Category Archives: NTFW Conference
Regional Skills Partnerships influence direction of work-based learning
Work-based learning providers across Wales have been urged to ensure that their future strategy is influenced by employment skills plans produced by the country’s three Regional Skills Partnerships, which identify priority sectors for skills investment The call came from Sarah … Read more
Posted in NTFW Conference |Securing future of work-based learning in Wales sets conference agenda
Securing the future of work-based learning programmes in a time of change is the challenging theme of a major conference in the Welsh capital next month. National Training Federation for Wales (NTfW), which represents more than 100 organisations involved in … Read more
Posted in NTFW Conference |Welsh Government’s work-based learning plans outlined to training providers
The Welsh Government’s ambitious plans for work-based learning were outlined to the nation’s training providers at their annual conference. Deputy Minister for Skills and Technology Julie James told members of the National Training Federation for Wales’ (NTfW), at the Celtic … Read more
Posted in NTFW Conference |Establishing a World Class System for Apprenticeships in Wales
Training providers from across Wales gather at the Celtic Manor Resort, Newport today for the National Training Federation for Wales’ annual conference. Chairman Peter Rees talks about the challenges and opportunities facing work-based learning in Wales. By Peter Rees, NTfW … Read more
Posted in NTFW Conference |Conference to focus on building world class skills system in Wales
Identifying what more can be done to build a world class skills system in Wales will be the focus of this year’s annual conference for work-based learning providers from across the country. The conference, organised by the National Training Federation … Read more
Posted in NTFW Conference |Welsh employers to be asked to co-invest in apprenticeships
A work-based learning landscape influenced by diminishing Welsh Government funding support for post 25 apprenticeships and a need for co-investment by employers was painted at a major conference. Deputy Minister for Skills and Technology Julie James told delegates at the … Read more
Posted in NTFW Conference |On the eve of the National Training Federation for Wales’ annual conference at the Celtic Manor Resort tomorrow (October 31), chief executive Arwyn Watkins speaks about issues dominating the thoughts of work-based learning providers.
It will come as no great surprise to readers when I report that the world of work-based learning and skills delivery in Wales is constantly changing. It’s therefore imperative that, as a network, members of the NTfW continue to move … Read more
Posted in NTFW Conference |Conference to focus on work-based learning’s key role in economic generation
It’s time for the work-based learning sector to confidently take its place at the centre of the economic regeneration agenda in Wales, delegates to a major conference will be told later this month. ‘Building sustainable futures for all’ is the … Read more
Posted in NTFW Conference |Training Providers given key role in skills pathway for young people
Deputy Minister for Skills and Technology, Ken Skates, has called on work-based learning providers in Wales to play a key role in setting out a clear pathway to employment, opportunity and success for every young person in Wales. In a … Read more
Posted in NTFW Conference |Training federation leader warns of funding challenges on the horizon
Work-based learning providers in Wales must be prepared to seek funding from sources other than the Welsh Government and Europe in the future and work together to come up with employment and skills solutions. That’s the message chief executive Arwyn … Read more
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