STEM
Government extends group of occupations exempt from £30,000 visa threshold
The government has announced an extension to the number of professions that will be exempt from the proposed £30,000 minimum...
Amazon unveils strategy to increase women in STEM roles
Amazon launches plans to boost women in tech roles across its UK business, as research offers fresh insights on women's experiences of the innovation economy
Large employers fear inability to fill technical roles
Employers are becoming increasingly concerned for their ability to recruit sufficient numbers of graduates for technical roles as Brexit looms,...
High-growth firms crowd out competition for talent
The UK’s efforts to boost productivity while ironing out regional inequalities in job creation may be fundamentally at odds, according...
Talent pool fails to keep pace with rapid rise of AI
A shortage of talent is slowing the uptake of AI systems prompting a need for organisations to devise training programmes...
Business leaders targeted in teacher recruitment drive
The government is to help fund a series of programmes aimed at getting career-changers to become teachers, in a bid...
Two-thirds of businesses concerned about high-skilled roles
Two-thirds of businesses are worried that they will not be able to find sufficiently skilled people to fill high-skilled roles,...
Apprenticeship levy reforms revealed by chancellor
Employers will be able to transfer a quarter of their apprenticeship levy-subsidised training fund to another organisation, under a package...
Four in five employees lack skills for their future role
Eighty per cent of employees do not have the skills needed for their current and future roles according to research...
Digital Skills Innovation Fund launched to improve diversity in tech sector
The government has launched a £1m fund aimed at boosting gender, ethnic and social diversity in digital and technology roles....
Employers unprepared to offer T-level work placements
Three-quarters of employers feel they would not be able to offer T-level students the minimum amount of work experience required...
Concerns grow over cyber security skills gap
Last week in parliament, MPs and peers accused the government of lacking urgency in its work to tackle the shortage...
AI set to create more jobs than it replaces by 2037
Artificial intelligence (AI) will create as many jobs as it displaces over the next 20 years, but there will be...
Tier 2 visas: how the NHS exemption will benefit other sectors
The removal of doctors and nurses from the cap on Tier 2 visas for highly-skilled workers has been welcomed and...
Manufacturers call for more time to use apprenticeship levy funds
The Government should extend the timeframe employers have to spend their apprenticeship levy funds from 24 to 48 months –...
