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SkillsActive is moving ahead with plans to launch a National Skills Academy for Sport and Active Leisure.
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05 Dec 2007
SkillsActive’s Technical Expert Group (TEG) has launched an eight-month research project to confirm whether industry standards and qualifications are in line with jobs within the fitness industry.
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05 Nov 2007
The Learning and Skills Council (LSC) in London and Sport England (London) have awarded £250,000 to SkillsActive to help subsidise sports coaching qualifications.
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02 Nov 2007
The College of West Anglia is planning to build two new campuses with extensive sports facilities at brownfield sites in Kings Lynn in Norfolk and March in Cambridgeshire.
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16 Jul 2007
Fitness training provider Amacsports has launched a new course aimed at training health professionals with the skills required to carry out personalised professional health check reports.
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08 Jan 2007
Two new qualifications in fitness instructing have been developed by SkillsActive.
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06 Dec 2006
SkillsActive, the Sector Skills Council for the active leisure and learning sector, has welcomed Lord Leitch’s review, Prosperity for all in the global economy: world class skills, which sets out plans to make the UK a world leader in skills by 2020.
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05 Dec 2006
SkillsActive, in partnership with the Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs), has agreed to initiate a debate across the health and fitness sector on the industry awards route onto the Register.
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14 Nov 2006
Following the July launch of the findings from its Sector Skills Agreement (SSA) in England, the Sector Skills Council (SSC) for the active leisure and learning sector, SkillsActive, is to launch an SSA in Scotland on 18 September.
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11 Sep 2006
Initial findings from the Register of Exercise Professionals’ (REPs) 2006 Working in Fitness Survey suggest that, on average, people working in the industry are £1,500 a year better off than in 2005.
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11 Sep 2006
A new fitness professional training company, Performance Training Solutions (PTS), has been set up in the UK to deliver the National Academy of Sports Medicine’s (NASM) education continuum.
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24 Aug 2006
SkillsActive has launched the findings of its Sector Skills Agreement (SSA), following months of consultation with employers and training providers within the active leisure and learning sector.
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27 Jul 2006
YMCA Fitness Industry Training (YMCAfit) has been awarded almost £0.5m to launch a new scheme aimed at Black Minority Ethnic (BME) women.
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27 Jul 2006
SkillsActive, the Sector Skills Council (SSC) for the active leisure and learning sector, has submitted a formal expression of interest to the government to lead a National Skills Academy (NSA).
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27 Jun 2006
The time has come again to have your say about the fitness industry through the Working in Fitness survey.
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06 Jun 2006
University graduates applying for registration with the Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs) need to show that they have completed a “relevant” degree programme and have had at least six months’ professional experience of working in the industry.
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21 Mar 2006
The Chief Medical Officer for Wales has recently published guidelines for exercise referral schemes, stating that they must only be made to instructors who are registered with the Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs) at level 3 as an Advanced Instructor and with qualifications for working with specialist populations.
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09 Feb 2006
Following the launch of new occupational standards for yoga professionals, the sector skills council for active leisure and learning, SkillsActive, has developed a conversion process to enable existing yoga teachers to gain entry onto the Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs).
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23 Dec 2005
Leisure operator DC Leisure has received accreditation from the Institute of Leisure and Amenity Management (ILAM) for being the first leisure contractor to introduce the institute’s Active programme.
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22 Dec 2005
The second annual Working in Fitness survey, carried out by SkillsActive and Leisure-net Solutions for the Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs), has revealed that nearly two thirds of respondents fear that poor pay will force them to leave the health and fitness industry.
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21 Dec 2005
The new SkillsActive Achievement in Training Award was unveiled at SkillsActive’s annual Funders’ and Patrons’ dinner last week, with the first awards going to PGL Travel and Greenwich Leisure.
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12 Dec 2005
Sector Skills Council SkillsActive has unveiled a new guide designed to get more people in England into higher education.
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30 Nov 2005
The first ever Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs) convention will take place on Thursday 8 December in London.
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30 Nov 2005
The Register of Exercise Professionals (REPS) is set to welcome more than 500 guests to its first annual conference, which will be held on 8 December at the TUC building on Great Russell Street, London.
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25 Nov 2005
The Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs) has announced the appointment of John Byers as its first register administrator in Wales.
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14 Nov 2005
The Sector Skills Council for active leisure and learning, SkillsActive, has formally launched Exercise Council Wales and the Welsh arm of the Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs).
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11 Nov 2005
The Fitness Industry Association (FIA) has announced a three-year strategic partnership with SkillsActive.
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18 Oct 2005
SkillsActive has announced the launch of a Young Apprenticeship programme for the sport and active leisure sector.
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05 Oct 2005
The Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs), in conjunction with SkillsActive, has now begun the development of new National Standards at Level 4 for the fitness industry.
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04 Oct 2005
The Fitness Industry Association (FIA) has linked up with SkillsActive to improve professional standards in the fitness industry.
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12 Sep 2005
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