UK faces 'looming skill shortage'

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BoredBloke replied

5 September 2006, 08:33
The main skills noted in the article were basic literacy and numeracy. So does simple reading, writing and maths now get you on the highly skilled migrant visa scheme?
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Pondlife replied

5 September 2006, 08:19
Originally posted by darmstadt

Buy a box of chocolates, buy some flowers, whisper sweet nothings in her ear, caress her gently and you should at least get a jumper....

to jump 'er surely.
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mcquiggd replied

4 September 2006, 20:35
File an expense claim.
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AtW replied

4 September 2006, 20:33
Originally posted by darmstadt

Buy a box of chocolates, buy some flowers, whisper sweet nothings in her ear, caress her gently and you should at least get a jumper....

And then what?
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darmstadt replied

4 September 2006, 20:23
Originally posted by Fortune Green

Definitely! Does anyone here know how to use one of these things?

Buy a box of chocolates, buy some flowers, whisper sweet nothings in her ear, caress her gently and you should at least get a jumper....
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mcquiggd replied

4 September 2006, 19:54
The biggest UK skills shortage is in teaching English as a Foreign Language.

We will need to encourage more jamaican teachers to move here to educate the eastern europeans - the real future of new labour.
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CaribbeanPirate started a topic UK faces 'looming skill shortage'

4 September 2006, 19:50
UK faces 'looming skill shortage'

BBC UK faces 'looming skill shortage'

Now let's have a google. Hummm.

Labour party election broadcast 1992:

Originally posted by Tony Blair

And it's time to make Britain the best educated and trained nation in Europe, raising school standards by cutting class sizes, making sure every teacher is qualified in the subject they teach, getting every company to invest in training and giving all young people the opportunity to learn a skill. A workforce of quality - that is the way a modern economy succeeds, where you, your children, everyone can develop their potential to the full.
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