Skills qualifications confusion
27 December 2023
Constant changes to skills qualifications have added to the pressure on further education. Political interference creates nothing but confusion.
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Why high-quality apprenticeships matter
The ability of a nation to support itself in the long term depends on renewing and rebuilding skills. That means providing proper apprenticeships to every young person suited for one – not the current mess…
Rebuilding requires builders
Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a “New Deal for Britain” at the end of June with the mantra “Build build build”. But as the Unite union says, you can’t build without builders...
C19th London: skill and class
As the 19th century dawned, trade unions were made illegal, prices rose, wages fell. Skilled workers led the fightback…
Skills and education for the future of Britain
One of the consequences of Brexit must be that employers will no longer be allowed to dodge their responsibility to invest in training…
Apprenticeship levy – we need a better way
For too long companies in Britain had relied on being able to import ready-skilled workers. That creates low levels of skill (not to be confused with low levels of potential) said to cost the British economy £2 billion a year.
Hope for skills at Bombardier trains
17 January 2018
On the back of new contracts, Bombardier has announced more apprenticeships in Derby to work on the new Aventra trains.
New tech university for Hereford
7 December 2017
The government is giving up to £15 million over three years to support the establishment of a new, private, tech university to be based at a campus in Hereford city centre.
New tech training centre to open in Midlands
In-Comm Training has joined forces with Hyfore to develop an Advanced Manufacturing Technology Centre next door to its current site in Aldridge in the West Midlands.
Start the skills upgrade now
Instead of plugging skills gaps by sucking in people from abroad we have to create and implement a long-term plan for our future that develops streams of skilled people for industries, energy, transportation, services and health care
Dyson Institute: planning out of the EU
13 December 2016
Sir James Dyson intends to establish an Institute of Technology in 2017. This positive initiative it raises significant questions for our class. We must become the front runners in preparing for life after Brexit; it’s not enough to leave the future of Britain to others.
Unemployment – war on workers
We only have one shot at life. Consigning workers to periods of prolonged idleness is a criminal waste of talent and an indictment of this flawed society that treats us as just flotsam and jetsam.
Skill – why it matters
Transforming nature through labour is the source of all wealth. Skilled labour combines comprehension with technique. Without the ability to develop the knowledge and practice that is essential to production, humanity would perish.