skills Articles

The rapid changes taking place in Britain's economy make it even more important that schools provide diverse careers advice for their students, writes Nic Dakin MP Having seen me present my ten minute rule bill on careers guidance (access to schools), a retired...

A future Labour government must shake-up skills on the scale the last transformed the NHS ‘We toured the country to talk about immigration and came back talking about skills’, shadow Brexit secretary Keir Starmer tells this magazine (page 20) in his exclusive...

There are few more important subjects than how we prepare the next generation – our future – for life and work. In recent years, there has been extensive reform of the education system, with the academy programme pioneered by Labour and extended by the coalition and...

The science behind job creation —The idea that politics is about the future is not a Clintonism; it is as old as any western philosophy. Ever since Socrates identified ‘the secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but creating the...