12 March 2010
A brand new qualification designed to drive improvements in productivity and efficiency in the workplace is set to be launched in April.
The Food Manufacturing Excellence qualification will be the first Improve Proficiency Qualification (IPQ) to be available to food and drink employers. IPQs are a new family of work-based qualifications being... More about First of new food qualifications set to be launched
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10 March 2010
Improve, the Food and Drink Sector Skills Council, has been working closely with the Government to create a new website and advertising campaign designed to increase employer awareness and involvement in vocational reform.
The website is designed to inform all employers, including those in the food and drink industry, about changes to the... More about Find out how vocational qualifications can help your business
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3 March 2010
An industry skills chief has told politicians that the UK’s £78.7bn food and drink industry must be considered a priority for skills funding after the election as it takes steps to recruit 137,000 people by 2017.
Jack Matthews, chief executive of food and drink sector skills council Improve, told the All Party Parliamentary Food... More about Food and drink industry must be priority to address worker shortage
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1 March 2010
New work-based qualifications for the food and drink industry will give training providers the opportunity to work with employers in a variety of different and more flexible ways, according to sector skills council Improve.
Improve is currently working with employers and awarding bodies to develop new families of qualifications, which will... More about Improve announces new qualifications for food and drink industry
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25 February 2010
Food and drink sector skills council Improve is urging employers to visit a new website recently launched to raise awareness of a large scale overhaul of sector-based qualifications.
The site is part of a joint project with Business Link and the Department for Business, Innovation... More about New website set to increase employer involvement in vocational reform
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17 February 2010
When most people reach their seventies they would be more than happy if they never took an exam again. This is not so for one 73-year-old who has recently registered as a Modern Apprentice and is studying for the first qualification of his life.
Ian Watson works with ANM Group, an Aberdeenshire-based food and drink group, which owns livestock... More about Food and drink apprentice shows age is no barrier to learning
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4 February 2010
New flexible qualifications will give employers in the food and drink industry the opportunity to develop their own learning programmes for Apprenticeships .
Work is under way to bring Apprenticeships... More about Food and drink employers to create own recipe for Apprenticeships
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19 January 2010
The head of the UK food and drink sector skills council has welcomed a call from a leading think tank to hand more control to employers in the way skills and training are funded by the government.
Improve chief executive, Jack Matthews, said recommendations made in the report “Simply Learning” recently published by the Policy... More about Improve chief backs think tank?s call for skills reform
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12 January 2010
The Diploma in Science is an exciting new qualification for 14-19 year olds, which will give young people a foundation in scientific theory, and the practical skills necessary to meet the global challenges of tomorrow.
Developed in partnership with employers, education and key stakeholders, the Diploma in Science will provide students with... More about Consultation events for the Advanced Level Diploma in Science
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5 January 2010
Reacting to the publication of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) Food 2030 report today (Tuesday January 5), Improve chief executive, Jack Matthews, said the government should be prepared to back its vision with considerable investment to make the UK a world leader in more sustainable and secure food production.
Welcoming... More about Food industry deserves greater investment in drive for sustainability
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