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EDP Headlines – Wednesday, 26th January, 2011

Posted Thu, 27/01/2011 - 15:41

In conjunction with The Business Library (in the Norfolk and Norwich Millennium Library at The Forum), the Chamber is pleased to bring you the headlines from the EDP Wednesday Business Supplement.

Business Supplement

New networking scheme for graduates in Norfolk

Posted Thu, 27/01/2011 - 10:19

A new scheme designed to help graduates living in Norfolk network with each other and further their career prospects has been launched by the University of East Anglia.

More than 50 people gathered to attend the first Graduate Network session at the Dog House, in Norwich, last night.

The scheme is the idea of 23-year-old Katie Konyn, a marketing and communications intern working with the UEA’s Graduate Internship Programme.

Most degrees will cost £9,000, predicts student leader

Posted Tue, 25/01/2011 - 13:44

A majority of universities in England will charge the maximum annual tuition fee of £9,000, predicts National Union of Students president, Aaron Porter.

Norfolk’s skills plea to government

Posted Mon, 24/01/2011 - 10:48

Norfolk is leading efforts to convince the government to devise a “technical baccalaureate” to head off fears that thousands of young people could be alienated by an academic and vocational education divide.

The recent introduction of the English baccalaureate (EBacc) - recognised in school league tables and including GCSEs in English, maths, double science, a modern foreign language and history or geography - sparked concerns that practical subjects could be squeezed out.

Challenge Norfolk 100 in 100

Posted Wed, 19/01/2011 - 15:03

To all employers,

The National Apprenticeship Service and our partners would like to invite you to an event which could make a real difference to your business and the lives of young people in our area.

Pledge to work for jobs and growth in ‘New Anglia’

Posted Mon, 17/01/2011 - 11:19

Top business leaders and politicians from across Norfolk and Suffolk spoke with one voice as they pledged to work together to create jobs and economic growth for the people of “New Anglia”.

At the first briefing of the Norfolk and Suffolk Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), known as New Anglia, it emerged four Norfolk bids could be submitted in the first round of Regional Growth Fund cash, with more planned in April.

But a note of caution was sounded about the scale of funding likely to be available and the scope of what could be achieved in the short term.

KPMG launches six-year training scheme to turn school leavers into accountants

Posted Mon, 17/01/2011 - 11:08

KPMG will pay the tuition fees of up to 100 school leavers joining its new degree programme this September.

The accounting giant said the scheme was a "blueprint" for employers to support teenagers faced with rising fees, while helping to devise a vocational course relevant to the world of work. Durham University, which will run the four-year degree with KPMG, confirmed it was in talks with other major employers in the insurance and banking sector to launch a similar scheme.

EDP Headlines – Wednesday 12th January 2011

Posted Wed, 12/01/2011 - 15:31

In conjunction with The Business Library (in the Norfolk and Norwich Millennium Library at The Forum), Skill Up Norfolk is pleased to bring you the headlines from the EDP Wednesday Business Supplement.
 
The Business

Firm powers expansion of mini turbines (p2)

Big training boost for Norfolk young farmers

Posted Tue, 11/01/2011 - 15:22

A new year training boost for Norfolk young farmers worth a total of £65,000 has been announced.

Ches Broom, county organiser for the Norfolk Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs said that LandSkills East has backed a long-term training initiative.

The federation and LandSkills have designed a programme of training for members to develop skills and to progress in agriculture.

Members wishing to join the programme must commit to future learning and agree to take a minimum of three courses within a 12-month period.

Trainee teachers to be thrown in the deep end

Posted Mon, 10/01/2011 - 10:15

Trainee teachers will be made to start teaching in the classroom much earlier than they currently do.

Ministers feel that on-the-job training better equips would-be teachers for the rigours of the classroom. They have adopted the plan following the success of the TeachFirst scheme, which has been recruiting graduates with top degree passes to work in inner-city schools for the past five years.

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