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The UK skills crisis: Addressing the workforce gap with career services

Symplicity

The UK is facing a growing skills crisis that threatens economic growth, particularly as the country grapples with a shortage of skilled workers in critical sectors such as life sciences, engineering, and professional services.

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Welcome to the Sept-Oct Learning & Teaching Enhancement Theme: Careers and Employability

Teaching Matters Student Employment

Helen Stringer, Assistant Director of the Careers Service, then provides some insights into the content of the series, before Colm offers a concluding statement. This post is part of the L&T Enhancement Series: Careers and Employability.

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Supporting sustainable careers and preparedness for job automation

Teaching Matters Student Employment

Yet, it is not always clear for students how they can contribute to society and sustainable development ( e.g., the 17 SDGs ) through their future careers. Aspiring to work in a socially impactful industry or company may come into conflict with an individual’s personal career priorities.

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Spotlight on the 2024 Teaching Award winners: Staff offering exceptional levels of support to students

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

Each year, we have several categories celebrating these staff – from supervisors and cohort leads to the many professional services staff who keep things ticking along smoothly. I think this is a clear indicator of just how much they appreciate this part of their relationship with staff.

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Edify Accelerators: Custom Dashboards for Your Campus

EAB

In addition to the technology, Edify partners can expand their team’s capacity using professional service hours which leverage EAB’s skills and expertise, like data science and data engineering. With Edify, institutions can bring their disparate data together and empower individuals across campus with data insights.

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Ep 23 Creating a Future-Ready Workforce

Parchment

Daphne Dor-Ner (09:54.542) And then it’s certainly about developing the skill set that they need to pursue the careers that they’re interested in. But it is regularly talking about career over the course of enrollment, not a resume review and career services at the very end.

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