Why Education Holds the Key to Closing the STEM Gender Gap
The pandemic has accelerated digital transformation and adoption across the globe, and as a result STEM careers have been pushed to the forefront. However, while…
Skills Gap
What is a skills gap?
A skills gap is when your current workforce’s skill set doesn’t align with the skills they need to do their jobs. Many companies assume that hard technology skills are their primary skills gap. But, employees may also be lacking in soft skills that they need to do their jobs well
Learning and Development professionals concerned about ability to meet skills demand, SumTotal finds
SumTotal Systems, a Skillsoft (NYSE: SKIL) company and global leader in talent acquisition, onboarding, learning management, and talent management solutions, has today released the findings of…
New health and social care courses to plug Shropshire NHS skills gaps
The first students have begun applying for places on a range of new courses designed to boost skills across the region’s health and social care…
Upskilling and the new digital economy can marry business and technology skills
For many years suspicion and fear has grown about technology’s potential to render workers’ skill sets increasingly obsolete. As more data emerges, the issue –…
Innovative course tackles national cyber security skills gap
An innovative cyber security training course is helping businesses in the region to boost their in-house cyber security capabilities. The East London Institute of Technology…
Ideal Heating and DCG Team Up To Address Installation Skills Gaps
Leading boiler and heat pump manufacturers Ideal Heating have teamed up with Derby College Group (DCG) to launch its first multi-faceted training facility that will…
Three quarters of IT employers claim their company has a digital skills gap
The Open University (OU) has revealed new findings detailing how employers in England are struggling to meet the digital skills gap in their organisation. The…
Collaboration is the Key to Filling Technical Skills Gap
The events of the past 18 months have changed many things, but one which remains is the acute skills gap which the facilities management industry…
Ambassadors mission to ‘STEM’ engineering skills gap
New engineering ambassadors at Britain’s biggest electricity network are advising young people about exciting career opportunities at the heart of a low carbon future. UK…
New ‘Apprentices are Amazing’ films show how workforce apprenticeships can help plug skills gaps and empower existing employees.
The inspirational films from Amazing Apprenticeships follow Alex, a team leader at the Gourdon Institute at the University of Cambridge, and Roda, a day service…
