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Stability, collaboration, and consensus - 157 Group on Growth Through People
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 …
Management and leadership: the oil in the engine
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, …
Wanted: real work experience to deliver job-ready graduates
With more people leaving university than ever before, employers are in a position to pick the cream of the crop to fill vacancies and help their companies and organisations to succeed. Modern jobs increasingly require employees to be forward thinking, …
What would you do with £736 a week?
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 …
Long-sighted investments for long term success
The ability to compete in a global market is vital to the longevity of UK industry. Competitiveness stems from a business’s ability to understand the market and what works, this insight then allows us to grow in a sustainable manner. …
How UKCES are addressing the skills gaps in the Retail and Hospitality sectors
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 …
“What is going on in the UK is really quite different from other countries” – the OECD Skills Beyond School report
Simon Field is an expert on the comparative analysis of vocational education and training (VET) systems. He leads the OECD’s policy review of VET systems, and is lead author on the OECD’s VET policy publications. Ken Manson spoke with him about …
Future colleges - working to solve UK skills issues
Last week the 157 Group launched their latest report ‘Future Colleges – rising to the skills challenge’, calling for colleges to play a leading role in local skills systems by forming strong links with businesses, Local Enterprise Partnerships and local …
#ForgingFutures: what do our students say?
At the UK Commission for Employment and Skills we support opportunities for young people to earn and gain experience of work while they are still learning. Each year we take on a new sandwich year student, who spends a year …
Hunting for treasure: How can universities and employers work together to regenerate an area?
This week we've been looking at the ways in which universities and employers are working together to develop high level skills, following the launch our new report with Universities UK. Forging Futures: Building high level skills through university and employer collaboration, …
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