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News and speeches
Latest news stories:
- Sky gives undertaking to sell ITV shares
- Feb 8: The Government has today accepted formal commitments from Sky (British Sky Broadcasting Group plc) that it will divest a proportion of its shares in ITV.
- Statement by David Lammy on graduate recruitment survey
- Feb 8: Higher Education Minister David Lammy commenting on the Association of Graduate Recruiters, graduate recruitment survey said;
- Statement by David Lammy on UCAS figures for applications to University for 2010
- Feb 8: Minister of State for Higher Education, David Lammy Commenting on today’s UCAS figures for applications to university for 2010 said,
- Lord Mandelson Visits Berlin on Fact Finding Mission
- Feb 5: Lord Mandelson is visiting Germany today on a fact finding mission, to see how the UK could learn from the success of the country’s innovation network.
- Apprentices Flying High at Yeovil Helicopter Firm
- Feb 5: Business Minister Pat McFadden is visiting AgustaWestland today to celebrate the helicopter manufacturer’s commitment to recruit apprentices.
Latest speeches:
The UK International Student Experience
February 4, 2010
Speech by: David Lammy MP
Venue: Cavendish Conference Centre, London
“Ever since Roman times, one of the things that has distinguished the inhabitants of these islands is the links they have forged with the most distant reaches of the known world.
“The millions of international students who have studied here help to ensure that this tradition continues today, and that we continue to be bound by ties of friendship and good will to people in all parts of the globe.”
Apprenticeships Driving Business
Speech by: Kevin Brennan MP
Venue: Bloomsbury Hotel, London
“The advantages of the apprenticeship model for employers are clear. And our economic problems of the past couple of years have shown that more clearly than ever.
“Those employers who heeded the call of the CBI, the trade unions and Government to keep training have reaped the benefits.
“Our expanded apprenticeships programme and the money we have invested have played a pivotal role in enabling them to do so.”
Economic opportunities for an ageing population
February 3, 2010
Speech by: Pat McFadden MP
Event: BIS Seminar – Is business ready for an ageing nation? Westminster, London
Pat McFadden encourages business to consider the economic opportunites presented by an ageing population.
Licence to Skill
February 2, 2010
Speech by: Kevin Brennan MP
Venue: Alliance of Sector Skills Council Annual Conference, Coventry
“The issue for Government is how to manage the transition from the old to the new in ways that ensure Britain’s competitiveness but which avoid the sort of trauma to communities that we experienced in the 1980s and 1990s.
“That’s going to take a lot more than simply waiting for change to happen, or trying to shore up areas of traditional skills strength.
“To safeguard existing jobs and create new ones, we’ll need to develop new skills, and especially transferable skills that can serve people well in more than one sector.”
Launch of Cellular 25 event
January 21, 2010
Speech by: Stephen Timms MP
Venue: Science Museum
Stephen Timms speaks at an event celebrating 25 years of the cellular mobile phone.
