Scrapping Latin and maths is weakening the workforce of tomorrow March 6, 2025 With youth unemployment on the rise, now is not the time to scrap proven job-boosting skills like Latin and maths, writes Jamila Robertson.
Apprenticeships: Relaxing maths and English rules welcomed by firms February 11, 2025 Firms have welcomed the government’s plans to relax rules around maths and English requirements for apprentices as improving “flexibility and inclusivity”. Apprentices aged 19 and above will no longer be forced to complete English and maths functional skills qualifications in order to qualify, which the Department for Education (DfE) said would allow some 10,000 more [...]
UK business openings fall to lowest level since 2010 November 18, 2024 New business openings across the UK hit their lowest rate in more than a decade last year.
Ministers to speed up energy ‘skills passport’ amid worker shortages October 17, 2024 The energy secretary will speed up oil and gas workers being able to transition to jobs in the renewable energy industry via a “skills passport” as workforce shortages are “hindering” the sector. Energy security and net zero secretary Ed Miliband confirmed his department will “provide project management advice” to Offshore Energies UK (OEUK) and Renewable [...]
The City is a financial knowledge hub, trading in ideas just as much as in goods September 16, 2024 Despite being a hub for meaningful education, there is still too heavy a reliance on qualifications within the City, writes Michael Mainelli.
End ‘wild west’ of post-16 training ‘suppressing talent’, Gordon Brown urges July 16, 2024 End the “wild west” of post-16 technical education which is “suppressing talent” amid the UK’s skills shortage, Gordon Brown has urged Sir Keir Starmer.
Government must ‘make good’ pledge on skills bootcamps, executives urge July 16, 2024 A group of executives have urged the Prime Minister to “make good” his “promise to upskill three million adults” by extending skills bootcamps funding.
Election 2024: Labour ‘very confident’ in ‘robust’ growth plan, Darren Jones says June 21, 2024 Labour is “very confident” it will be able to grow the UK’s economy within five years, if elected, Darren Jones has pledged.
‘Chronic short-termism’ stopping UK from becoming a ‘superpower’, report backed by Tony Blair and John Caudwell warns June 4, 2024 Britain’s "chronic short-termism" is holding it back from being a science and technology superpower, according to a new report backed by billionaire businessman John Caudwell and former Prime Minister Sir Tony Blair.
‘Simply not working’: Apprenticeships fall by 40 per cent since levy introduced May 21, 2024 The number of new apprenticeships has fallen by more than 40 per cent since the training levy was introduced in 2017, according to research by a professional body.