Tag Archives: Skills

Tackling the UK’s skills gap was put front and centre of the 2021 Budget announced today (3 March).

There is a well-documented skills shortage in our industry. As the country navigates its way towards a vastly different landscape post-pandemic, and the industry prepares to ‘build back better’, there is a genuine worry that there will be insufficient skilled labour to deliver the governments vision.

Like all of life’s great conundrums; Mars or Snickers, Peroni or Birra Moretti, hair up or hair down, deciding whether or not to go to university or head for the world of work and forge a career via an apprenticeship can be a difficult choice to make.

The UK rail industry faces a "critical skills shortage" which will come to a head in the next five to 10 years, according to new research by City & Guilds and the National Skills Academy for Rail (NSAR).

Publication of the government’s long-awaited National Infrastructure Strategy has been widely welcomed across the industry, but clear challenges remain.

The number of transport apprenticeships started in the last five years is less than half the original 30,000 target set by government in 2015.

How the government allocates and spends public funds is something that is discussed in offices, around dining tables, at the pub and, most importantly, within the walls of Westminster.  Decisions about what projects or programmes will be funded, and by how much, impact all areas of our lives – which…

WSP UK chief executive Mark Naysmith claims that the long-term sustainability of the construction and infrastructure sectors requires future leaders to remain within the industry.

Construction Leadership Council has said more than 400 companies had signed up for its Construction Talent Retention Scheme when it launched at the end of last week.

EngineeringUK has today (23 July) launched a new report which explores the trends in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education participation and attainment leading into engineering careers.