How to Close the Retrofit Skills Gap
New Training Facilities Signal Potential Across England, new training facilities are opening as FE colleges anticipate rising demand for retrofit and sustainable building skills. In…
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Report reveals a current lack of confidence in government support is impacting the growing skills gap
Less than one fifth (18%) of engineering and manufacturing businesses are confident that the government can solve the skills shortage according to a new report…
How to Unlock Business Investment in Skills
Improving the UK’s skills base is a vital part of achieving the wider objectives of boosting productivity. But it is well known that, driven by…
Maximise the potential of Higher Technical Qualifications to skill Britain for success in the 21st century economy, says the latest report by the Skills Commission
Whilst the ‘skills agenda’ has recently attracted significant policy attention, skills shortages remain prevalent in the green and high-tech industries set to dominate the British…
ServiceNow research finds majority of UK workers call for digital education evolution to help avoid future skills crisis
More than half of UK workers do not feel their formal education prepared them for working life, encouraging AI and coding to be implemented to…
A Paradigm Shift: Not Fewer Jobs, But Different Jobs
In this article, Freya discusses new research from Pearson which predicts that, despite the impact of automation and augmentation on the workforce, there will be…
How education can help bridge the United Kingdom’s digital skill gap
In this article, Rajesh Gansean discusses the UK’s digital skills gap. How technology has transformed the workplace, and how education and employers can collaborate to…
Joining the dots to improve local education and the economy
As Chair of his Combined Authority Business Board and former Chair of their Employment and Skills Board, Al Kingsley shares his experience of how industry and education…
One Size Does Not Fit All: Elevating Educational Pathways Beyond Degrees
Hadi Moussa, EMEA Managing Director at Coursera, explores why the fast-evolving labour market demands a shift in the nation’s approach to education to prepare learners…
Micro-credentials: a perspective from Europe
Following the pandemic, Micro-credentials have become an important agent in the process of re-skilling for the new economy. This report looks at the European perspective…