Oct 07

HMC – 1st -4th October 07 supported by Learning to Earning

This years HMC annual conference which takes place in Bournemouth is being supported by Learning to Earning. The theme is ‘’aspiration, inspiration and perspiration: doing, enjoying and surviving the job’’ with an array of guest speakers and discussions scheduled throughout the event.

Sept 07

Learning to Earning Director Karen Waltham provides expert analysis in Diversity DVD which received ‘Highly Commended’ at Major Media Award

A new DVD/training guide - Respect the Difference Value the Mix – produced by GoSkills which examines diversity issues within a workplace context, has received ‘Highly Commended’ in the Best Interactive Media Product category, at the prestigious International Visual Communications Association (IVCA) Clarion Awards.

Respect the Difference Value the Mix was filmed by Hampshire-based digital new media consultancy, DVA, in association with GoSkills, and features expert analysis from two special consultants, Karen Waltham, Director of Learning to Earning, and Dr Carol Woodhams, senior lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University Business School both of whom have extensive knowledge of disability, gender and representation issues.

The IVCA Clarion Awards is recognised internationally as a mark of excellence for effective business and public sector communications. Respect the Difference Value the Mix has been designed to promote discussion of diversity issues amongst employers, trainers and operators within the passenger transport sector (as well as non-passenger transport organisations) that have a diverse workforce and are interested in adding value to their organisation’s approach to work. 
www.goskills.org/client/press_release.aspx?id=103

www.dva.co.uk

 

Sept 07

Learning to Earning ‘collaborate’ with BT
– the better world campaign

Learning to Earning, in their development of the Personal Skills Journey programme are ‘collaborating’ with BT, as part if the Better World Campaign.

Dave Hancock – BT Head of Education and Volunteering says

’’The BT Education programme is passionate in it’s promotion of the key role communication skills play in our lives. We recognise that in this increasingly competitive world, we need to equip our young people with an understanding of the basics in life as early as we can, as businesses both large and small cannot afford to recruit staff who are unprepared for their start in the world of work – The Personal Skills Journey is unique, developing student skills for communication, self promotion and life beyond school.’’

 

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