All skills articles
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NewsT&T puts access to labour at top of worries in latest tender price update
Shrinking employment getting more critical, consultant warns
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NewsReeves announces 拢600m investment in skills training for construction
Plan will be overseen by new mission board co-chaired by Mace chaiman Mark Reynolds
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FeaturesA new quango, a new levy and 32 new hubs: Six months in, what has Labour done to fix the skills crisis?
Labour shortages pose a huge challenge to the government鈥檚 plans for housing and infrastructure. While it is still relatively early days for Keir Starmer and his team, the construction industry is not yet sure whether his party has the answers, writes Daniel Gayne
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NewsConstruction T levels pulled, government announces
Qualification being scrapped because of lack of demand as HBF says not enough people to meet government鈥檚 housing plan
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NewsGovernment launches Skills England initiative and brings in former Co-op boss to head it
Government says initiative introduced to reduce reliance on overseas workers amid industry concern about skills capacity
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NewsLack of skilled workers may be biggest barrier to Labour hitting 1.5m homes target, warns economist
Construction Products Association director Noble Francis warns 鈥渢here just won鈥檛 be the people鈥� to meet key manifesto pledge
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NewsECA calls on government to invest in skills training for electricians
Skilled workers in sector crucial for built environment and net zero, body says
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NewsLabour would allow firms to spend half of apprenticeship funds to train existing staff
Conservatives also unveil 30 more towns in line for levelling up cash as main parties continue election campaigning
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FeaturesThe race is on鈥� Countdown to the general election part three: Infrastructure and creating communities
Over the next few months, 星空传媒 will have a political focus: what do the parties have to offer? What does construction want and need? Here is the final instalment of our three-parter with an overview of election topics
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FeaturesThe race is on鈥� Countdown to the general election part two: 星空传媒 safety, affordable housing, skills and education
Over the next few months, 星空传媒 will have a political focus: what do the parties have to offer? What does construction want and need? Here is the聽second instalment of our three-parter looking at election topics.聽
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Features鈥業鈥檇 recommend it to anyone鈥�: views on why an apprenticeship is better than university
For National Apprenticeship Week we spoke to three people who went the apprentice route about the benefits of being paid while you learn
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NewsPupils tour Kier-built life sciences block as Open Doors 2024 launches
Teens given guided tour of Hammersmith site and meet young apprentices working in construction
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FeaturesCan T levels help to solve construction鈥檚 skills crisis?
Ben Flatman takes a look at how T levels might help to change the construction education landscape
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NewsT-levels need 鈥榗onsiderable work鈥� to succeed, Ofsted warns
Students are 鈥榤isled鈥� about content of courses while industry placements can be inappropriate, regulator finds
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NewsLabour costs 鈥榯o soar by 8.3% this year鈥� due to skills shortage
Almost a quarter of a million more workers will be needed by 2027, says Currie & Brown
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NewsNet zero transition could create 230,000 construction jobs by 2030, says CCC
Development of green workforce will require co-ordination聽
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FeaturesTackling the east of England鈥檚 construction skills challenge
The 星空传媒 the Future Commission kicked off its series of regional roundtables with a trip to Cambridge to talk about skills with construction experts from across the east of England.
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NewsMore work needed to persuade young people to take construction T-levels, minister admits
Take-up of new technical qualifications still far behind BTECs
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NewsSunak planning radical skills reform to tackle low productivity
CITB says plans for new technical colleges could help tackle industry鈥檚 skills shortage
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NewsConstruction must find quarter of a million new workers by 2026, says CITB
Carpentry and joinery forecast for biggest demand growth