Much of our working life today is thanks to the Victorians: the way we light our offices (the electric light bulb was patented in 1879), how we get to work (the pedal-driven bicycle was invented in 1838), being able to …
Robert Woodhead Ltd has been working in the construction sector for 70 years, always family run, and always holding true to the values that have helped us grow to where we are now. From small beginnings, we've created a multi-million-pound …
Looking to explore a stat about employment and skills in under a minute? You've come to the right place: One Minute Monday takes a fact or statistic from UKCES research and serves it up to you in sixty seconds or less. It …
Welcome to One Minute Mondays - where we give you the low-down on a fact from our research on employment and skills in under 60 seconds. The UK is on course to fly up the international rankings for the proportion of the population …
From Devo Manc to the Sheffield city deal to the Northern Powerhouse, there’s a buzz around city-level devolution. For those of us working on skills and employment, one of the most exciting elements of this is the possibility of linking local …
In our latest guest blog, Professor Ewart Keep, Director of Oxford University’s Centre on Skills, Knowledge & Organisational Performance discusses the key points from his latest UKCES Masterclass on the future of vocational education and training. You can watch the …
As a UKCES Commissioner and owner of a small business, I often feel somewhat removed from further education and so when the opportunity arose for me to visit Northbrook College in Worthing, I jumped at it. I was given the …
Growth Through People confirms what we have now known for some time – vocational education is not only high up on the education agenda, but for the first time in a generation, it will be a key General Election issue. From …
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