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skills and apprenticeship report
Skills: A missing middle
The squeeze out of low or no skilled people from Northern Ireland’s labour market has been exacerbated by the pandemic,…
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Skills and training: Vital for the future of the construction industry
Skills support will remain paramount in the coming years as the construction industry seeks to recover from the challenges of…
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Skills for a 10X economy
Launched in late March 2022, following initial consultation on a draft strategy, the Skills Strategy was approved by the newly…
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Apprenticeship expansion
The development of new pathways, the introduction of provision for all-ages and the inclusion of a wide-range of public bodies…
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Barriers remain to apprenticeship uptake
In April 2021, the then-Minister for the Economy Diane Dodds MLA stated that apprenticeships will “be a key component of…
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Skills for a green economy
Skills and training are “misaligned” to meet the needs of key industries driving a green economy. A lack of public…
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Gavin Robinson MP: ‘We didn’t Brexit’
DUP MP Gavin Robinson talks to David Whelan about his role on the UK’s defence committee in the context of…
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Changing lives for safer communities
Newly appointed Chief Executive for the Probation Board for Northern Ireland (PBNI), Amanda Stewart, discusses the role of probation in…
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ABC Council Agriculture Strategy: Ambitious plans to support £376 million sector
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council sets out a pathway for the future of its local agriculture and farming…
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Leaving care
The latest annual statistics on children leaving care upon approaching adulthood in Northern Ireland paint a bleak picture of the…
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