Employers commonly bemoan the further and higher education system's failure to prepare young people with the skills and attributes they need to succeed in the world of work. Work experience is one of the best ways for young people further and higher education, such as university students, to prepare for the challenges that starting work will bring.
There were serious concerns about the future of occupational health training even before the pandemic threw our education system up...
The number of graduate jobs available have fallen this year, but a dramatic reduction in the number of work experience...
The UK’s skills gap could be tackled by creating sector specialist ‘employer hubs’ at local colleges.
Joanne Marshall has recently become the chair of Universities Human Resources, a body that supports people professionals across the higher...
Academic staff on precarious contracts fear they could lose their jobs if they refuse to teach at university face to face.
The class of 2020 is facing one of the most challenging jobs markets ever experienced, with reports suggesting graduate schemes...
Private apprenticeship training providers are “on the brink of collapse” after failing to secure financial support from the Department for...
Given the covid-19 coronavirus has now been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation, chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget announcement...
Eighty-three percent of recent non-Russell Group graduates would not have been able to secure a graduate role without an internship,...
Low-skilled workers would not get a visa under the government’s proposed points-based immigration scheme, details of which have been published...
People in the North East of England are the most pessimistic about their futures, with less a third of people...
Graduate and school-leaver recruitment intentions have slowed down substantially and could result in an overall drop in entry-level hires if...
The number of people who have never worked grew by 52% in the past 20 years, according to the Resolution...
One-fifth of graduates are unprepared for the workplace when they leave university, HR managers feel, and many lack crucial skills...
Explicit racism is now significantly less common than it was once, but it's far from a thing of the past having evolved to survive in more subtle forms.
