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Installers remain downbeat on demand, although those already fitting heat pumps are more positive. Six in ten installers are developing heat-pump competencies or planning to. The share actively developing skills doubled…
The Women in Skills Bootcamps campaign highlights opportunities for women to develop new skills, gain industry-recognised training and take their first steps towards careers in sectors including construction, digital…
To launch the seventh annual Samsung Solve for Tomorrow competition, which empowers 11-18-year-old students to explore a career in tech by challenging them to solve real-world problems, Samsung sent dad and TV Presenter…
Digital tools and technology have become much more widely embedded in post-16 education over the past seven years and there is a growing culture of collaboration and innovation by learning providers. For colleges in…
If the midterm results in the US give us a huge boost this week, still we have to keep going until spring. The latest contribution to the get-up-and-out-there branch of motivational badgering comes in the form of a…
While much of the conversation around apprenticeships focuses on funding, policy reform and skills shortages, there is another important matter to consider: how effectively are we reaching the businesses that could…
Young apprentices are leaving due to lack of options leading to poor choices, a ‘box-ticking’ approach to training, and inadequate support from their employer or training provider. Low pay and financial barriers also…
Even moving partly to vegan alternatives to milk, cheese and yoghurt could lead to falls in iodine, calcium, riboflavin and vitamin B12 if the substitutes, often based on soya, almonds or oats, are not fortified…
You can make them virtuous, with lots of greens and nut milk, or luscious, with full-fat dairy and cocoa powder – but in order to make a good one, you need a really good blender. And while smoothies are the classic use…
"A British citizen currently in the DR Congo has tested positive for Ebola ," a spokesperson for the UK government said in a statement on Wednesday. "The UK has well-established procedures for dealing with cases like…