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gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapelayout v:ext="edit"> <o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1"/> </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--> </head> <body bgcolor=white lang=EN-GB link="#666666" vlink="#666666" style='tab-interval: 36.0pt'> <div class=Section1> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:120.0pt; text-indent:-120.0pt; tab-stops: 120.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none;'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>From:<span style='mso-tab-count:1'>                              </span></span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Learning and Skills Council [skillscampaign=lsc.gov.uk@mcsv186.net] on behalf of Learning and Skills Council [skillscampaign@lsc.gov.uk]<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:120.0pt; text-indent:-120.0pt; tab-stops: 120.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none;'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Sent:<span style='mso-tab-count:1'>                               </span></span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>18 March 2010 12:06<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:120.0pt; text-indent:-120.0pt; tab-stops: 120.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none;'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>To:<span style='mso-tab-count:1'>                                   </span></span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>pemitchell@btinternet.com<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:120.0pt; text-indent:-120.0pt; tab-stops: 120.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none;'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Subject:<span style='mso-tab-count:1'>                          </span></span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>March Skills Update<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <div align=center> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=610 style='width:457.5pt;mso-cellspacing:0cm;border:solid #EEEEEE 1.0pt; mso-border-alt:solid #EEEEEE .75pt;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-padding-alt:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes'> <td colspan=2 style='border:none;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:125%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt; line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:#333333'><img id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://extranet.ijack.com/lsc/lsc-header.jpg" alt="Skills Update"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1'> <td colspan=2 style='border:none;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <h3 align=center style='text-align:center; line-height:125%;'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#333333'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></h3> <h3 align=center style='text-align:center; line-height:125%;'><a name="_top"><span style='font-size:17.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#C5480E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0cm;padding:0cm'>March 2010</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></h3> <p align=center style='text-align:center; line-height:125%;'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:2'> <td colspan=2 style='border:none;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p style='line-height:125%;'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Welcome to Skills Update, produced by the Learning and Skills Council to keep you updated on marketing and PR to promote better skills. We hope that 2010 is proving to be successful for you and wish you all the best as you help learners move their lives forward.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='line-height:125%;'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>As always there is a host of useful FREE collateral, branding and campaign tools available on the <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://bbpr.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2a01106cc6c5386adc65c5821&amp;id=8b226066e6&amp;e=a0df48ca19">Campaign Resources Site</a></span></strong> (CRS) for you to use for your own marketing activity.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='line-height:125%;'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height: 125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>New</span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'> for download on the <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://bbpr.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2a01106cc6c5386adc65c5821&amp;id=b9b91d0948&amp;e=a0df48ca19">CRS</a></span></strong> are materials for <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>nextstep</span></strong> and <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Skills Pledge</span></strong>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='line-height:125%;'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>In this issue of Skills Update, you ll find:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul type=disc> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;line-height:125%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 36.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Details of forthcoming national marketing activity promoting the benefits of skills and how to get involved, broken down by the <a href="#BM1">weeks</a> and <a href="#BM2">months</a> to come <o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;line-height:125%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 36.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Links to starter packs, toolkits, information, guidance and relevant collateral<o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;line-height:125%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 36.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Updates on <a href="#BM3">recent national campaign activity</a><o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;line-height:125%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 36.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Up and coming <a href="#BM4">key dates</a><o:p></o:p></span></li> </ul> <p style='line-height:125%;'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>No doubt you are aware that from April 2010, the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) will be transforming into several different organisations. More information about the transition is at the end of this issue of Skills Update.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='line-height:125%;'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><a href="#_top">Back to top</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:3'> <td colspan=2 style='border:none;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <h4 style='line-height:125%;'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#333333'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></h4> <h4 style='line-height:125%;'><a name=BM1><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#C5480E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0cm;padding:0cm'>In the coming weeks...</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></h4> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:4'> <td colspan=2 style='border:none;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p style='line-height:125%;'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>So what s coming up these next few weeks?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul type=disc> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;line-height:125%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list 36.0pt'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Skills Accounts</span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> - personalised online accounts that provide access to information and advice on courses, careers and financial support  are now being trialled throughout England. They are a great way for individuals to make informed choices about the options and support available to progress their learning and working life. <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Skills Accounts</span></strong> are open to all adults and can be opened at <a href="http://bbpr.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2a01106cc6c5386adc65c5821&amp;id=461308a99b&amp;e=a0df48ca19">www.direct.gov.uk/skillsaccounts</a>, by calling the <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Careers Advice Service</span></strong> on 0800 100 900 or by visiting a local <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>nextstep</span></strong> office <a href="http://bbpr.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2a01106cc6c5386adc65c5821&amp;id=5e9581c607&amp;e=a0df48ca19">www.direct.gov.uk/nextstep.</a><o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;line-height:125%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list 36.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>The <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Skills for Life Get On</span></strong> football competition has now closed and the lucky winner has been chosen. Well-known football poet Ian McMillan and 2009 winner Terry Cockell had a tough job selecting the winning chant but have chosen a chant for Liverpool FC s right back Glen Johnson. Rob Loader s Liverpool chant, to the tune of 'My ol' man's a dustman', caught the judges eye for its imagination and wit, beating runners-up from clubs across the country, including Burton Albion, Fulham FC, Manchester United, Southampton FC, Tottenham Hotspur, Watford FC and Wolverhampton Wanderers. With the World Cup just around the corner, fans also had the chance to enter a special, new category for  England chants . The judges awarded the top prize in this category to Andy Smith. With this year s World Cup taking place in South Africa, Andy impressed the judges by setting the chant to the tune of The Lion King s  Hakuna Matata .<o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;line-height:125%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list 36.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Digital display ads will continue until March, targeting adults interested in <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Professional and Career Development Loans</span></strong>. The campaign is running on MSN, Prospects and ad network Specific Media with online keyword search activity continuing on Google.<o:p></o:p></span></li> </ul> <p style='line-height:125%;'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><a href="#_top">Back to top</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:5'> <td colspan=2 style='border:none;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <h4 style='line-height:125%;'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#333333'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></h4> <h4 style='line-height:125%;'><a name=BM2><strong><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#C5480E; border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0cm;padding:0cm'>Planning ahead</span></strong></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></h4> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:6'> <td colspan=2 style='border:none;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p style='line-height:125%;'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Here s what s happening in the months to come:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul type=disc> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;line-height:125%;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo3;tab-stops:list 36.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>This month, a light-hearted survey-based news story about the nation s dread of Monday mornings was covered in national, regional and online media. Positioning the <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Careers Advice Service</span></strong> (CAS) as people who can help, the story highlighted the fact that those who are well trained in their jobs and have a healthy work-life balance are less likely to develop the  Sunday night blues . See the story here: <a href="http://bbpr.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=2a01106cc6c5386adc65c5821&amp;id=bde7b3d2d5&amp;e=a0df48ca19">http://newmediaroom.careers-advice.org/.</a><o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;line-height:125%;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo3;tab-stops:list 36.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Also, look out for the <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>CAS</span></strong> in women s lifestyle magazines and online media. <strong><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"'>CAS</span></strong> is working with a psychologist and careers adviser to create tips for mums returning to the workplace. The story will use as a hook recent statistics showing an increase in women returning to work after having children. See the story here: <a href="http://bbpr.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2a01106cc6c5386adc65c5821&amp;id=4fc52f15e6&amp;e=a0df48ca19">http://newmediaroom.careers-advice.org/</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;line-height:125%;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo3;tab-stops:list 36.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>In mid March, a <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>CAS</span></strong> Careers Coach will identify the most commonly made mistakes on CVs for media features in national careers pages and online media. These features will position <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>CAS</span></strong> as the experts in helping to write job-winning CVs and will graphically illustrate common CV mistakes.<o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;line-height:125%;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo3;tab-stops:list 36.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Look out for a <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Professional and Career Development Loans</span></strong> advert in the annual Times A-Z of Careers and Jobs and Prospects Post Graduate magazine  encouraging people to use the loan to help them to develop their working lives.<o:p></o:p></span></li> </ul> <p style='line-height:125%;'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><a href="#_top">Back to top</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:7'> <td colspan=2 style='border:none;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <h4 style='line-height:125%;'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#333333'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></h4> <h4 style='line-height:125%;'><a name=BM3><strong><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#C5480E; border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0cm;padding:0cm'>Updates and news</span></strong></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></h4> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:8'> <td colspan=2 style='border:none;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p style='line-height:125%;'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>In this section, catch up with campaign news and updates:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul type=disc> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;line-height:125%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo4;tab-stops:list 36.0pt'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>The Careers Advice Service</span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> (CAS) team is developing three  How to videos that will support March s traditional media activity and give people advice on how to beat the Sunday Night Blues, how to create an effective CV and how to get back to work after having children. The videos will be available on the <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>CAS</span></strong> social media website.<o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;line-height:125%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo4;tab-stops:list 36.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>There is now a revised suite of <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Skills Pledge</span></strong> materials available as PDF documents on the <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://bbpr.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=2a01106cc6c5386adc65c5821&amp;id=a6dfaab0a2&amp;e=a0df48ca19">Campaign Resources Site</a></span></strong> for you to use and download. Materials include; <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Skills Pledge</span></strong> Facts and Figures, How to Make the <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Skills Pledge</span></strong>, Useful Sources of Information, The <strong><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"'>Skills Pledge</span></strong> in the Public Sector, <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Skills Pledge</span></strong> Toolkit and The <strong><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"'>Skills Pledge</span></strong> Your Questions Answered.<o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;line-height:125%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo4;tab-stops:list 36.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>At the start of the year, there was a combined approach to target young people for <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Education Maintenance Allowance</span></strong> (EMA) both in schools and online. February is a particularly effective time to target young people who are not in education, employment or training (NEETs) so online advertising to drive young people to the EMA website ran until the end of the month.<o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;line-height:125%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo4;tab-stops:list 36.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>The <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Skills for Life Get On</span></strong> team has been speaking with producers of well-known TV soaps such as Eastenders about forthcoming storylines focusing on adult learning - and promotional posters have been sent to programmes for inclusion on set. The team has also been continuing with its push to place inspirational case studies in appropriate media, such as women s magazines and local radio. Agony aunts on national newspapers and women s magazines have been contacted and sent an information pack about basic skills problems and the measures that can be taken to address them, to make sure that any answers to questions about skills are correctly informed.<o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;line-height:125%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo4;tab-stops:list 36.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Local media case study placement for <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Adult Learning Grant</span></strong> (ALG) resulted in positive media coverage highlighting the range of people benefiting from it. <o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;line-height:125%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo4;tab-stops:list 36.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>The  Our future. It s in our hands. web content has now migrated fully to the <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Careers Advice Service</span></strong> (CAS) website. If your website still carries a link to the CONSUMER area of the  Our future. It s in our hands. website, please redirect your link to <a href="http://bbpr.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2a01106cc6c5386adc65c5821&amp;id=65dab65b42&amp;e=a0df48ca19">http://www.careersadvice.direct.gov.uk/ourhands</a> accordingly. This does not affect you if you link to the EMPLOYER/Skills Pledge page/s.<o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;line-height:125%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo4;tab-stops:list 36.0pt'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Training Quality Standard</span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> sponsored the Learning and Development Award at the recent Midlands Excellence Awards. LSC National Office policy lead Pauline Jamieson presented the award to winners Seddon Property Services in front of an 1,100 strong audience, which later enjoyed a keynote address by Olympic gold medalist James Cracknell. Training providers were also recognised as recent achievers of the Standard through Investors in Excellence, a subsidiary of Midlands Excellence and a <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Training Quality Standard</span></strong> certification body. The Standard was also represented at the Learning and Skills exhibition at Olympia in January: during a busy two days, many employers and providers visited the stand for more information.<o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;line-height:125%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo4;tab-stops:list 36.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>On 4 March, the <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>National Skills Academy</span></strong> network was present at the Integrating Employment &amp; Skills conference at the QEII Conference Centre in Westminster. As well as having the largest presence in the exhibition area of the conference, the network hosted a reception at the end of the day which brought together Chief Executives and board members of Skills Academies with some of their major stakeholders. This was the first time that the network had come together for an event of this kind and is the beginning of a co-ordinated approach by the Skills Academies to collectively engage with stakeholders.<o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;line-height:125%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo4;tab-stops:list 36.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>The <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>National Skills Academy</span></strong> <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>for Power</span></strong> has had its business plan approved and will have its official launch later in the year. The fifth competitive bidding round is now complete and four successful applications have been announced. New Skills Academies will be formed in the rail engineering, logistics and green building services sectors; in addition the <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>National Skills Academy for Process Industries</span></strong> will expand, opening hubs in biotechnology and composites.<o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;line-height:125%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo4;tab-stops:list 36.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>From January to March, a national marketing campaign took place to increase awareness and boost demand for <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>nextstep</span></strong>, the face-to-face adult careers information and advice service. An updated nextstep leaflet is also now available from the <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://bbpr.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2a01106cc6c5386adc65c5821&amp;id=d6d30bd9a4&amp;e=a0df48ca19">Campaign Resources Site</a></span></strong>. More information about nextstep is available at <a href="http://bbpr.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2a01106cc6c5386adc65c5821&amp;id=9fa19cb1f0&amp;e=a0df48ca19">www.direct.gov.uk/nextstep</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></li> </ul> <p style='line-height:125%;'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height: 125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Train to Gain</span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='line-height:125%;'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>This month, the number of learners achieving a qualification has hit the 1 million mark - proof that the <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Train to Gain</span></strong> service continues to go from strength to strength. According to the latest learner statistics released in December by the Department for Business Innovation and Skills, more than 1.4 million <strong><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"'>Train to Gain</span></strong> learners have been recruited since the service was launched in April 2006.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='line-height:125%;'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>But the statistics show even more impressive evidence for the rising success of the service. Between April 2006 and 31 July 2008, 584,900 learners started; and this accelerated to 817,400 learner starts in the 2008/09 academic year.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='line-height:125%;'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Achievement rates show an even bigger rise: 264,100 <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Train to Gain</span></strong> funded qualifications were achieved between April 2006 and 31 July 2008. But more than twice that number were achieved in the 2008/09 academic year, with a staggering 543,100 learners gaining a qualification.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='line-height:125%;'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height: 125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Train to Gain Wave 5 evaluation</span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='line-height:125%;'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>The latest <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Train to Gain research</span></strong> (Train to Gain Evaluation  Wave 5) report published in early February shows that among employers there are high levels of satisfaction with the service: <o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul type=disc> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;line-height:125%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo5;tab-stops:list 36.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>80% of employers say they would be likely to recommend the service, and use it again.<o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;line-height:125%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo5;tab-stops:list 36.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Over 77% of employers say <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Train to Gain</span></strong> had equipped their employees with valuable job-related skills which had resulted in increased performance.<o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;line-height:125%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo5;tab-stops:list 36.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>80% of learners expected to do their current job better after training.<o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;line-height:125%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo5;tab-stops:list 36.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>85% expected that they would gain skills that would look good to future employers<o:p></o:p></span></li> </ul> <p style='line-height:125%;'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Skills Minister Kevin Brennan said: &quot;These reports show that businesses value the chance to offer staff high quality training, that they otherwise may not have been able to, through Train to Gain.&quot;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='line-height:125%;'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Geoff Russell, Chief Executive of the LSC, said: &quot;Workplace training has never been more responsive or flexible to the needs of employers and it is gratifying that more employers recognise the benefits of training their staff so they have a skilled workforce, ready for the upturn. The direct benefit to their business productivity and their employees is clear.&quot;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='line-height:125%;'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height: 125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Train to Gain</span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'> has and continues to evolve in response to employer feedback and the current economic recession. The <strong><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"'>Train to Gain</span></strong> team is always looking for case studies and quotes supporting the success of <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Train to Gain</span></strong>, across sectors and companies of all sizes and regions. Please contact <a href="mailto:nighat.mashhadi@lsc.gov.uk">Nighat Mashhadi</a> if you are able to help.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='line-height:125%;'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><a href="#_top">Back to top</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='line-height:125%;'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height: 125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>National Apprenticeship Service</span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='line-height:125%;'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height: 125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Apprenticeship Week</span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='line-height:125%;'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Celebrating the talents and skills of apprentices, Apprenticeship Week took place from 1-5 February 2010. The <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>National Apprenticeship Service</span></strong> would like to thank all partners and providers who got involved in Apprenticeship Week 2010 to make it such a success. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='line-height:125%;'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>The week was designed to bring to life positive messages on Apprenticeships, engage employers on the benefits, to raise the profile and highlight the number and range of Apprenticeships available. These messages ran strongly throughout the 200 events and activities that were held across the country, and in many of the 500 pieces of broadcast, print and online coverage that was achieved over Apprenticeship Week.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='line-height:125%;'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>The number of hits to the website were up from an average of around 60,000 a week to over 100,000 and calls from employers to the call centre were nearly four times higher than average  a fantastic response. The National Apprenticeship Service is now speaking to all those employers who contacted them to get them on the road to offering Apprenticeships.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='line-height:125%;'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>During Apprenticeship Week, the team also saw a rise in young people signing up to Apprenticeship vacancies to start their careers. The great news for those signing up who are aged 16 or 17 is that the promotion of the Apprenticeship Grant for Employers has gone well, with employers already signed up and looking for new Apprentices. For more information go to <a href="http://bbpr.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2a01106cc6c5386adc65c5821&amp;id=45eda4cfcc&amp;e=a0df48ca19">www.apprenticeships.org.uk</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='line-height:125%;'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height: 125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Apprenticeship Awards</span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='line-height:125%;'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>The Apprenticeship Awards 2010, presented by City &amp; Guilds, are now closed for entries and we re pleased to announce that over 1,300 applications have been received. Each and every one is now being read and assessed then entrants will be notified about the decision concerning their application by the end of March 2010. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='line-height:125%;'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>The competition s first stage judging panels will sit from the end of March running through to mid April 2010. Those lucky enough to be selected as a finalist will be invited to their regional ceremony, being held between the end of April and early June, when the Regional winner will be announced. Further details on the regional ceremonies will be announced during April 2010. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='line-height:125%;'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Each winner will then naturally proceed through to the national finalist judging stage where one winner will be awarded the National winner at an Oscar-style celebratory awards ceremony in London on the evening of 15 July 2010. Notification about the decisions made at the national stage of the competition will be sent out early June 2010.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='line-height:125%;'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>The <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>National Apprenticeship Service</span></strong> would like to thank all those who entered for taking the time to send in their submission and wish them all the best of luck. For more information visit <a href="http://bbpr.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2a01106cc6c5386adc65c5821&amp;id=1cf8cccf22&amp;e=a0df48ca19">www.apprenticeships.org.uk/Awards/Awards-2010.aspx</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='line-height:125%;'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><a href="#_top">Back to top</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='line-height:125%;'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height: 125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Integrated Employment and Skills  Programmes for the Unemployed</span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='line-height:125%;'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>The LSC is working in partnership with the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) and JobCentre Plus to support people back into work.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='line-height:125%;'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'> Programmes for the Unemployed includes skills development programmes such as  Response to Redundancy and the  Young Person s Guarantee which launched at the end of January.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='line-height:125%;'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>The LSC is working closely with providers at a local level to support marketing and communications activities to help engage with target audiences. In February, look out for a new Programmes for the Unemployed microsite which will be a valuable source of funding guidance, research and evaluation.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='line-height:125%;'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Alongside this, DWP is delivering two major campaigns to engage individuals and employers: <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Find Your Way Back to Work</span></strong> is a national campaign directing jobseekers, including young people, to online support and advice. <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>It Pays to Work With Us</span></strong> is a national campaign aimed at engaging employers and promoting the full range of services available to employers.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='line-height:125%;'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Marketing materials including posters and leaflets will be available to support these campaigns on the <a href="http://bbpr.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2a01106cc6c5386adc65c5821&amp;id=57f16ef470&amp;e=a0df48ca19"><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Campaign Resources Site</span></strong></a>. Look out for a new Programme for the Unemployed section on the <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://bbpr.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2a01106cc6c5386adc65c5821&amp;id=fb12fa32de&amp;e=a0df48ca19">CRS</a></span></strong> to help you deliver these programmes.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='line-height:125%;'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><a href="#_top">Back to top</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='line-height:125%;'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height: 125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Learning and Skills Council (LSC) transition </span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt; line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='line-height:125%;'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>In the December edition of the Skills Update, we briefed you on the transition of the Learning and Skills Council to its successor organisations, the Young People s Learning Agency and the Skills Funding Agency. From 1 April, the Young People s Learning Agency and the Skills Funding Agency will become fully operational, replacing the LSC.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='line-height:125%;'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>In terms of marketing, the <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Young People s Learning Agency</span></strong> will be responsible for a range of support for young people including Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) for 16-19 year olds and Free Childcare for Training and Learning for Work.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='line-height:125%;'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>The <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Skills Funding Agency</span></strong> funds and regulates adult further education and skills in England. The Agency will ensure that people and businesses can access the skills training they need to succeed in playing their part in society and in growing England s economy. It will be customer focused, providing the information, tools and funding to support customer choice through a range of services aimed at both employers and individuals.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='line-height:125%;'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>The <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>National Apprenticeship Service</span></strong> will continue to be responsible for Apprenticeships. Collateral will be available at <a href="http://bbpr.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2a01106cc6c5386adc65c5821&amp;id=36de7fa6dd&amp;e=a0df48ca19">www.apprenticeships.org.uk/Partners/Marketing.aspx</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='line-height:125%;'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>From 1 April, there will be two new web addresses for the <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://bbpr.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2a01106cc6c5386adc65c5821&amp;id=b11f0b1464&amp;e=a0df48ca19">Campaign Resources Site</a></span></strong>:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul type=disc> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;line-height:125%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6;tab-stops:list 36.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><a href="http://bbpr.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2a01106cc6c5386adc65c5821&amp;id=a2bbf34e2e&amp;e=a0df48ca19">www.ypla.gov.uk/campaignresources </a><o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;line-height:125%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6;tab-stops:list 36.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><a href="http://bbpr.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2a01106cc6c5386adc65c5821&amp;id=9ba7ab600b&amp;e=a0df48ca19">www.skillsfundingagency.bis.gov.uk/campaignresources</a><o:p></o:p></span></li> </ul> <p style='line-height:125%;'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Please continue to use the current URL, <a href="http://bbpr.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2a01106cc6c5386adc65c5821&amp;id=7da832ae3b&amp;e=a0df48ca19">www.lsc.gov.uk/campaignresources</a>, until the end of this month.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='line-height:125%;'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>From 1 April, the <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Young People s Learning Agency</span></strong>, <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Skills Funding Agency</span></strong> and <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>National Apprenticeship Service</span></strong> may want to update you on future campaigns and how they will be delivered. If you no longer wish to receive this information, please unsubscribe from Skills Update (through the link at the bottom of this newsletter) and we will remove you from our circulation list.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='line-height:125%;'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><a href="#_top">Back to top</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:9'> <td colspan=2 style='border:none;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <h4 style='line-height:125%;'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#333333'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></h4> <h4 style='line-height:125%;'><a name=BM4><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#C5480E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0cm;padding:0cm'>Key dates:</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></h4> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:10'> <td valign=top style='border:none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid white .75pt;background:#EEEEEE;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:125%'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt; line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:#333333'>Jan - March<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td valign=top style='border:none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid white .75pt;background:#FAFAFA;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:125%'><strong><span style='font-size: 9.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:#333333'>nextstep</span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#333333'> national marketing campaign <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:11'> <td valign=top style='border:none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid white .75pt;background:#EEEEEE;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:125%'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt; line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:#333333'>To March<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td valign=top style='border:none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid white .75pt;background:#FAFAFA;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:125%'><strong><span style='font-size: 9.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:#333333'>Professional &amp; Career Development Loans</span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#333333'> digital display ads<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:12'> <td valign=top style='border:none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid white .75pt;background:#EEEEEE;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:125%'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt; line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:#333333'>w/c 22 March<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td valign=top style='border:none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid white .75pt;background:#FAFAFA;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'> <p style='line-height:125%'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height: 125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>National Skills Academy</span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#333333'> announcement on successful Expressions of Interest selected for further development<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:13'> <td valign=top style='border:none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid white .75pt;background:#EEEEEE;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:125%'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt; line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:#333333'>1 April<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td valign=top style='border:none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid white .75pt;background:#FAFAFA;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:125%'><strong><span style='font-size: 9.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:#333333'>LSC transition to Skills Funding Agency and Young People s Learning Agency</span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt; line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:14'> <td valign=top style='border:none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid white .75pt;background:#EEEEEE;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:125%'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt; line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:#333333'>April - July<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td valign=top style='border:none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid white .75pt;background:#FAFAFA;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:125%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt; line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:#333333'>Regional Apprenticeship Awards<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:15'> <td valign=top style='border:none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid white .75pt;background:#EEEEEE;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:125%'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt; line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:#333333'>15 July<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td valign=top style='border:none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid white .75pt;background:#FAFAFA;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:125%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt; line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:#333333'>National Apprenticeship Awards<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:16'> <td colspan=2 valign=top style='border:none;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p style='line-height:125%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><a href="#_top">Back to top</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:17'> <td colspan=2 style='border:none;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p style='line-height:125%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:125%; 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