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Work and Business: A targeted industrial strategy
30 April 2014
Industrial strategy is no longer the stuff of theoretical debate in the UK. After a decade of looking enviously at other countries - and at least one aborted attempt at getting something similar off the ground towards the end of...
Continue ReadingWork and Business: Careers guidance for the future
30 April 2014
Any incoming government loves a quick win, particularly if it’s in a tricky area which its predecessor has been seen to have got badly wrong. So should the next government be red of hue, could I suggest that they look...
Continue ReadingLabour's Policy Review
29 April 2014
It’s now crunch time for Labour’s Policy Review as the General Election draws ever closer. Over the next few weeks we’ll be taking a closer look at a few of Labour’s policy areas. You can read more about each area on...
Continue ReadingWork and Business: Taking apprenticeship seriously
29 April 2014
As a respected and resilient model of occupational training, apprenticeship could and should play a much bigger role in the UK. Done well, apprenticeship fulfils economic, educational, and social goals benefitting employers, individuals and society. Employers who invest in and...
Continue ReadingBack to Earth
28 April 2014
We are facing a democratic deficit of startling proportions. Across Europe, electoral turnout has been on a downward trend for decades and membership of a political party is dwindling compared to the post-war era. In the UK, only 44 per cent...
Continue ReadingRecruiting...Head of Partnerships and Events
17 April 2014
We are recruiting for the senior post of Head of Partnerships and Events (£30,000 - £34,000 pa + 6 weeks’ holiday and 7% pension contribution) to lead the Society’s events and partnerships strategy and deliver an events programme, which includes...
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