Skills Commission inquiry launched
The Skills Commission has launched an inquiry into technician and higher level skills. The Commission will consider the following: What do employers need from technician and higher level skills training?…
The Skills Commission has launched an inquiry into technician and higher level skills. The Commission will consider the following: What do employers need from technician and higher level skills training?…
The government’s social mobility strategy will be published next Tuesday. Nick Clegg, the deputy prime minister, says that the data collected by the annual report card will enable the government…
The Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) has announced that it will be working with the Education and Employers Taskforce on the Enterprise Champions Programme. Read the full story….
State school pupils are more than four times as likely to be given bad careers advice than private school pupils a Future First survey shows. Alumni networks could improve the…
Professor Ewart Keep’s seminar audio and Powerpoint presentations, on three decades of education and industry collaboration, are now available to download. Ewart is Deputy Director of SKOPE (ESRC Centre on…
Louise Rogers, Chief Executive of the TSL Education Ltd – publisher of TES and THE, Jackie Orme, Chief Executive of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), John May,…
The Open University has encouraged 300 students, staff and alumni to apply to be school governors. This report analyses that recruitment drive, the training given and the reasons behind their…
The Chancellor, George Osborne, will use Wednesday’s budget to create 50,000 apprenticeships to tackle youth unemployment in a £300 million package. Read the full Guardian story….
View the up-to-date free London research seminar programme of the Education and Employers Taskforce & Centre for Education and Industry at Warwick University….
The universities minister, David Willetts, warns that some universities mislead students with courses that appear to be vocational but are not valued by employers, leading to skills gaps. Read the…