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Skillvue secures $6.3m to expand AI-powered skills and assessment platform

The HR platform, which initially focused on recruitment, has evolved into a broader tool for organisations to develop employee capabilities in response to rising demand for reskilling.

06/05/2025

Education & Training·Featured·Global HR·News·Organisational & Employee Development·Recruitment & HR·Technology

Motorvate to spotlight Armed Forces talent as Mission Community joins Automechanika Birmingham

Initiative to champion career opportunities for veterans and service leavers in the automotive industry

17/04/2025

Education & Training·Lead Story·News·Recruitment & HR

SMEs urge action on skills and tax incentives as Government reforms receive mixed response

Shawbrook research reveals SME support for tax freezes and apprenticeship reforms, but urges more action on skills, red tape and R&D investment.

02/04/2025

Education & Training·Featured·News·Recruitment & HR

NRS opens 40 apprenticeship opportunities to support UK nuclear skills

These roles provide practical learning experiences alongside training for college-based study.

18/03/2025

Education & Training·News·Recruitment & HR

Employers prioritise skills over degrees, LinkedIn data reveals

The World Economic Forum noted an increasing demand for skills such as analytical thinking, complex problem-solving, and technical literacy.

25/02/2025

Lead Story·News·Recruitment & HR

CBI Wales urges business involvement in apprenticeship design

Their briefing paper suggests making the apprenticeship system more efficient, targeting green industries, AI, and advanced manufacturing.

21/02/2025

Education & Training·Employee Relations·News·Wales

Energy Skills Passport launched to help workers transition across UK energy sectors

The Energy Skills Passport, a tool enabling workers to navigate careers across the UK energy mix, launches with support from OEUK, RenewableUK, and the UK and Scottish Governments.

23/01/2025

Business·Lead Story·Recruitment & HR

UK must bolster economic transformation to sustain global leadership in future skills

The QS World Future Skills Index places the UK as a global leader in workforce readiness, excelling in skills fit and academic readiness, but highlights economic stagnation and the need for sustained investment in innovation as significant challenges.

16/01/2025

Business·Featured·News·Talent Acquisition·Technology

UK skills inequalities wider than in most of Europe, warns new report

The UK faces larger regional skills inequalities than many European countries, with stark gaps in education levels between different areas holding back economic growth, according to new research from Learning and Work Institute.

06/01/2025

Education & Training·Featured·News·Organisational & Employee Development·Recruitment & HR

Employers urge Government to prioritise workforce in industrial strategy

Employers are calling on the Government to prioritise workforce issues and deliver a cohesive approach to skills, productivity, and taxation in its forthcoming industrial strategy, Invest 2035.

06/01/2025

Education & Training·Featured·News·Organisational & Employee Development·Politics·Recruitment & HR

New skills hubs to fast-track construction apprenticeships

32 Homebuilding Skills Hubs, scheduled to launch by 2028, will deliver fast-track training to local areas that need more housing.

25/11/2024

Education & Training·Lead Story·News·Politics

One in five managers are not encouraged to learn new skills – Mind Tools

Mind Tools' ‘Building Better Managers’ report uncovered challenges in management development across 12 key industries.

29/10/2024

Featured·News·Organisational & Employee Development

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