Amazon unveils strategy to increase women in STEM roles

Students working in a robotics lab.Photo: Shutterstock Amazon has launched a series of initiatives to boost the number of women in technology roles across its UK business, after research found two-thirds of... Read more »

Apprenticeships should be opened up to single parents

Photo: Shutterstock Most single parents are being locked out of apprenticeships because of a lack of part-time opportunities and the difficulty of supporting children with such low pay.  Single parents make ideal... Read more »

International Women’s Day: we need better balance in the workplace

Entrepreneurs and leading business people arrive at Downing Street to an event hosted by the Prime Minister to mark International Women’s Day.Photo: PA Images Industrialised recruitment practices in the form of AI... Read more »

UK must act to boost skills or face ‘perfect storm’ of decline

Photo: Shutterstock Cuts in public funding for adult skills and falling employer investment has led to the UK’s skills base lagging behind that of comparable countries and could see the country slip... Read more »