Energy and utilities sector needs 360,500 people by 2032 as industry sets out four priorities for action
The Workforce Demand Estimates 2026–2032 forecast 246,200 additional jobs and 114,300 retirements. The workforce is expected to grow by 36%, from 676,100 people in 2025 to 922,400 by 2032, reflecting major infrastructure…
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Building Sustainable Prosthetic Services Across Uganda
Researchers at the University of Salford work in partnership with Timothy and his team to exchange knowledge and support the development of sustainable care for people with limb loss in Uganda. Timothy features in the…
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Higher Hull launch opens new routes to degrees and skilled careers
With a new dedicated facility at the college’s city centre campus, Higher Hull will support people progressing from college, adults returning to learning and those seeking a change of career or advancement at work.…
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AI-powered student startups to battle for innovation awards in London final
The ESBF Champion of Champions final will take place at the Royal Academy of Engineering in London on , following a day of intensive coaching for the finalists on 12 November. The finalists will compete in two categories…
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Philip Le Feuvre is announced as new Chief Executive Officer at NCFE
These appointments mark a transition into a new era. We will never forget David, but I am confident that he would have been as delighted as I am to entrust the organisation he loved so much to the leadership of Philip…
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Artist returns to college that gave her the most ‘influential years’ of her life
Now, the well-known local artist has completed the circle by creating a painting on the external windows of the Hemel Hempstead campus of the college. Mary’s piece ‘Old Town/The Water Gardens’ is a colourful portrait of…
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‘Every family has silences’: Kathryn Hunter on despair, desire, dislodgeable limbs – and her acting genius
She hates having to keep still: "It's torture." On aeroplanes, she is always in the aisle, bobbing up and down. She has an inner restlessness, an energy looking for the right outlet – one that even eight hours of…
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Skills England Chair visits JTL’s West Midlands centre to see apprenticeship training in action
The visit comes against a backdrop of growing employer demand for skilled electricians and plumbers, as JTL’s own research shows the UK’s electrical workforce remains 25% smaller than in 2018 and on course to shrink by a…
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Goldman Sachs Gives and Sir Richard Harpin back North East pilot to build blueprint for enterprise education
New education pilot aims to tackle barriers to entrepreneurship in the North East and give young people better access to practical enterprise education. Goldman Sachs Gives and entrepreneur Sir Richard Harpin are…
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A moment that changed me: I was terrified of my own body – until a surprising 20-mile bike ride
And then I started to cry. Others were casually bopping past me, up and over like water around a stone. But I was stuck. Why can't I move? I thought. I was not always fit enough to trek 80 miles in the Alps. As a child…
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