81% of manufacturers experience problems recruiting new staff and yet
barely 11% of engineers are women. Resolving that would make recruitment easier, reduce the skills gap and increase profitability. Maddy White reports.
Limitations with the Apprenticeship Levy and a worrying shortage of technical teachers means the UK education system cannot produce enough engineers to support the economy, especially with increasing reliance on home-grown talent post-Brexit.
Cranfield University has released a Manufacturing Careers Guide in a bid to encourage more people - young and old alike - to take up a career in manufacturing.
If you brought together a cross-section of British adults working in STEM today, the vast majority would still be male. Why does this disparity still exist?
The story of Nishant Raj, Industry 4.0 lead at a global manufacturer, clearly shows that the miscommunication between government and industry over work visas needs to be addressed if the UK is to ever going to solve its skills gap.
As businesses wait for a government consultation, new research has revealed that almost all want to see greater flexibility in how they can spend their Apprenticeship Levy allowance.
Recruiting and retaining the right skills remains a well-documented challenge for UK manufacturing. With Brexit looming ever closer, business leaders crucially need to secure their future talent now. What are they planning?
New data has shown that those who can help businesses capitalise on technological advances – such as digital technologies and automation – are seeing wages rise well above the national average.
BAE Systems invests approximately £90m per year in education, skills and early careers activities in the UK. This year, its bases in Lancashire will offer apprentices opportunities to work on the company's Typhoon and F-35 projects.
