NEWS AND EVENTS

GOVERNMENT'S DEGREE REVOLUTION MIRRORS UNIVERSITY FOR CIVIL SOCIETY - November 2008

Ideas from Higher Education Secretary, John Denham, for enabling thousands more students to study part-time using an accumulative credit system, are strikingly similar to those put forward for a University for Civil Society by PrimeTimers...more

FORMER DEUTSCHE BANK MD ON BOARD WITH PRIMETIMERS

October 2008

Tony Buckland, a former MD at Deutsche Bank ag, has joined PrimeTimers, business skills supplier to the third sector, as a senior non executive director from September 30th...more

PRIVATE SECTOR LOSSES WILL BE CHARITY SECTOR GAINS

October 2008

An opportunity exists for third sector organisations to gain substantial expertise if the executive fall-out from the private sector continues says PrimeTimers, leading business skills supplier to the third sector...more

PRIMETIMERS APPOINTED AS PART OF CONSORTIUM TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND INVESTMENT IN YOUTH THIRD SECTOR

September 2008

A consortium which includes PrimeTimers was recently announced as the successful bidder to act as the managing body for the Government's £100 million Youth Sector Development Fund...more

BARBARA ROCHE GIVES PRIMETIMERS MEMBERS INSIGHT INTO GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS - July 2008

At a network seminar for members and selected charity personnel, former government minister, Barbara Roche, gave an insight into government from the inside with a fascinating and highly informative talk at 1 London Bridge. Having held several ministerial offices, the most recent being in the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, she was able to explain the diversity of the departments, the different characters and cultures and, consequently, how lines of communication vary from one to another.

EMMAUS UK INVITES RECYCLING AND HOMELESS CHARITIES TO SHARE RESEARCH FINDINGS - May 2008

At a recent seminar, research carried out for Emmaus by PrimeTimers highlighted the key issues that social enterprises involved in recycling and resale should consider if they are planning for growth. ...more

THIRD SECTOR VOICES SUPPORT FOR UNIVERSITY FOR CIVIL SOCIETY AT PRIMETIMERS 'COLLOQUIA' - April 2008

"The idea of civil society through the years has been a driving force all over the world and, in the shape of a university, could provide the intellectual challenge the third sector is currently lacking" said Professor Martin Albrow at the final PrimeTimers debate about lifelong learning and the third sector. Chairing the well attended debate was David Walker, editor of The Guardian's Public Magazine. www.civilsocietyuniversity.org.uk

 

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