September 26, 2018
September 26, 2018
The Sutton Trust The proportion of young people who think it’s important to go to university when they are old enough has fallen steadily over the past six years, according to new Ipsos MORI polling of young people published by the Sutton Trust. Three-quarters of surveyed young people (75%) thought it was important to go […]
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September 26, 2018
Institute of Mechanical Engineers Since 2010/11, about 500,000 new apprenticeships were started each year, linked to strong support from Government. Yet the percentage of female engineers remains stubbornly low. To provide more insight into the characteristics of women who do choose engineering apprenticeships, in 2017 the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and Gatsby Charitable Foundation commissioned […]
Read moreSeptember 19, 2018
September 19, 2018
Their ‘Future of Jobs’ report, published on the 17th September 2018, predicts massive workforce changes in both workforce composition and skills demand as businesses expand the use of automation and artificial intelligence in their daily operations. It suggests that by 2022 133 million new jobs will emerge as businesses develop a new division of labour […]
Read moreSeptember 10, 2018
September 10, 2018
By CIPD (published August 2018) The quarterly CIPD Labour Market Outlook (LMO) provides a set of forward-looking labour market indicators, highlighting employers’ recruitment, redundancy and pay intentions for the third quarter of 2018. The survey is based on responses from 2,001 employers. The report shows that hard-to-fill vacancies have continued to rise. Among employers who currently […]
Read moreSeptember 10, 2018
September 10, 2018
By The Careers & Enterprise Company (published August 2018) A levels play a key role in shaping the career choices of many young people. Choices about qualifications are career choices, as are the decisions made when reacting to the outcome of an exam. Given this, it is important that young people have good information to underpin […]
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September 10, 2018
By Universities UK (published August 2018) The onset of the Fourth Industrial Revolution – automation, robotics, artificial intelligence and digital technology – and challenges of Brexit and an ageing population are creating rising demand for those with qualifications above Level 4 (HNC/Ds, foundation, undergraduate and postgraduate degrees). This report looks at the rapid pace of […]
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September 10, 2018
By HM Government (published August 2018) The gig economy is a rapidly developing part of the UK’s labour market. The growth of technology has enabled the development of online platforms to facilitate the matching of supply of demand for work in a range of areas and involving a range of skills. This research report contains […]
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September 10, 2018
By The Edge Foundation (published July 2018) The second of the education charity’s bulletins on the UK’s skills shortages shines a spotlight on the tech industry and the devastating economic impact of the government’s failure to encourage young people to study relevant subjects and upskill existing workers. This second bulletin includes new data from the […]
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September 10, 2018
By Jenna Jacobson & Leslie Regan Shade in Journal of Education and Work 31(3) (published July 2018) Young people are repeatedly promised that internships will pave the way to the career of their dreams by providing the ‘hands-on experience’ necessary to differentiate themselves in a fierce job market. However, in many industries, internships – and increasingly unpaid […]
Read moreSeptember 10, 2018
September 10, 2018
By Department for Education (published August 2018) The UK Employer Skills Survey (ESS) is one of the largest business surveys in the world, with the data in this report based on survey responses from over 87,000 employers. The survey provides a comprehensive source of intelligence on the skills challenges that UK employers face both within their […]
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