Only 2% of young people in UK take apprenticeships, says OECD
The proportion of young people who are engaged in apprenticeships in the UK is less than a seventh of that in Germany, according to a new international report.
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How can managers be trained to support staff with mental health at work?
As a new report reveals a need for more support of employees with mental health at work, Mary Isokariari takes an indepth look at the findings.
Bite-sized online seminars delivered over lunch time to offer essential CPD
Bite-sized online seminars delivered over lunch time have been launched by The Education and Training Foundationto support practitioners working with apprentices to enhance their maths and English skills.
Low skills leave young people at risk of unemployment, says maths mastery training specialist
The new managing director of leading Singapore Maths mastery publisher and maths mastery training specialist Maths – No Problem! has warned that sub-standard maths skills among young people are leaving them unemployable.
‘We have a duty to boost apprenticeships’, says Alan Mak MP
The chair of the Entrepreneurship APPG spoke of the importance of apprenticeships on Monday night at the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham.
Five tips to unlock employee engagement
As performance management evolves from an isolated HR-driven process to an intrinsic part of everyday business, Nina Mehta-Vania gives her five top tips on how organisations can increase employee engagement.
Lib Dems: Erasmus student exchange must be protected from Brexit
Liberal Democrat Education Spokesperson John Pugh has written to Brexit minister David Davis demanding he make a clear commitment to protecting the Erasmus student exchange scheme, stressing it would be “utterly unfair” to rob younger generations of the chance to study abroad.
Problems with letting agents on the rise for young adults as fees go up
The number of people aged 17-24 seeking help with problems with letting agents has more than doubled over the last two years, Citizens Advice has revealed.
MPs demand urgent action to end ‘widespread’ sexual harassment of girls in schools
MPs have called for urgent action to end “widespread” sexual harassment of girls in schools
The Government ‘does not have a clue’ what is going on in schools
The largest teacher’s union in the UK argues that rather than becoming consumed in a debate about educationally and socially divisive structural change.
