Throughout the pandemic, the Government has consistently spoken of the importance of further education (FE) and skills in not only supporting the economic recovery but also in ensuring all young people…
SMG member, City & Guilds has launched its latest report, Great Jobs, which looks at some of the challenges facing the labour market currently and explores what motivates people when it comes to work…
This week the Department for Education (DfE) launched several major skills and further education initiatives to kickstart its ‘Join the Skills Revolution’. This multi-channel campaign…
The St Martin’s Group member the Open University has launched its annual Business Barometer. The Barometer, based on a survey of 1,500 senior organisation leaders…
The St Martin’s Group is delighted to collaborate with City & Guilds and NCFE to release a new report, ‘The Real Costs and Benefits of Apprenticeships’, which explores the true value apprentices can bring to the workplace.
The St Martin’s Group member City & Guilds recently published their first ever skills index in collaboration with labour market economists Emsi and the British Chambers of Commerce…
The St Martin’s Group member Royal Mail is partnering with Babington to launch one of the largest ever apprenticeship schemes in the UK that will recruit 1,000 posties…
Earlier this year, the St Martin’s Group conducted research with 500 small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in response to the FE White Paper – Skills for Jobs, published in January 2021. SMEs were asked about their awareness of funded skills programmes and the barriers to using them…