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Lincolnshire and Rutland –Learning & Development Theme Group –Public Sector Compact

During July 2007 a meeting was convened; please see the resulting action plan and other notes below.

Relevant Documents

Draft Action Plan June 07

Notes on PS E&D training programmes



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Your chance to support the University of Lincoln Employablity Mentoring Scheme 18/02/2010

The University of Lincoln is looking for mentors to help their students gain the valuable 'so......

Selling to the Public Sector - FREE Events in Lincs in April 2010 10/01/2010

Selling to the Public Sector is a series of seminars to be held in various locations in April 201......

Planning for the PS tailored Foundation Degree in L&M 04/01/2010

Grantham College have been successful in their bid to secure funding to deliver a course entitled......

EM Compacts December Newsletter now available 31/12/2009
The December Newsletter for the Compact is now available for download. Please click the following li......

Portfolio of Achievement available for download 30/12/2009

In their efforts to secure support funding for the Compacts beyond March 2010 the Steering G......

Lincs County Council providing Skill for Life support for their staff 23/12/2009

As part of the Council's commitment to support staff development anybody working for Lincolns......

Selling to the Public Sector - FREE Events in Lincs in April 10 22/12/2009

Selling to the Public Sector is a series of seminars to be held in various locations in April 201......

City of Lincoln Council win Regional Award for their work with Apprentices 06/12/2009

The City of Lincoln Council have won the 'Large Employer of the Year' award for 2009 at t......

Every Adult Matters - A NIACE Event in Nov for local authorities and their partners 18/10/2009

On the 10th November in London NIACE are hosting a national event to illustrate how local authori......

3rd Sector support to gain contracted work from the public sector 15/10/2009

Learning Lincs are organising an event in Lincoln on October the 29th to encourage small organisa......

Take a LEP of faith and get the benefits of working closely with JC+ 04/10/2009

Barbara Adlington our key contact with Job Centre Plus is keen to ensure that all local sector or......

Growing Ambitions - An on-line resource of Careers Speakers 14/09/2009

Compact stalwart Janette Goodchild has alerted Compact members to the potential of 'Growing A......

Learning Lincs produce their first newsletter 07/09/2009

Learning Lincs is the umbrella organisation for Third Sector Organisations enaging with training ......

PS Union Members Accessing HE - A study by the TUC 28/08/2009

In the early part of 2009, the Compacts supported the research element of a study conducted by th......

LGEM and the Compacts to work together 27/08/2009

The Local Government East Midlands Workforce Learning and Development Network have flagged effect......

Partnership in Public Service - hear of 'best practice' at the Compact Master Class ! 25/08/2009

In partnership with the LSC and Boston College the Compact are organising a programme of Lea......

Employment and Skills Board - Mission and Priorities 13/08/2009

The Compact will be working closely with the Lincolnshire and Rutland Employment and Skills Board......

Managing Talent - some thoughts on how to do it ! 09/08/2009

Recently the L&R Public Service Compact held a workshop entitled 'Managing Talent and Suc......

South Holland District Council know how to attract young people ! 26/07/2009

South Holland District Council have provided a Case Study describing how they have increased the ......

Integrated Employment and Skills 25/07/2009

The Integrated Employment and Skills (IES) agenda covers a range of services aimed at supporting ......

Third Sector address the Apprenticeship and Skills Pledge Issues 24/07/2009

Learning Lincs are the Learning and Development Consortium for the Third Sector in Lincolnshire a......

The Organisational Orchestra ! - Do you want to hear the symphony ? 24/07/2009

Earlier this week I met with David Bell the Cheif Executive of Standing Ovation - an organisation......

Procurement in Lincolnshire an update 16/07/2009

Lincolnshire County Council are heading up 'Procurement Lincolnshire' a shared service fo......

Employing Graduates - New research describing the emloyers perspective 06/07/2009

The Council for Indutsry and Higher Education has produced a report entitled "Graduate Emplo......

Graduate Talent Pool - Boost the Skills of Your Workplace 18/06/2009

Public Sector and Third sector organisations are encouraged to sign up to the government’s ......

CMS / DMS offered for the sector by the University 22/05/2009

LINCOLNSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL IS SUPPORTING THE CMS / DMS QUALIFICATIONS AS PART OF ITS 2009/2010 M......

Information about the Future Jobs Fund now available 22/05/2009

The Future Jobs Fund is a fund of around £1 billion to support the creation of jobs for lon......

Learning Lincs takes off ! 17/05/2009

Lincolnshire and Rutland now has a Third Sector Learning and Skills Consortium organisation - Lea......

Skills for the Public Sector 09 - A National Conference in September 14/05/2009

A national conference to be held in London on the 16th September will give delegates the opportun......

Ofering support for employees with a disability ? Update Event Coming Soon !! 05/05/2009

If you are managing a learning disability service as part of your support for employees with lear......

Adult Learners Week at Boston College - Opportunities for the Sector 05/05/2009

Boston College are promoting a range of activities as part of their committment to Adult Learners......

Addressing SfL Issues in the Workplace - A FREE Event 15/04/2009

Lincoln College and the Compact have joined forces to present an Event to look at various ways to......

Selling to the Public Sector - FREE Events throughout Lincs in April 14/04/2009

Business Link are advising SMEs how to 'sell' their services to the Public Sector.

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LGjobs.com - A new vacancies site for local authories ! 01/04/2009

Regular Compact contibutor Rachael Hosking of Lincolnshire County Council has sent this informati......

SHDC first in the country to gain the PAYP Award 20/03/2009
South Holland District Council have become the first organisation in the country to achieve the '......

Recuitment Support for Public Sector Employers 04/02/2009

The East Midlands Development Agency (emda) is committed to raising the skills profile of the reg......

The EM Public Sector Apprenticeships Report has been uploaded ! 22/01/2009

The LSC commissioned a project to develop promotional materials providing a regional framework wi......

The Hope Skills Challenge ! 21/01/2009

Many Compact members will have attended the Regional Skills Challenge Event on the 30th September......

Graduate Recruitment Breakfast - Still places available ! 20/01/2009

The FREE Breakfast Event being staged at the Admiral Rodney Hotel Horncastle on the 30th January ......

L&R Dec Newsletter now available 31/12/2008

The December issue of the Lincolnshire and Rutland Compact Newsletter is now available from this ......

Graduate Recruitment Breakfast - 30th Jan 09 - Book Now ! 30/12/2008

The L&R Public Sector Compact is staging yet another FREE event in January. This time we will......

NCWE - The benefits of work experience ! 21/12/2008

In the December 2008 Newsletter published by the National Council for Work Experience (NCWE) ther......

Improving consultation with the third sector - a new report 21/12/2008

As we move into the third year of Compact activity in L&R it is very likely that we will seek......

Skills for Care Update their L&M Strategy 20/12/2008

The Sector Skills Council 'Skills for Care' have updated their Leadership and Management ......

PCDL Taster Sessions - Grantham 12th Jan 15/12/2008

Grantham College are hosting an evening to showcase their PCDL (Personal and Community Developmen......

Phil Hope promotes the 'Skills Challenge' 30/11/2008

Phil Hope, Minister for the East Midlands, h......

Employ Ability - A workshop for recruiting and retaining disabled staff 08/11/2008

On the 26th November the Department for Work and Pensions are offering free 'How to Employ Ab......

New materials to promote increasing the number of apprentices 07/11/2008

The LSC have recently produced two short reports that will help us to promote Apprentices in the ......

New Vacancies Flyer available for dowload 01/11/2008

One of the most visited pages on this web site is the 'vacancies' page. We now have a dis......

The Skills Pledge - One Year On 27/08/2008

The most recent IiP Newsletter has an interesting article on the first year of the Skills Pledge.......

Graduate Recruitment - You know it makes sense ! 13/08/2008
The recently updated Graduate Recruitment Action Plan can be downloaded from the Graduate Recruitmen......

Messages from elsewhere - the Lancashire County Council Apprenticeship Scheme 30/07/2008

Lancashire County Council have embedded an ambitious apprenticeship scheme that is offering long ......

IDeA creates a new online Community of Practice for Apprenticeships in local government 24/07/2008

The Improvement and Development Agency for local government (IDeA) has created a new online Commu......

Apprenticeship Brochure for the Public Sector receives favourable review 13/07/2008

As many of you will know there is a set of tailored brochures now available in the East Midlands ......

Steering Group revise the Terms of Reference 08/07/2008

As part of a review of year one working a review of the Terms of Reference was carried out by a s......

Equality and Diversity Update 30/06/2008

Lynne Alexander of the local LSC has reported that the National LSC has looked into the potential......

Apprenticeships Event heralded as 'Excellent' 26/06/2008

The 'Apprenticeships In the Public Sector' event hosted by the L&R Public Sector Comp......

Compact launch the Student Placement Programme 22/06/2008
Exciting news of an innovative "Public Sector Compact - Student Placement Programme" in Li......

Positive About Young People (PAYP) 13/05/2008

Janette Goodchild, the Proect Leader for PAYP will be attending the next R&R Theme Group......

Launching LocalGovTV’s Skills and Apprenticeships series 25/04/2008

Mike Crosby of the LSC has flagged this article (below) as of interest to Compact members

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Year Two - Moving On ! 15/04/2008

As we move into year two, the Chair of the Steering Group has this message for all Compact member......

Review of first year of activity to be undertaken 06/04/2008

At the recent Steering Group meeting it was agreed that the Compact has made excellent progress d......

Key Messages from the Skills Pledge Breakfast Briefing now available for download 28/03/2008

The key messages from the Skills Pledge Breakfast Briefing can be accessed from the Special Event......

HMP Morton Hall staff taught literacy by stealth ! 25/03/2008

At the recent Skills Pledge Breakfast Briefing Emma Strafford (The Learning and Development Manag......

Skills Pledge Breakfast Briefing 'meets the needs' of the sector 24/03/2008

The Skills Pledge Breakast briefing took place on the 19th March and was heralded as a great succ......

More support available for establishing the employee qualification profile 20/03/2008

The LSC have indicated that they can support two more organisations to help them establish the &#......

South Holland District Council know how to attract young people ! 18/03/2008
Like many other local government organisations SHDC had struggled with the problem of recruiting you......

New Look Web Site Goes Live 03/03/2008

After a period of design and development and a big contribution from Ark ICT Solutions of Spaldin......

Skills Pledge Breakfast - still a few delegate places left 03/03/2008

The next major Compact Event is the Skills Pledge Breakfast Briefing on the 19th March 2008.

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PAYP Event - 14th March - Horncastle 16/02/2008
An event introducing you to Positive About Young People, a new quality standard being pioneered in L......

Increasing Apprenticeships in the Public Sector 03/01/2008

An East Midlands Project funded by the the LSC's Regional Skills Fund is examining why the se......

A New Year message from the Chair 02/01/2008

Writing in the December Newsletter published by the Lincolnshire and Rutland Public Sector C......

Feedback from the 'Approaches to E&D Training' Event 06/12/2007

The E&D Event staged by the Compact last week was well received by the delegates. A 'dive......

WBA Offers Support for Apprenticeship Programmes 23/10/2007

Brian Skinner the Chair of the Work Based Academy sends this message to Compact members :

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Unions to engage with the Compact 27/09/2007

A welcome spin-off from yesterdays Clear Wins Event is that it is clear that the Trade Unions are......

Clear Wins is a winner ! 26/09/2007
Earlier today the Clear Wins Event (WBL opportunities for the Public Sector) took place. Feedback fr......

Vacancies in the sector to be advertised on the site 28/06/2007

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