YOUNG PEOPLE WARNED TO LIMIT TIME ON SOCIAL MEDIA WHEN FEELING DOWN
Leading health and wellbeing charity, Central YMCA, is advising young people to limit their time on social media when feeling unhappy, following new research. Research…
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YOUNG PEOPLE LACKING BASIC LIFE SKILLS NEEDED FOR WORK, SAY EMPLOYERS
Young people are entering the workforce underprepared and lacking basic ‘soft-skills’, according to UK employers – with inappropriate mobile phone usage cited as a top…
LEARNER USE OF SMARTPHONE DEVICES FOR STUDIES ON THE RISE
Almost half of students are using smartphones regularly to assist in their studies, according to a new report exploring the proliferation of technology in education.…
North of England’s biggest Digital Skills Festival returns to Manchester
The biggest Digital Skills Festival in the North of England returns to Manchester next month to showcase the best and brightest talent the industry has…
Training providers must strengthen digital offering to accommodate student demand for 24/7 access to learning
Education and training providers must embrace technology-enhanced learning solutions or risk losing out to more innovative providers, awarding organisation YMCA Awards has warned today. A…
YMCA Awards strengthens leadership team with two senior appointments
One of the UK’s leading awarding bodies, YMCA Awards, has bolstered its leadership team with two senior appointments as it looks to prioritise customer experience…
The Impact of Education on #MentalHealth and 3 Ways to Optimise #Wellbeing for Our Students
While we’ve known for some time that our experiences of the education system can have a lasting impact on our lives – good or bad…
CENTRAL YMCA RESEARCH REVEALS LASTING IMPACT ON QUALITY OF LIFE CAUSED BY POOR EDUCATION
– 30% divide in wellbeing between those with positive and negative education experiences – – Average Brit scores 6.13/10 on an index for their overall…
YMCA Training chief urges Skills Minister to rethink apprenticeship reforms
One of the largest third sector training providers in the country, YMCA Training, has today called on the Skills Minister to rethink a number of…
Building sustainable funding for FE digitisation
Peter Lauener recently announced that the SFA may soon allow FE colleges to sell assets and reinvest the proceeds in technology and digitising services. Until now…