November 23, 2016
The strong enthusiasm for degree apprenticeships is being countered by confusion over policy and regulations and the burdensome bureaucratic process needed to implement them, a Universities UK report has found. Representing the…
November 23, 2016
Almost one in two European citizens do not believe their national media provide trustworthy information and more than half think they are not free from political or commercial pressure, a European Union…
November 23, 2016
“The bottom line is: we take misinformation seriously.” Mark Zuckerberg, founder and chief executive of Facebook, wrote this in his blog on November 18. He also outlined ways the company plans to…
November 23, 2016
It has been 20 years since the wholesale adoption of genetically modified crops by American and Canadian agriculture. However, the promises of higher yields and less pesticide use were not enough to…
November 16, 2016
The ascension of President-elect Donald Trump onto the world’s stage last Wednesday dominated the global news. At 4:05pm on the same day, less noticed, the Japanese Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Koji…
November 16, 2016
If you think Brexit complicated British politics, try living in Scotland. Those Scots who favour independence – 45 per cent of us, including me in 2014 – thought our time had come when David…
November 16, 2016
Engineering companies will have more than 1.5 million vacancies to fill over the next six years and the UK needs now to work on providing the skills that would help fill them….
November 16, 2016
Apprenticeships change lives. That’s the mantra of Charlie Mullins OBE, founder and chief executive of Pimlico Plumbers in London, a thriving business that employs 350 workers, 45 of them apprentices. Mr Mullins…
November 16, 2016
Grateful UK citizens have bombarded the office of European MP Charles Goerens with offers of thanks following his proposal to introduce “associate European Union citizenship”. The Luxembourg MEP last week called for…
November 16, 2016
Imagine a future scenario where dozens of aerial drones buzz past each day, like swarms of flies, delivering parcels, reacting to emergencies and monitoring traffic conditions. This is the potential prospect being…