Apprenticeship funding reform a step in the right direction, but long road ahead
Yesterday, government measures to boost apprentice numbers and support for SMEs came into play. While a positive step for closing acute skills gaps, the National…
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
Half of London firms still struggling to recruit, new BusinessLDN survey finds
Firms across London are set to up their investment in training this year as they face significant skills gaps within the capital’s workforce, with many…
China Fleet Training Academy Launched in Partnership with City College Plymouth and China Fleet Country Club
City College Plymouth (@cityplym), the city’s anchor institution for skills, is proud to announce a new strategic partnership with the China Fleet Country Club; a…
Digital Futures Conference Highlights
Seven educational establishments from Norfolk and Suffolk have united to look at ways of closing skills gaps in digital industries across the region. A key…
UK Youth Optimistic About Tech Careers Despite Digital Skills Gap
Polling of 2070 UK adults was undertaken by Yonder from 17th to 18th January 2024, giving an overview of the UK’s digital skills market and…
Institutes of Technology: Bridging the Skills Gap
Georgina Barnard, Director of the Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Institute of Technology, discusses how the Institute of Technology is shaping the future for learners as an…
How can we prepare the future workforce for the era of AI?
Iffi Wahla, co-founder and CEO of global hiring platform Edge, addresses the digital skills gap in this article, looking at the skills that businesses need…
The retention struggle: How to do more with learning and development
Maintaining high talent retention during a skills shortage is not easy. There is no shortcut. Businesses must provide employees with opportunities for learning and development…
Our Apprentices Can Do Anything
“Our apprentices can do anything” @GOVUK on How an NWS apprenticeship can offer ‘skills for life’ and how apprentices are shaping the future of nuclear.…
National Apprenticeship Week 2024: Skills For Life
“Skills for Life” is both an inspirational and very appropriate theme for this year’s National Apprenticeship Week. The half-life of skills is shrinking making continuous…