All Skills
Interns
Added: 1 May 2011
Well done to machinery maker Guttridge – and to the graduates involved – on the launch of its inter…
Cogent strikes chemicals 'gold' in Europe
Added: 28 Apr 2011
Brussels – The European Chemical Employers Group (ECEG) and the European Mine, Chemical and Energy …
Babcock, Strathclyde University in two-way secondment deal
Added: 5 Apr 2011
Strathclyde, UK – The University of Strathclyde and Babcock International Group plc have signed a t…
Skills shortages could halt North Sea oil & gas boom
Added: 17 Mar 2011
London – Skills shortages could limit the ability of North Sea companies to exploit an anticipated …
Cogent targets new skills funding
Added: 17 Mar 2011
London –Cogent is highlight the availabilty of a new UK government funding package to support skill…
AMEC wins ECITB project management competition
Added: 10 Mar 2011
London – A team of graduates and trainees from AMEC’s Power & Process Europe(PPE) business has won …
Chemical sector apprentices tell it like it is
Added: 11 Feb 2011
London – At a recent meeting of the Chemical Industry All Party Parliamentary Group, industry appre…
Process sector reaction to UK government's Comprehensive Spending Review
Added: 26 Oct 2010
Environment:
Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA):
The 2010 Spending Review se…
New chair for National Skills Academy Process Industries
Added: 25 Oct 2010
London – The National Skills Academy for the Process Industries has appointed Allan Laing, chief ex…
Welsh power plant project sparks immigrant pay row
Added: 15 Oct 2010
London – The GMB trade union is seeking to recover over £10,000 each for 16 Polish migrant workers,…
British Energy actuates training at nuclear plants
Added: 15 Oct 2010
Bristol, UK – British Energy, part of EDF Energy, has installed over 400 AUMA actuators at a number…
Working higher
Added: 3 Sep 2010
A consortium of sector skills councils, universities and ’industry champions’ is working with emplo…
Skills Academy, chemicals industry link to improve process safety management
Added: 17 Aug 2010
London – The National Skills Academy Process Industries and the Chemical Industries Association (CI…
Apprenticeships paying off in chemicals industries
Added: 9 Feb 2010
London – The Chemical Industries Association (CIA) is highlighting how apprenticeships have had a c…
New nuclear plants central to UK energy strategy
Added: 13 Nov 2009
New framework for a quicker transition to a low carbon economy. The NPSs major on a new nuclear pro…
Skills Academy names its first young ambassador
Added: 19 Oct 2009
Chloe Richards the first of five young ambassadors being recruited to the Academy’s boards in key p…
Recession hits engineering recruitment, but is recovery in sight?
Added: 14 Sep 2009
IET’s annual Skills and Demand in Industry report shows that only 31% (compared to 63 per cent last…
Skills Academy boss: Follow Scotland's lead to keep young talent
Added: 7 Sep 2009
Phil Jones: “We urge Ministers to follow Scotland’s lead and apply some innovative thinking to come…
