On BBC Writersroom, an invitation to sketch writers to submit work for the new series of Recorded For Training Purposes. Recorded for Training Purposes is a sketch show for BBC Radio 4. Its remit is to be about "modern communication" - a wide brief, that can cover anything from straightforward...

In addition to the new jobs and training package for unemployed under-25s, the Budget included two other welcome initiatives that will help to counter unemployment by increasing education and training opportunities for young people. The Chancellor announced that that the Government will be...

The prime minister agrees to reverse planned £17.5m cuts to the training budget of the Territorial Army, the BBC learns

This is exactly the sort of stonewalling crap that winds me up the most. Grant Shapps: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how much has been spent on media training for each Minister in his Department in each of the last three years; how many sessions have been provided; and who provided the training. Mr. Watson: Training is provided to Ministers as necessary in order to carry out thei...

Children, Schools and Families - This annual Volume provides statistics on UK education and training including schools, post-compulsory education and training, and qualifications and destinations, also education expenditure and population numbers.

I've just discovered that the Kenyan Olympic team will have their 2012 pre-Olympic training camp in Bristol. I remember hearing a story that a Wiltshire town was courting the North Korean team (I know it sounds like I made that up). Does anyone know where other nations will be basing their training camps? Which cities will be hosting the USA, China and Australia?

Professional Training Courses There are still spaces left on professional training courses running in November and December 2008. Please click on the link below to view the timetable that shows you the dates and costs. To view the outlines for each course click on the title and you will be able to...

A TUC co-ordinated training programme, announced at the recent equalities reps conference, has been set up to further boost the growing network of union equality reps in workplaces across the UK. The new training programme, which takes place betwe...

One of my interests (and aims of the blog) is to encourage participation in politics as widely as possible. At least two of the three main parties have been talking about training, including media training, for younger members. The Liberal Democrats are talking about why their Leadership Academy should train everyone as they are all potential leaders. Meanwhile, the Young Britons' Foundation ...

Despite all his recent blather on apprenticeships and the downturn in London, Boris Johnson’s cuts to training and skills budgets for next year have just hit my borough of Camden hard by leaving a massive "financial hole" in training funding. As a result of “new priorities” budgets for Kings Cross Construction Training Centre and the successful Camden Working Job Brokerage, which...