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Thirst for innovative e-learning in the workplace remains strong | 1 Dec 2008
Work based learning providers have submitted bids totalling nearly £14m in response to a tender organised by the Association of Learning Providers to fund an extra £4m‘s worth of innovative e-learning in the workplace.
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‘Tackling jobless growth must be linked to vocational learning’, says learning providers | 24 Oct 2008
The Association of Learning Providers has called for government efforts to halt the recent growth in unemployment to be more closely linked to skills training.
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ALP practises what it preaches as head office staff rack up qualifications | 15 Sep 2008
Three young staff members at the small head office of the Association of Learning Providers near Bristol are celebrating the attainment of their latest qualifications which are allowing them to deliver an even better service to the Association’s members.
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Honours recognition for chief executive of the Association of Learning Providers | 14 Jun 2008
Graham Hoyle, the chief executive of the Association of Learning Providers, has been awarded an OBE in the Queen's Official Birthday Honours List for services to skills training.
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‘Government blueprint to help the NEET group needs fundamental redesign’, say vocational learning providers | 6 May 2008
Britain's vocational learning providers are calling on the Government to rethink completely its proposed Foundation Learning Tier if it is to succeed in reducing the number of young people not in education, employment or training the so-called NEET group.
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LSC injects more funding into ALP’s innovative e-learning project to support Apprenticeships and Train to Gain | 6 May 2008
Work based learning providers are investing £10.5 million of capital funding from the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) into technologies that are boosting learner satisfaction rates and business outcomes amongst their employer customers.
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Local authorities need to respond flexibly to Apprenticeship demand under new skills system’, say independent learning providers | 18 Mar 2008
The Association of Learning Providers has welcomed the Government's acknowledgement in this week s white paper Raising Expectations: enabling the system to deliver that ALP's proposals for a single professional procurement agency serving the interests of several government departments (and possibly European and even lottery funds) is included at the end of the document as an aspiration to be worked towards.
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Three government ministers to speak at ALP’s annual conference | 18 Mar 2008
Ministers from three different government departments will be giving keynote speeches at this year's annual conference for vocational and work based learning providers held by the Association of Learning Providers in Nottingham.
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