Migrants are vital to meet clean energy targets, say MPs Energy committee warns of failed targets without ‘short-term’ immigration
Skills England launches beta version of skills classification tool Skills classification tool to be fully rolled out next year
We need to build a more inclusive future for the trades If the UK wants the trades to survive, it must finally confront the diversity crisis holding the sector back
It’s mayday for the skills sector under DWP The DWP’s inability to correct the disaster that has been the dynamic purchasing system for Jobcentres suggests the department will sink the skills boat
Our jobs market is changing faster than anyone expected – our skills system isn’t Our analysis shows millions of roles could vanish far earlier than predicted. Unless the UK builds a cradle-to-grave skills system, workers and young people alike will be locked out of the jobs of the future
The skills system is broken because we keep fixing it in pieces Employers aren’t walking away from training – they’re being driven off by complexity, cost and constant reform
LSIPs 2.0: Colleges and universities told to pool intelligence New guidance builds on white paper pledge for ‘more coherent’ post-16 pathways
Fake cards, real risks: building sites need digital skills passports We shouldn’t be relying on plastic CSCS cards to stop corruption and ensure safety when a secure digital alternative already exists
1-week apprenticeship ‘units’, and 5 other things we learned from Smith’s white paper briefing Skills minister also defends adult education plans and explains the need to introduce laws that ban ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders