http://www.cognisoft.com en-US Copyright 2009 by CogniSoft Limited chrish@cognisoft.co.uk Xchanging's Funded Learning Programmes Services receives 'Grade 1 Outstanding' for BAE Systems' provision of apprenticeships http://www.marketwatch.com/story/xchanging-apprentice-training-provision-to-bae-systems-receives-top-rating-from-ofsted-2010-08-11-26210?reflink=MW_news_stmp Thu, 12 Aug 2010 08:51:52 GMT The Work Programme – Your Thoughts – New Themes to Discuss http://www.dwp.gov.uk/supplying-dwp/what-we-buy/welfare-to-work-services/work-programme/ Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:27:27 GMT A Ministerial Statement regarding the future of welfare to work contracting has been released today. All affected providers are being written to and are promised one to one discussions to discuss what this means for them. http://indusdelta.co.uk/story/important_newsflash_work_programme/4355 Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:26:59 GMT There is still no sign of what will replace Connexions when it has been decimated by cuts http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2010/aug/03/connexions-cuts-advice-young-people Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:10:27 GMT How many academies, state and private schools are there? These are the key numbers you need to understand the education debate http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/may/26/academies-schools-data-michael-gove Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:09:58 GMT Education Secretary Michael Gove has announced plans to reverse key changes introduced by the last government as part of the 16 to 19 transfer that took place in April this year. http://www.cypnow.co.uk/bulletins/Daily-Bulletin/news/1017151/?DCMP=EMC-DailyBulletin Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:34:21 GMT The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) is to make wide-ranging changes to its IT infrastructure in an effort to achieve efficiency savings equivalent to £1.4bn imposed by the previous Labour government, under the five-year Comprehensive Spending Review, currently in its final year. http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2263333/dwp-commits-changes Thu, 20 May 2010 11:55:17 GMT The coalition agreement between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats earmarks £6bn cuts across government this financial year, but it is yet to emerge where the axe could fall. http://www.cypnow.co.uk/news/ByDiscipline/Youth-Work/1003730/Youth-service-leaders-fear-new-government-cuts/ Thu, 20 May 2010 11:08:08 GMT was made redundant in January 2009 after working in book publishing for 12 years. The company's owners had ordered a package of cost cuts to offset what was expected to be a grim year ahead. Knowing it was likely to take months to find another job in publishing, I signed on to employment agencies as soon as I could. Dealing with A4e made me feel like Alice in Wonderland. Their glossy full-colour brochure promises positive thinking and cool break-out spaces; in reality, it is a chaotic, greyish office in Archway where no one seems to have a clue what's going on. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/may/14/one-size-fits-all-approach-jobseekers Thu, 20 May 2010 11:07:06 GMT Iain Duncan Smith strode out of the first coalition cabinet meeting today declaring that there was a "huge job" to be done to start getting "Britain back on track again". http://www.guardian.co.uk/global/2010/may/13/iain-duncan-smith-welfare-reform Thu, 20 May 2010 11:06:45 GMT Lord Laming has stepped in to defend the legal requirement on all local authorities to create children's trusts. http://www.cypnow.co.uk/news/ByDiscipline/Social-Care/996140/Laming-defends-childrens-trusts/ Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:12:01 GMT The head of a new further education quango has defended its establishment after accusations that it was a waste of public money. http://www.publicfinance.co.uk/news/2010/03/skills-agency-head-defends-new-quangos-role/ Tue, 23 Mar 2010 08:52:26 GMT The Youth Justice Board is consulting the justice sector in its review of how young offenders are assessed. Neil Puffett reports. http://www.cypnow.co.uk/news/990167/News-Insight-Offender-assessments-review/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:21:41 GMT Advisers eligible for government funding to help with the costs of achieving the ISO 22222 qualification would miss out on the funds if they do not apply soon, Standards International has warned. http://www.ftadviser.com/FinancialAdviser/Advisers/News/article/20100311/ab74a4e6-2ad5-11df-99e6-00144f2af8e8/Final-call-for-the-Train-to-Gain-funding.jsp Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:29:17 GMT I am announcing today progress in the implementation of the National electronic Common Assessment Framework system (National eCAF) http://www.theyworkforyou.com/wms/?id=2010-03-11a.23WS.4 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:24:16 GMT Largest knowledge gap for seven years presents colleges and training providers with an opportunity http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=6038682 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:24:00 GMT O2 has unveiled Think Big, an ambitious new five million pound scheme designed to back young people making a difference in their communities http://www.easier.com/67863-o2-social-action-5m-investment-young-people.html Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:20:00 GMT Scheme geared towards 16-18 year olds at risk of offending or who are on an order from the youth offending team http://www.cypnow.co.uk/news/ByDiscipline/Youth-Justice/989927/Freshstart-training-programme Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:19:40 GMT Jobcentre Plus, British Government's popular employment service, has been launched as a mobile phone application to allow jobseeker to find out jobs on their mobile phones. http://topnews.co.uk/22970-jobcentre-plus-app-launched Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:15:21 GMT The Department for Work and Pensions increased its IT development budget from £224m in 2006-07 to £303m in 2008-09 to introduce online services http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/16/dwp_spending/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:13:42 GMT A quango lavished bonuses worth almost £30million on its staff while it was losing hundreds of millions for the taxpayer, figures revealed yesterday http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1237032/Failed-skills-quango-pays-30million-bonuses-losing-taxpayers-hundreds-millions.html#ixzz0aVTSqj6G Wed, 23 Dec 2009 09:43:50 GMT The United Nations (UN) has called on governments, communities and individuals to support youth activities next year, after adopting a resolution proclaiming 2010 to be the International Year of Youth. http://www.cypnow.co.uk/news/ByDiscipline/Youth-Work/975116/UN-declares-2010-International-Year-Youth/ Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:31:42 GMT Young Person’s Guarantee pledges up to 100,000 work opportunities to tackle jobless crisis http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=6029917 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:21:46 GMT Amelia Gentleman on children and families http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/dec/16/public-services-policy-review-decade Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:32:04 GMT Youth workers in Oxfordshire are striking after the council revealed plans for major cuts to local youth services. http://www.cypnow.co.uk/news/ByDiscipline/Youth-Work/973953/Oxfordshire-youth-workers-strike-cuts-revealed/ Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:09:26 GMT Government officials have been urged to provide young people and their parents with information on how raising the participation age will affect them. http://www.cypnow.co.uk/news/ByDiscipline/Advice-and-Guidance/971180/Young-people-demand-better-advice-14-19-learning-government/ Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:31:36 GMT Government efficiency savings could threaten professionals' ability to deliver on the Information, Advice and Guidance (IAG) strategy, college leaders have warned. http://www.cypnow.co.uk/news/ByDiscipline/Advice-and-Guidance/964403/Savings-threaten-ability-colleges-deliver-IAG/ Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:21:24 GMT Connexions undertake an annual census of the pathways taken by young people on reaching school leaving age. http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/govtalk/schemasstandards/xmlschemas/schemalibrary/education/nccis_xml_schema.aspx Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:19:39 GMT