Skills England must have one priority – making skills work for productivity growth
Since the announcement in the King’s speech of a new skills body for England there has been much speculation, not least on this platform, about…
Leitch Review
Inside Story: What we learnt about two decades of Whitehall policy that has failed to shift the dial on improving UK productivity and skills
Professor Tom Bewick talks to FE News about a recent major UK skills review he co-authored with the independent researcher, Matilda Gosling, called Running to…
Apprenticeships: learning from Leitch
With apprenticeship policy very much in the spotlight, I was interested to read a new report by John Denham, “Employer Support for Higher Level Skills”.…
Leitch Report: Review of Skills – Three year anniversary
A skilled workforce will always help to grow and strengthen the construction industry so that it is able to compete on a global scale. Three…
Employers and potential learners pay the price for the Government’s failure on skills – Conservative MP John Hayes continues the debate on the Leitch Review
Employers and potential learners pay the price for the Government’s failure on skills. A recently published survey by Lloyds TSB shows that skills gaps are…
LSC respond to this week’s final unveiling of the Leitch review; ffworm endorse findings/
The Learning and Skills Council, along with many other sector bodies, has welcomed Lord Leitch’s final report published earlier this week. Chairman of the LSC,…