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Adult learners are already investing in new careers; policy should turn that commitment into a connected journey from entry-level competence to higher technical progression. The...
The funded management ladder has gone. Team Leader at Level 3, Operations Manager at Level 5, Chartered Manager at Level 6, Coaching Professional, Improvement Practitioner,...
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The #SkillsWorldLive Radio Show is aired live every Friday at 10:30am on the Skills World Live Productions website. You can watch the…
The Coronavirus pandemic has accelerated the transformation of the UK’s economy and its skills requirements. A fundamental redrawing of the country’s skills and training industry…
The successful vaccine rollout means our economy is reopening and starting to recover after successive lockdowns led to some of the sharpest drops in economic…
We have heard a lot about resilience in the last year. A generation of educators and students have had to dig deep like no others…
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As the Education and Training Foundation’s (@E_T_Foundation) National Head for Initial Teacher Education (ITE) Development and Advice, a White Paper which talks of reforming “initial teacher education so it is based on employer-led standards,…
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Last March, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the UK entered into a national lockdown. This lockdown, and the following lockdowns in November and January, have…
Over the past decade, economic demand for digital skills has dramatically increased, with companies across all industries making use of advancements in tech to increase…
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