Confusion over the careers open to science graduates is contributing to the UK’s skills shortage in STEM industries, according to a panel of STEM leaders and academics.

The National Apprenticeship Service (NAS) is urging employers to run traineeship schemes, designed to help get underprivileged or under-qualified people of school leaver age or slightly above ready...

Several years ago I received a letter from my bank thanking me for signing up to their new online banking system. Did this mean, it asked, that I now wanted to be an online customer rather than...

A report from the Local Government Association (LGA) suggests that almost a third of workers could be underemployed by 2018.

Network provider Cisco is planning to repeat the successful CSR programme it ran during the London Olympics at the Commonwealth Games this summer.

National insurance contributions (NICs) are one of the main issues employers would like to see addressed in the budget. Other areas include tackling the North-South divide and increased funding for...

Stakeholders of the future will not judge companies solely by their profits but by the value of their people, according to a leading economist.

Both employers and young people are showing increased interest in apprenticeships after the Government and many employers promoted National Apprenticeship Week last week.

It's been a busy year for Amey's HR department. The infrastructure support service provider bought Enterprise, which meant the HR team has been busy trying to integrate the two workforces.

The UK is falling behind other G20 countries on apprenticeships, according to a study by think tank Demos. It has one of the lowest proportions of young people in programmes compared with its main...

Young women are still not encouraged to take up apprenticeships to the same extent as men, according to a report by vocational education provider City & Guilds.

Employers, training providers and the Government must work together to take the UK from a low to a high “training culture”, skills minister Matthew Hancock said yesterday.