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Bridging the Skills Divide: Higher Education’s Role in Delivering the UK’s Plan for Change

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Higher education has always played a critical role in skills development, from professional fields like Medicine, Dentistry, and Engineering to more recent models such as degree apprenticeships. However, a broader financial model that enables sustainable, scalable skills education is still required.

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Edtech’s inclusive play: esports, preparing talent for the future of work

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When the further education provider embraced first embraced esports in 2019 it was because “we saw an industry that was absolutely huge” “Over 90% of children and young people were playing games but actually this is an industry that included lots of different skills, professional skills, communication,” he continues.

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What does our future workforce look like – and how are universities responding?

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Not only will we need new graduates with the latest skills and knowledge, but also existing workers who can be upskilled and reskilled to make sure the workforces capabilities keep pace with rapidly changing technological developments and industry practices.

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Key Facts and Figures about the Graduate Technical workforce

HEPI

Specifically, the proportion of men in the three most prevalent groups of the technical workforce, ‘science, engineering and production technicians’, ‘IT technicians’ and ‘architectural technicians’, is much higher than that of women (5.0, percentage points, respectively). per cent); to have graduated from a post-1992 university (55.3

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Australian TNE looks to India as countries recognise qualifications

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India’s International Financial Services Centres Authority, which announced the Deakin campus, said the centre will offer courses in Financial Management, FinTech, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.

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Which manifesto will unlock the potential of England’s Lifelong Learning Entitlement?

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The UK’s skills shortages are more extensive among the existing workforce than new entrants; higher education is provided by a wider range of organisations than just universities; and there are more higher education qualifications than just degrees. It is long overdue.

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An Apology for the Liberal Arts

HEPI

Computer Science and Engineering are the most highly recommended courses of study. Since most of these students will not pursue further education, this will be their final chance to undertake such academic exploration with institutional support. Upon graduation, newly credentialed students can join the modern workforce.