Nitsch, now CEO of the Federation of Awarding Bodies, spoke to FE Week after his on-stage comments and explained the pressure that IfATE felt from employers who were nervous about the introduction of ...

In October 2024, the Skills Minister introduced a new bill to the House of Lords to reform the skills system for apprenticeships. Since 2017, apprenticeships were developed and regulated by ...

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has pledged to tackle “chronic” skills shortages and provide a range of pathways for young people. The Government has plans to abolish the Institute for ...

Britain will invest 600 million pounds ($775 million) to train construction workers and help tackle severe skills shortages ...

Despite new government initiatives such as Skills England, and attempts to boost apprenticeship numbers, the future of the sector looks uncertain. The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) ...

Skills England, established as an executive agency within the Department for Education, is now led by its new chair, Phil Smith – someone with substantial private sector experience – and is ...

do not understand what Skills England has been set up to do. All of this is contributing to a mixed skills landscape for companies struggling to balance workforce development with going after new ...

This followed the creation of Skills England, a new body to boost the economic productivity of the UK workforce, with a focus on building technical education. With a growing network of over 2,000 ...

While a firm grasp of the specialized knowledge of their profession—backed with the skills to leverage that knowledge—is important, no leader can be effective without the interpersonal skills ...