The UK Futures Programme is a series of productivity challenges that target specific workforce development problems. The challenges trial innovative ideas with industry to test what works in addressing current or anticipated workforce development problems identified by UKCES research. The …
The UK Futures Programme is a series of productivity challenges that target specific workforce development problems. The challenges trial innovative ideas with industry to test what works in addressing current or anticipated workforce development problems identified by UKCES research. The …
The UK Futures Programme is a series of productivity challenges that target specific workforce development problems. The challenges trial innovative ideas with industry to test what works in addressing current or anticipated workforce development problems identified by UKCES research. The …
I’m pleased to announce today the chosen projects for the latest UK Futures Programme competition, focusing on increasing the skills required for innovation in the manufacturing sector. Judging the applications has been a rewarding process in itself, and I …
When I joined the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) this January, I was excited about the work I was asked to lead on shaping a competition for the UK Futures Programme on tackling gender inequality. I had worked …
This is part of a series of short articles explaining the labour market, technical jargon, and the skills system. The following is based on a recent literature review commissioned by UKCES and completed by Professor David Smallbone of Kingston University. …
Dear business owner/manager, I have a proposition for you. Why don’t you take some of your best managers, send them to another company in your supply chain and use their time to train up other businesses’ employees. That sounds fool-proof, …
The bottom 10 per cent of full-time UK employees earn less than £288 a week. At the other end of the earnings distribution, the top 10 per cent earn more than £1,024 a week, a difference of £736. The relationship …
Even as the economy improves and more people get back to work, the issue of low pay refuses to go away. As such, I’m delighted that the UK Commission for Employment and Skills is looking to address these issues in …
My business is brewing. At Brains Brewery we recognise that innovation is essential for long term success. We operate a micro-brewery in which our brewers have the freedom to be bold and imaginative. The craft beers they produce are then …
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