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Babcock wins award for partnership with network Rail
The Engineering Academy within Babcock International Group's Education & Training business has been awarded the Investing in People award in the Network Rail Partnership Awards 2011. Now in their third year, the awards provide an occasion for Network Rail to reward and recognise excellence and best practice among organisations that have worked with the company in their aim to help Britain run better. See full article here.

Babcock Finalist for Two Major Awards
Babcock International Group's Education & Training business has been named as finalist in two categories for the Education Investor Awards 2011 : Outsourced Service Provider of the Year for its education services delivery and Vocational/Professional Training Provider of the Year for its apprenticeship delivery provision. See full article here.

Babcock Joins the Guides
Pearson is one of the world's leading publishers of educational guides and text books and now Babcock is working with Pearson in the creation of their new title for Level 1 & 2 Light Vehicle learners, both as a handbook and as a training resource disk and e-learning disc. See full article here.
Hyundai chooses Babcock as technical training suppliler for new Hyundai Academy
This summer, Hyundai Motor UK will open a new, purpose built training centre located in its UK base of High Wycombe. The new Hyundai UK Academy will make a clear statement about the brand's progress in the UK and demonstrate its brand proposition of New Thinking and New Possibilities to the UK Hyundai dealer network. See full article here.

Babcock Wins IMI Skillmiles Award
We're delighted to report that Babcock has won the Platinum Award in the Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) Skillmiles scheme. The award was presented to Babcock's Operations Manager for Automotive Training, Gary Davenport, by HRH Prince Michael of Kent, Patron of the IMI, at the IMI Annual Dinner at the The Landmark hotel in London. See full article here.

Vince Cable Launches Babcock's Apprenticeship Week Celebrations
Vince Cable, Secretary of State for Business, Education and Skills, joined VT Flagship, part of Babcock International Group, on the first day of National Apprenticeship Week 2011, to see apprenticeship training in action and talk with employers and other stakeholders about the role of apprenticeships in building a successful UK economy. See full article here.

Huge Demand for Automotive Apprenticeship Training in Nottingham
Apprenticeships are increasingly being seen as the foundation on which successful business is built, and more and more young people are realising this as they fight for places on apprenticeship programmes. Babcock receives in excess of 15,000 applicants for around 900 automotive apprenticeship places each year. See full article here.

Learners: You Take Part - We Will Listen
Babcock Training is pleased to be supporting the Skills Funding Agency's Framework for Excellence Learners' Views Survey to identify learners' thoughts and opinions about the training that you have received. See article in full here.

Babcock's Training Business Achieves IIP Gold. (15/12/2010)
Babcock International Group is delighted to announce that the company's Training business has just been awarded the Investors in People Gold Standard. Of the 26,000 companies that have gained Investors in People, less than 1% have achieved the Gold Standard. See full article here.

Babcock Engineering Training Rated Outstanding by Ofsted. (12/12/2010)
Babcock International Group is delighted to announce that a recent Ofsted inspection has rated the company's engineering training offering as Grade 1 - Outstanding. This rating ranks Babcock as one of the best in the UK training market. See full article here.

100 in 100 - Nicole Sutherland and Robert Simmons (28/10/2010)
Nicole Sutherland is the second person to sign up for an apprenticeship with Babcock through the NAS Portsmouth 100 in 100 project. Nicola has enrolled on an Advanced Apprenticeship in Retail (Sales Professional). See full article here.

100 in 100 Apprenticeship Project. (25/10/2010)
'100 in 100' is a project set up by the National Apprenticeship Service designed to encourage more businesses and school leavers to consider apprenticeships as an option. See full article here.
A Levels - Making The Right Choice. (25/08/2010)
The month of August can be a daunting one for those receiving A level or GCSE results. Even if you get the results that you're hoping for, it can be difficult deciding what to do next. There are so many things to consider. See full article here.
New Automotive Training Centre Opens in Norwich. (25/05/2010)
Norwich school pupils had a taste of what a career in the automotive industry might entail when they attended an open day at Babcock's new Automotive Training Academy in Norwich. See full article here.
Babcock Opens New Training Facility. (15/05/2010)
Babcock's Training business has expanded its training facilities at Leamington Spa for the independent automotive dealership industry. See full article here.
Training Quality Standard. (12/05/2010)
Babcock's Training business is pleased to announce that we have been accredited for the Training Quality Standard (TQS) in Part A and the three Part Bs for Automotive, Engineering and Hospitality. See full article here.

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