The government is launching significant reforms that will affect the skills of the workforce but Neil Carberry, director for employment and skills at the CBI, says it needs to meet business halfway
Since Will Butler-Adams OBE joined Brompton Bicycle in 2002, the company’s turnover has increased by an astonishing 17 times. What was once a niche product has become a popular status symbol, selling 50,000 bikes in a year with 80% being exported. Butler-Adams, who trained as an engineer, says an open-handed approach to skills is key to Brompton’s success
As Vice-Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Skills and Employment and a member of both the Skills Commission and the Higher Education Commission, Baroness Sharp of Guildford is one of the most active voices in the Lords on skills, training and lifelong learning
With local businesses in need of skilled workers and constituents in need of training, MP for Carlisle, John Stevenson, saw an opportunity to bring the two together
Last month, the House of Lords Select Committee on Social Mobility found that university students receive £6000 more funding per year than those in vocational education, despite the fact that vocational learners are – at 53% of school leavers – in the majority. The Chair of the committee, Baroness Corston, says this lack of focus on skills is a disaster in the making
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