Apprenticeships should be opened up to single parents

Photo: Shutterstock Most single parents are being locked out of apprenticeships because of a lack of part-time opportunities and the difficulty of supporting children with such low pay.  Single parents make ideal... Read more »

UK must act to boost skills or face ‘perfect storm’ of decline

Photo: Shutterstock Cuts in public funding for adult skills and falling employer investment has led to the UK’s skills base lagging behind that of comparable countries and could see the country slip... Read more »

‘Use the apprenticeship levy to improve management’ – Cary Cooper

Improving the UK’s poor management performance is the definitive way to fix the economy, says organisational psychologist Professor Sir Cary... The post ‘Use the apprenticeship levy to improve management’ – Cary Cooper appeared... Read more »

£400m apprenticeship levy underspend revealed

Only £268m was spent by levy-paying employers on apprentices in the programme's first year of operation, 2017-18. This equated to just 13% of the Treasury's £2.01bn apprenticeships budget and contributed to a... Read more »

Criticism of levy mounts as Apprenticeship Week kicks off

Training providers air criticism of the government's apprenticeship levy as surveys reveal the extent of ignorance over the scheme. The post Criticism of levy mounts as Apprenticeship Week kicks off appeared first on... Read more »

Tailoring learning for a global audience reaps rewards

Most organisations have embraced e-learning, but supporting employees in multiple languages can be a challenge. Julie Giguere explains how getting... The post Tailoring learning for a global audience reaps rewards appeared first on... Read more »

Apprenticeships increase fails to mask downward trend

Apprenticeship starts in the first quarter of the 2018-19 academic year have risen in relation to figures reported at this... The post Apprenticeships increase fails to mask downward trend appeared first on Personnel... Read more »
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