September 22, 2011

Serebra To Power Online Women’s Business Academy

Serebra Learning Corporation (TSX VEN: SLC) (Pink Sheets: SLCFF) ("Serebra" or "the company"), a leading e-learning solutions provider, today announced it will provide the platform for a skills training and…

September 21, 2011

Angola Mininster of Geology, Mining and Industry Recommends Investment in Engineer Training

Joaquim Duarte David, Angolan Mininster of Geology, Mining and Industry recommends that Angolan universities invest more into training engineers, scientists and administrators, ANGOP reports. To Joaquim David, knowledge and training…

September 21, 2011

What is the value of a mining degree?

A major report by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce is entitled What’s It Worth?  The Economic Value of College Majors.   The report is long, over 180…

September 20, 2011

Twelve Western Australia Projects Share in Federally Funded Up-Skill

Perth Now reports: the first round of funds from the Australian Critical Skills Investment Fund of $200 million have been assigned to twelve WA projects in the critical industry sectors…

September 20, 2011

Fall Protection Training Required in Newfoundland and Labrador Starting Jan. 2012

Workers in Newfoundland and Labrador that do not have approved fall protection training will not be able to work with fall protection […]

September 19, 2011

Australian Mining Industry Skills Centre Launches Training Hubs

The Mining Industry Skills Centre in Australia has launched the Accelerated Skilling Hubs to train workers quickly to fill skills shortages, Australian Mining reports. According to the Skills Centre, it…

September 16, 2011

Still a Troublingly Low Number of Women in Engineering

The Montreal Gazette reports that there are still a stubbornly low number of women pursuing engineering as a course of study in university, and the question remains - why? The…

September 15, 2011

Australian Coal Seminars on New Guidelines for Managing Fume Events

The Australian Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation will host a series of coal seminars on managing fume events during blasting, PSnews reports. Minister for Mines, Stirling Hinchliffe said…

September 14, 2011

Mozambican Mining Ministry Staff Receive Mine Resource Training in Brazil

Fourteen members of the Mozambican Mining Ministry are in Ouro Preto, Brazil, as a part of the cooperation agreement between the Ministry and the Gourceix Foundation to train Mozambican staff…

September 13, 2011

Women in the Gold Cost Encouraged to Try Out Mining

Queensland, Australia's Minister for Women, Karen Struthers, is encouraging young women in the Upper Coomera area to try out "unconventional" careers, like mining, construction or manufacturing at Upper Coomera college,…