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UKCES explains: What is an anchor institution?
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. …
Productivity - avoiding the low road
In the first in our series of guest blogs Steven Toft - author and creator of Flip Chart Fairy Tales - takes a look at UKCES' latest report, Growth Through People: Evidence and Analysis, and asks what can be done about …
Productivity – back from the precipice
If you’ve ever lived through a crisis, you’ll know that they come in stages. There might be a sudden event precipitating a rapid fall, or a slow accretion of stresses that suddenly come to a head. And once they’re over …
Five tips for an internship at UKCES
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Tom Nutland and Kate Haseler-Young, Posted on:
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Categories:
Career development, Work experience
The UK Commission for Employment and Skills is a non-departmental public body, which works across government, sectors, regions and policy area to respond to the UK’s skills and employment needs. The Commission actively promotes collaboration between education, employers and government, …
The importance of being a failure
This post originally appeared on Real Business. You asked your boss to trust you with it. You told him it’s a great idea that could bring huge returns to your company. But hundreds of thousands of pounds and countless hours …
"There's an avenue to learn in every circumstance" - Esther's work experience at UKCES
Esther is 16 years old and lives in south west London. She is in her first year at college studying for A-levels in Politics, Business, Sociology and Psychology. She had a one-week work experience placement with UKCES in February 2015. …
Are unemployed young people caught in a Catch-22 situation of their own?
A young person leaving school today is, in some respects, very lucky. The sheer diversity of the opportunities on offer, alongside the growing economy and increasing employment prospects, illustrate this. But in other fundamental respects, the current generation of young …
Inspiring the next generation is a business priority
Marcus Mason is Employment and Skills Manager at the British Chambers of Commerce At the British Chambers of Commerce we’ve been championing the importance of building stronger links between the world of education and the world of business, so that …
In the long run, it's nearly everything
Commissioner Paul McKelvie introduces the latest competition in the UKCES Futures Programme, looking at innovation in manufacturing. Innovation could be one of the most important factors you haven’t thought of. The image of innovation is often the inventor in the …
College visit for UKCES Commissioner
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 …
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