STEM

The government is seeking views on the future skills needs of employers in the transport sector, and has launched a taskforce to help reduce barriers for certain groups.

Degree apprenticeships offer students the chance to earn while they learn without the debt of university, but is take-up where it should be?

Surinder Birdi, HR director for manufacturing and employee relations for Ford of Britain, speaks to Personnel Today.

Airbus has announced plans to hire 6,000 new staff in the first part of 2022 as it increasingly focuses activity around more greener aircraft technologies.

UK hiring intentions are at a thirty-year high as organisations struggle to fill vacancies, according to ManpowerGroup’s latest Employment Outlook...

Communications giant BT Group has announced stretching targets for diversity and inclusion as part of a new business plan to...

Organisations are investing in technology at record levels, but can’t find the staff to get the best from that investment,...

We round up five things HR could expect to see in Wednesday’s Budget announcement.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak will announce close to £3 billion in skills funding in the budget on Wednesday (27 October).

The government must work with organisations to develop a plan for economic growth that involves investment in technology and skills...

Unconscious bias during the recruitment process is a significant barrier preventing STEM returners from gaining employment.

Short courses to help employees build STEM skills will start to be rolled out later this month, the government has...

English could join Swedish and Finnish as an official language in Helsinki, says its mayor, as tech skills shortfalls bite.

About 29% of female students gained an A* grade compared with 28.5% of male students.

A quarter of young people are not confident they have the digital skills needed to secure a job in the growing tech industry.