education

Almost every day I see an article and comments from one sector or another stating that the solution to our ills is education for consumers on the need for protection policies.

'Delivering Customer Focused Change' will be the focus for the next masterclass by the ifs School of Finance on Treating Customers Fairly.

Teenage students will receive financial education in schools with the help of an interactive CD Rom package financed by a life insurer and developed by teachers.

The Financial Services Skills Council (FSSC) will launch a foundation degree in financial services in September 2006 and is calling on industry experts to get involved in developing the degree's framework.

THE NUMBER of people asking about buying a house last month rose at the sharpest rate for two years, suggesting that the property market is beginning to pick up, according to this morning's papers.

The Financial Services Skills Council (FSSC) has been successful in its bid to create a National Financial Services Academy to solve skills problems facing financial services employers, says Education Secretary Ruth Kelly.

JPMorgan Invest is to use 1st Software's Adviser Office software product to support part of its services proposiation, says sales and marketing director Jonathan Watts-Lay.

The Financial Services Authority is offering voluntary and community organisations a share of at least £100,000 to come up with "original, creative projects" to help consumers become "more capable" with their finances.

The Department for Work and Pensions is offering money to not-for-profit organisations who can come up with the most creative and innovative ideas for encouraging working people to save for the future.

Progress from Royal Liver has added an e-only training programme to its extranet to help new entrants learn about the protection industry.