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Last chance to apply for Norfolk Knowledge funding

Posted Wed, 05/10/2011 - 13:38

 The deadline for a scheme which will provide advice, support and access to EU funding for Norfolk businesses is fast approaching.

Norwich University College of the Arts could soon be a university

Posted Fri, 12/08/2011 - 10:31

Norfolk could soon be home to two universities after the government announced plans to allow smaller institutions to adopt the prestigious title.

Norwich University College of the Arts (NUCA) has been unable to take university status because of its size, but now the government has outlined plans to change the boundaries and allow those with fewer than 4,000 but more than 1,000 students to take the name.

Job training boost for Norfolk and Suffolk energy sector

Posted Thu, 07/07/2011 - 10:32

A skilled work force capable of filling almost 50,000 new jobs in the energy sector is to be created in East Anglia, the leaders of three county councils have jointly agreed.

With one of the world’s largest offshore wind farm being constructed off the Norfolk and Suffolk coast in the next few years and plans to build Sizewell C nuclear power plant gathering pace, council leaders in the region have pledged to work together to ensure that jobs created along the “energy coast” will stay in this region.

Are Norfolk graduates hitting the ground running in the work place?

Posted Tue, 21/06/2011 - 09:36

They are young, bright and full of spark, but are they ready for the work place? Reporter BEN WOODS investigates the employability of newly-qualified graduates.

It is the fairy-tale end to a coming-of-age story: the university graduate securing their dream job.

But for the employer, graduate recruitment can also be a tale of frustration.

Despite having the intellectual muscle to succeed academically, some graduates lack the necessary skills to hit the ground running in the workplace.

Norwich City College’s £500,000 plan to change the face of further education

Posted Tue, 21/06/2011 - 09:29

City College Norwich is spending £500,000 to create an enterprise zone that it hopes could begin to change the face of further and higher education.

The Ipswich Road college is aiming to give students “Dragon’s Den-style” entrepreneurial skills to set up their own businesses, pitch their ideas and survive in an increasingly competitive world.

College principal Dick Palmer said the days of students getting qualification and walking into a job were coming to an end.

Norfolk college moves into top gear for students

Posted Tue, 31/05/2011 - 10:18

A drive to create a new generation of agricultural engineers is taking shape rapidly at Easton College.

The latest investment of more than £350,000 in new facilities will create another hub of excellence at which to train the engineers of the future, says principal David Lawrence.

Building work on the agricultural engineering unit will be finished within the next few weeks.

The college says it has been achieved because of savings and good cost control on other major capital projects led by assistant principal Christopher Nix.

Time to Train regulations not extended to SMEs

Posted Fri, 27/05/2011 - 08:49

The Government has now decided not to extend the right to request time to train to employees of small or mediums sized organisations for the foreseeable future. The right will continue to be available to employees in large organisations with 250 or more employees.

Is being in business or just life starting to feel like there’s a mountain to climb?

Posted Wed, 18/05/2011 - 11:37

Redcap Associates are pleased to introduce Ian Woodall who has climbed Everest twice. And now, this inspirational speaker is in Norwich to show how his leadership and motivational skills are directly relevant to the challenges you face every day.

The Tao of Everest

9th June 2011

The Forum, Norwich

A survey to understand the use of web skills in tourism businesses

Posted Tue, 17/05/2011 - 13:10

Shaping Norfolk's Future is working with Trainagain on a project to identify vocational skills gaps in the workforce and explore how providers in the county can work together to deliver the skills that employers want for their workforce, and employees need for their personal develop

Beyond 2010 Funding

Posted Thu, 05/05/2011 - 09:53

A training grants scheme, 'Beyond 2010', funded by the East of England Development Agency and the European Social Fund, is being delivered again this year following a tendering process which was won by the previous programme managers Essex County Council.

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