UK employers are anticipating a significant skills gap when baby boomers retire over the next two to five years and are already taking steps to mitigate the risk. 

BPP Business School, part of BPP University, has become the latest institution to offer the Tech Partnership’s highly-successful Tech Industry Gold Degree Apprenticeships.

UCU has today responded to analysis of adult education budgets published by the House of Commons library that suggests a third of further education colleges could be under threat.

Employers who arrange for their staff to undertake training to improve their skills should be assured they are getting value for money with high quality courses from respected providers, according to a new report launched today by the Association of Colleges (AoC).

Training software firm, Enterprise Study has announced an enhancement to the Verification and Policy Manager whereby businesses can manage their culture of compliance; making it the first software of its kind.

Gary Cattermole offers advice on how to boost productivity at a grass roots level.

The UK unemployment rate fell to a seven-year low of 5.3 per cent in the three months to September, new figures show — the lowest jobless rate since the second quarter of 2008, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said. 

Government ministers, schools and local business should help young people make a successful transition from education to employment, urged the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC)

Up to four in 10 further education and sixth-form colleges in England are at risk of closure under Tory cuts worth at least £1.6bn, says the party.

A new study has found that formal training leading to a nationally recognised qualification is desperately needed in construction to plug the skills gap.