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Did you find the article Hackney-Lagos Partnership for Modernising Vocational and Employability Education useful?

Taiye Aro — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:00:40 GMT

Did you find the article - [i][b]Hackney-Lagos Partnership for Modernising Vocational and Employability Education[/b][/i] useful?

Traversing the education sectors and the Australian Qualifications Framework

Taiye Aro — Fri, 07 May 2010 09:40:14 GMT

In Australia, after people complete their compulsory schooling, their main choices for post-school education are vocational education and training, higher education or a combination of both. The qualifications they earn are governed by the Australian Qualifications Framework, the prime function of which is to maintain the consistency and quality of qualifications delivered in Australia. But does it also help students move between the education sectors? Ron Mazzachi and Ashlea Bartram from the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) discuss.

Support to women entrepreneurs in Ramallah

Taiye Aro — Fri, 07 May 2010 09:39:57 GMT

Palestinian businesswomen are working hard to help their struggling economy, but many lack the skills, access to finance and networks to take their businesses to the next level. The Cherie Blair Foundation for Women and the Business Women Forum have recently opened a new business development centre in Ramallah to help businesswomen address this gap.

Skills competitions: successfully changing public perceptions of Vocational Education and Training

Taiye Aro — Fri, 07 May 2010 09:39:37 GMT

The WorldSkills Competition is an opportunity for skilled young people to compete with their peers on the world stage. The 2009 competition attracted more than 50,000 student visitors and 300,000 online views. What impact do these competitions have on changing perceptions of Vocational Education and Training (VET)? WorldSkills International Chief Executive David Hoey gives his opinion.

The critical importance of mathematics and numeracy to the skills agenda

Taiye Aro — Fri, 07 May 2010 09:39:13 GMT

In order to create an effective national skills agenda it is essential to recognise and resolve the problems associated with mathematical subjects. The perception that the subjects are difficult, coupled with a deep seated cultural hostility, requires fundamental action. Dr. Richard Evans, author of the free resource www.technicaleducationmatters.org, sets out his argument.

Laying the foundations for VET in the Golden Triangle

Taiye Aro — Fri, 07 May 2010 09:38:50 GMT

Alexandra Cotter gives a personal account of her experience as a volunteer at the Baan Dada Children's Home and Community Services, where a new initiative is being launched to provide a technical vocational school for young people living in disadvantaged communities in North Western Thailand.

Hit or Myth: UK/Africa FE Partnerships supporting Skills Development

Taiye Aro — Fri, 07 May 2010 09:38:16 GMT

Higher education (HE) partnerships have long been seen as a vehicle for advancing knowledge and sharing experience. Does this hold equally for partnerships which help support skills development and further education (FE)? A report on the Africa Unit's workshop at 'Going Global 4'.

Do employers have sufficient understanding of educational matters to play a useful role in training (or skills development)?

Taiye Aro — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:14:55 GMT

Do employers have sufficient understanding of educational matters to play a useful role in training (or skills
development)?

Educationa and Skills Development:Why is South Africa still struggling?

Taiye Aro — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 09:30:19 GMT

Education and Skills Development:Why is South Africa still struggling?

Successive Governments in South Africa have placed a heavy emphasis on skills development as key tool for economic growth. It is well documented that a legacy of a resource based economy and apartheid policies have resulted in poverty, unemployment and inequality. Despite a national economy that has until recently experienced steady and strong growth,unemployment in South Africa remains high. How can South Africa meet the dual challenge of broadening economic participation, redressing unemployment and achieve international competitiveness?

How can host countries ensure that migrant workers are equipped with basic skills such as language fluency?

Taiye Aro — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:10:16 GMT

How can host countries ensure that migrant workers are equipped with basic skills such as language fluency?

If employers were to set the skills agenda, what is the greatest contribution they could make?

Taiye Aro — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:32:38 GMT

If employers were to set the skills agenda, what is the greatest contribution they could make?

Do host countries have a responsibility to help fill address the skills gaps left in countries of origin?

Taiye Aro — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:29:55 GMT

Do host countries have a responsibility to help fill address the skills gaps left in countries of origin?

Are you caught in the 'skills trap'?

Nick Grist — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:02:30 GMT

[size="2"]A new CSD report, [url=http://www.skillsdevelopment.org/PDF/Who%20Trains.pdf][b][u][i]Who Trains?[/i][/u][/b], [/url]which studied organisations’ training practices across the UK, found that unskilled and low paid workers are less likely than their skilled colleagues to receive training, in spite of the Government’s efforts through Train to Gain to improve basic skills levels.

This ‘skills trap’ means that some of the UK’s lowest-paid people have little opportunity to improve their chances of promotion and higher pay. As a result, the pay gap between skilled and unskilled staff is growing.

The report found that women from the UK tend to receive more training from their employers than men, however, they are not being rewarded for their skills to the same extent as their male colleagues. The report calls on employers and the Government to work harder to ensure that women are recognised for their skills.

In addition, the report states that current Government initiatives – such as the flagship Train to Gain scheme – are not doing enough to help, and must to be updated to deal more effectively with the recession.

We want to hear your views:

• What do you think the British Government should do to solve this problem?
• How can we prevent more people falling into the ‘skills trap’?
• Have you fallen into the skills trap? [/size]