifices of our armed forces, Canada Company, a not-for-profit organization that helps build relationships between the business community and Canada’s military, is donating a total of $5,000 toward student scholarships...

NATIONAL ICONIC LEADERS CELEBRATE THE OPENING OF FREEDOM’S SISTERS AT THE SHABAZ...

1/26/2012 8:00 AM EST  -   Ntouch Communications Group
· Freedom’s Sisters is an interactive exhibition honoring 20 African-American  women who have worked for freedom and equality inAmerica.
· New Yorkis the final stop of the four year tour.
· Opening to feature poet Sonia Sanchez and civil rights icon Myrlie Evers-Williams from the Freedom’s Sisters national exhibition and others.
DEARBORN, MICH., January 26, 2012 — Ford Motor Company and The Malcolm X & Dr....

Change in Free School model funding agreement requires promotion of democracy, e...

1/24/2012 9:15 AM EST  -   British Humanist Association Press Room
Additional changes recently made by the government to Free School model funding agreement include requiring schools to promote democracy, equality of opportunity, respect, tolerance and the rule of law. The changes, which promote values supported by the British Humanist Association (BHA) and...
The new requirement is one of many changes that were recently made, which also saw Free Schools become unable to teach...

REVIEWING THE UK’S ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION STANDARDS

1/24/2012 6:39 AM EST  -   Lantra
Lantra Sector Skills Council is asking everyone working in environmental conservation to participate in an extensive review examining roles, skills and responsibilities of those working in conservation.

Those with a keen involvement in the industry, from professional ecologists and access offices to estate staff and volunteers, are being asked to complete an online survey as part of the industry’s National...

Nadine Dorries' abstinence education bill withdrawn... but ‘faith’ schools can s...

1/20/2012 8:07 AM EST  -   British Humanist Association Press Room
Nadine Dorries MP has withdrawn her Sex Education (Required Content) Bill, which sought to secure abstinence education for girls only, according to the Guardian. However, this good news comes amid reports that JFS – a state-maintained Jewish school in London –...
Commenting on today’s events in parliament, BHA Chief Executive Andrew Copson said, ‘If the Bill had been debated, it would not have been passed, and...