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Employer Bulletin
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As last year, this year’s Skillsmart Retail Employer’s Conference will be held at the Grosvenor House Hotel on the day of the Rising Star Awards, Wednesday, 8th September.
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Morrisons qualifications boost as survey shows skills are on the rise
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Morrisons group human resources director, Norman Pickavance, who is speaking at this September’s Skillsmart Retail Employer Conference, commended the 100,000 Morrison’s employees who will achieve the new level 2 in Retail Skills (formerly NVQ) by next year in a Guardian article.
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Skillsmart Retail Rising Star Awards
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For the first year, Skillsmart Retail, the Sector Skills Council for Retail, is sponsoring one of retail’s most prestigious awards events, the newly renamed Skillsmart Retail Rising Stars Awards 2010.
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Queen of Shops crowns UK’s finest retail artists at skillVM final
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One of retail’s most recognisable faces on TV, Mary Portas, was on hand to crown the best visual merchandisers in the UK at live window dressing competition, skillVM last month.
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Train to Gain and Apprenticeship Provision for Retail at Level 2 (England)
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In response to retail employers’ call for a simple unifying framework of qualifications, Skillsmart Retail and its awarding partners have developed at Level 2, three qualifications of different sizes that attest to the competence of a wide range of people and occupations – these are the Award, Certificate and Diploma in Retail Skills.
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Learning Provider Bulletin
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Book your place NOW at the 2010 CPD events
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Places are filling fast for Skillsmart Retail’s series of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) 2010 workshops, running from September until November across England.
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Update on the extension of Key Skills
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Colleagues will be aware of the recent announcement to extend the accreditation dates of the Key Skills within the Apprenticeship frameworks until 31st March 2011.
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Specification for Apprenticeships Standards in England (SASE) and Wales (SASW)
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As many colleagues will be aware, the Government are currently requiring that SSCs/SSBs review all Apprenticeship frameworks to ensure they meet the requirements of the new SASE/SASW specifications.
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Acceptance of Diploma breadth qualifications in place of Certificates
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Skillsmart Retail has recently received some enquiries as to whether, where requirements in Apprenticeship frameworks require a Certificate in Retail Knowledge, a Diploma in Retail Knowledge might also be acceptable.
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