News & events
In this section, you can read latest news from Proskills or view our press archive. We also have an events calendar, which includes a comprehensive listing of skills-related conferences, exhibitions, meetings and awards ceremonies. Check back regularly as this area is being constantly updated.
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Contact Donna Fiebelmann with amendments and addition to events listed in this section. Tel 01235 432 034 or email.
In this section:
- Latest news
- News archive - opens in a new page
- Events calendar - opens in a new page
Latest News
- Proskills Recognises the Best New Talent
- Proskills announces 2008 Apprenticeship Awards 14th November 2008
- Give outstanding adult learners the recognition they deserve
- Proskills diploma 'will raise profile of PrintIT!@
- Rossendale Student wins Burnley College Award for Achievement
- Todmorden Furniture Student wins Towneley Hall Curator's Award
- National Success for Burnley College Furniture Student
- Students' work displayed at Towneley Hall
- Manufacturing Employers urged to engage with workforce of tomorrow
- Print Companies urged to collaborate for new diploma
- PrintIT! begins search for print 'twins' for schools
- Appointment of First Chief Executive of the Alliance of Sector Skills Councils
- BPIF Chief Executive Michael Johnson features in a letter to the Financial Times
- Manufacturing employers urged to engage with workforce of tomorrow
- Draft Legislation to create more high quality apprenticeships fit for the 21st Century
- INDUSTRY RECOGNISES SUPPORT OF IAN McCARTNEY, MP
- WESTMINSTER EXHIBITION OPENS MPS’ EYES
- Proskills secures £62M deal to fund training in the Process and Manufacturing Sector
- Proskills gets double award at People in Print Awards 2008
- School Minister visits school to see how new Construction and Built Environment Diploma will build a better Britain
- Understanding Business Improvement Techniques (BIT)
- Setting the Gold Standard for Training - National Skills Academy for Materials, Production & Supply (NSAMPS)
- Support your Skills Academy
- Bringing your workforce up to speed should be a question of when, not if by Catherine Hearn, Chief Operating Officer, Polestar
- Adding Value to Employers' Training - a New Qualification Framework
- Diploma in Manufacturing and Product Design – bringing education in alignment with industry – first steps for delivery now in place
- Special Rates for Proskills Print Employers for IPIA 2008 Conference
- Three new fundable Apprenticeship Frameworks launched - opportunity for Training Providers to access new markets and boost learner numbers
- PrintIT! Awards Ceremony
- Raising Expectations: Enabling the system to deliver - Terry Watts comments
- SSDA Closure
- Engineering and Technology Board launches new set of funded bursaries
- Chris Humphries on the goals of the UK Commission for Employment and Skills
- Launch of Scottish Construction Skills Action Plan set for 7th March 2008
- Apprenticeship Week 25th-29th February
- PrintIT! - The Full Story
- Employers missing out on skills of migrant workers
- Can you train the UK's most highly skilled young people?
- A competent workforce - where do you start?
- Apprenticeships..What's in it for employers? by Chris Boynton, Wirral Partnership Homes
- 22 May 2008 - National Learning at Work Day
- Prime Minister wants one in five apprenticed within 10 years
- New Diploma will offer a wide range of skills to boost industry
- Train to Gain pilot to tackle gender inequalities
- Dating Agency to support businesses in South East competing for London 2012 contracts
- Chief Executive of the Commission for Employment and Skills comments on government's progress on the Skills Agenda
- National Skills Academy Materials, Production & Supply - Update
- Pilot Scheme puts Yorkshire printers first on the map
- Terry's Opinion Piece in Print Week on Training in the Print Industry
- Time for Employers to have their say on Mayor's Skills Plan for London
- Train to Gain Funding to Double
- IChoose puts youngsters in charge of their own industries
- Training for a future in the world of work
- Scottish Modern Apprenticeship Awards 2007
- Mike Taylor appointed patron of PrintIT!
- PrintIT! goes from strength to strength with best year yet
- Gold Medal and 3rd Place Ranking in the World for young Cabinet Maker
- Terry comments on the Queen's speech
- 'An easier way to bridge the nation's skills gaps' Terry Watts comments
- Proskills PrintIT! Initiative sees fivefold increase
- Proskills AGM and Apprenticeship Awards - the full picture!
- Supervision of Mining Operations Consultation
- Proskills Paper Industry Group Seeks Chairperson
- Proskills welcomes two new industries
- Lantra and Proskills working in partnership to develop a new skills profiling tool
- Terry comments on the Government Response to Leitch
- Terry comments on the recent changes in Government and what they mean for Proskills
- Terry comments on the positioning of the Skills Academy
- Third Time Lucky - Proskills gets its Academy
- Terry Watts comments on the future of the Manufacturing Industry
- Reform on the horizon - sector qualifications under the magnifying glass
- Quarrying Industry Targets Forces Personnel for Managers of the Future
- Low Commitment Visiting Lectureships for Promising Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical Engineers in our industries launched in Northern Ireland