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The death of the Saturday job explained
Youth unemployment is falling – but it is falling more slowly than adult unemployment. And getting a foot on the first rung of the career ladder is still harder to achieve than it was twenty years ago. This is an …
Are employers sending the right signals to students?
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Mervyn Dinnen, Posted on:
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Research and surveys, Work experience, Youth employment
It is a common refrain from employers’ groups that their members are unable to find young employees with the right experience as well as the right skills. Dig a little deeper, and those headlines about feckless youth are often unfounded. …
UKCES Masterclass: Where next for post 19 vocational education and training?
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Professor Ewart Keep, Posted on:
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Further Education, Growth, Higher Education, Research and surveys, Schools, Skills and training, Skills system, Universities, Vocational training
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 …
Where are all the women in tech?
Helen Lamb is Executive Director, Managed Infrastructure Services, Fujitsu UK & Ireland. Do technology roles have an image problem? Figures out today show that only a quarter of people working in the sector are women – which would indicate that it …
New tools are needed to tackle gender inequality at work
Ever since I joined the workforce in the 1970s the challenges facing women at work has been a hot topic for debate. Some things have changed but not nearly enough. Forty-five years on from the Equal Pay Act, women still …
If we want to end the gender pay gap we have to value women’s work
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Helen Kersley, Posted on:
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Categories:
Career development, Investment, Skills and training
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 …
A poor prognosis for skills in Health and Social Care?
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Jon Ingham, Posted on:
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Categories:
LMI, Research, Research and surveys, Skills and training
The UK Commission for Employment and Skills' new Sector Labour Market Intelligence report reviews the current and future challenges in Health and Social Care. This is the largest sector in the UK, generating over £30 billion towards the UK’s GDP …
The pre-election period
The UK general election takes place on 7 May. Between the end of this Parliament on 30 March and the election, the Civil Service will say and do less in public. As a non-departmental public body, UKCES abides by the …
Energy and purpose – how skills keep our lights on
I’ve been reading UKCES’s new report on future job and skill needs in the energy sector and thinking on what it reveals about this economically vital industry. Skills development challenges are often be unique to a sector, or even a …
Strengthening the British economy's backbone
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Julie Kenny - Chairman and Chief Executive, Pyronix Limited, Posted on:
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Innovation, Skills and training
Can strong, local institutions support the development of small firms? Julie Kenny, UKCES Commissioner and CEO of Pyronix, explains the latest UK Futures Programme competition. A significant proportion of small firms in the UK have relatively underdeveloped entrepreneurship and leadership …
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