Opinion
Don’t make your daughter go to university, warns charity chief
The Chief Executive of national charity, Career Ready, urges teachers and parents to consider new professional apprenticeships as valid alternatives to higher education.
Training in adult social care
Martin Farrow and Victoria Bryant show how apprenticeships have impacted young lives and benefited business
Bring back night school with Part Time Learning Voucher, says Liberal Democrat Lorely Burt
Liberal Democrats Business spokesperson, Lorely Burt has called for a rebirth of adult education in England.
The silent cost of disenchantment
What happens to an organisation when its employees are disenchanted?
Mayor of London kick starts National Apprenticeship Week with visit to Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson has kick started National Apprenticeship Week by visiting the army of apprentices that are helping to secure the capital’s Olympic legacy at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
Over half of construction bosses start their careers as an apprentice, reveals FMB
Nearly 60 per cent of SME construction owners started their career as an apprentice, according to new research from the Federation of Master Builders (FMB).
Sadiq Khan calls for emergency action to fix London’s housing crisis
Sadiq Khan today has called on George Osborne to take ’emergency action’ in this week’s budget to help fix London’s housing crisis, and to double the number of homes built in the capital to more than 50,000 a year.
Virtual field trip informs pupils on opportunities in manufacturing
Ahead of UK National Apprenticeship Week the Alcoa Foundation and Discovery Education hosted a live, virtual field trip for pupils worldwide
Charities collaborate to give employees an alternative to elearning
The Charity Learning Consortium and Accredited Skills have joined forces to offer third sector staff and volunteers an engaging alternative to traditional eLearning.
Five ways to get the most out of your talent all year
Annual performance appraisals have come under the microscope in the past couple of years.
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