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News from the last twelve months listed below. Click on the links to read the full articles.
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03 Aug 2011 Expert Group Publishes Monitoring Ireland's Skills Supply Report
The Expert Group on Future Skills Needs (EGFSN) today published its annual report on the supply of skills to the Irish labour market. The report, 'Monitoring Ireland's Skills Supply: Trends in Education and Training Outputs', examines the numbers of students entering and leaving the education/training system in Ireland
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06 Jul 2011 Expert Skills Group Publishes Update on Employment Trends and Demand for Skills
The Expert Group on Future Skills Needs (EGFSN) published the 2011 update of the National Skills Bulletin, its annual review of employment trends and demand for skills in Ireland. This year's Bulletin shows that the rate of deterioration in the labour market during 2010 was slower than in 2009.
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30 Mar 2011 Third level qualifications coupled with work experience and foreign language skills in demand by employers
Amid a challenging labour market and continuing high unemployment, the first annual Vacancy Overview Report from the Expert Group on Future Skills Needs (EGFSN) has found that despite the recession and high unemployment levels, some job vacancies continued to arise in 2010, providing positive news for job seekers in Ireland.
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29 Nov 2010 Expert Group identifies Future Skills Needs of the Green Economy
The Expert Group on Future Skills Needs has launched its report, "Future Skills Needs of Enterprise within the Green Economy in Ireland". The fast growing Green Economy has been identified as an area where Ireland has potential for growth, as highlighted in the Government's National Recovery Plan 2011 – 2014 published last week.
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15 Nov 2010 Expert Group Calls for Focus on Skills Needs of the Biopharma-Pharmachem Sector
A new report from the Expert Group on Future Skills Needs, finds that an appropriately skilled workforce will be critical for the Irish biopharma-pharmachem sector to meet the significant challenges it faces.
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20 Jul 2010 Monitoring Ireland's Skills Supply - Trends in Education and Training Outputs 2010
The Expert Group on Future Skills Needs today published its annual report on the supply of skills to the Irish labour market. The report, "Monitoring Ireland's Skills Supply: Trends in Education and Training Outputs", highlights the increasing numbers of students entering and leaving the education and training system in Ireland
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12 Oct 2010 Forfás and Expert Group on Future Skills Needs welcome Bonus Points Scheme
Forfás, Ireland's policy advisory board for enterprise and science and the Expert Group on Future Skills Needs (EGFSN) today jointly welcomed the bonus points initiative for leaving certificate higher level maths students as announced by the Irish Universities Association (IUA).
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01 Jul 2010 Expert Group publishes Update of Employment and Skills in Ireland
The Expert Group on Future Skills Needs (EGFSN) today published the 2010 update of the National Skills Bulletin, its annual review of employment and skills in Ireland.
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10 May 2010 Future Skills Requirements of the Wholesale and Retail Sector
While employment growth is not forecast to return to the wholesale and retail sector in the short term, the sector continues to provide significant employment accounting for over 14 per cent of jobs in the country, according to this report.
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20 Nov 2009 Expert Group calls for focus on skills needs of the food and drinks sector
The Irish food and beverage processing industry will continue to provide sustainable employment as one of our major exporting sectors, according to a new report launched today by the Expert Group on Future Skills Needs (EGFSN). While employment growth is not forecast in an increasingly competitive environment, the sector will continue to provide significant direct and indirect employment. The study also identifies a number of skills challenges and makes recommendations on how they might be addressed to ensure the industry’s future success.
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02 Nov 2009 Irish labour market to benefit from increased output of education and training system
The Expert Group on Future Skills Needs today published its annual report on the supply of skills to the Irish labour market. The report, “Monitoring Ireland’s Skills Supply: Trends in Education and Training Output”, found that while higher level participation rates declined for maths, physics and chemistry at Leaving Certificate level between 2004 and 2008, there has been an increase in higher level participation in maths and science at Junior Certificate level with the share of students achieving a grade D or more at higher level also increasing.
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26 Jul 2009 Minister O'Keeffe announces details of 1,500 free college places for jobless workers
The Minister for Education and Science, Batt O'Keeffe TD, announced details of 1,500 free part-time undergraduate college places for unemployed workers in September.
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03 Jul 2009 Skills Opportunities Identified by Expert Group
The Expert Group on Future Skills Needs published its annual review of employment and skills in Ireland. The National Skills Bulletin 2009 confirms that while the Irish labour market took a sharp negative turn in 2008, with all labour market indicators disimproving, there are still some areas of job opportunity.
