Tag: Labour Market Intelligence
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NEW RESEARCH REPORT – NORTHERN IRELAND:YOUNG PEOPLE’S CAREERS, CHOICES AND FUTURE PREFERENCES
NEW RESEARCH REPORT LAUNCHED Skills Northern Ireland 2019: Education and Business Breakfast Meeting Wednesday 20th November 2019 at the Titanic Quarter Campus of Belfast Metropolitan College Sponsored by the Edge Foundation, a major Education and Business Breakfast Meeting took place on 20/11/19 bringing together leading educationalists, employers and policymakers from across N.Ireland to explore how best to reduce Northern…
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NATIONAL RETRAINING SCHEME
The national retraining scheme is the government’s new programme to prepare adults for future changes to the economy, including those brought about by automation, and to help them retrain into better jobs. The national retraining scheme is a manifesto commitment and was announced at the autumn 2017 budget. The scheme is a part of…
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DMH ASSOCIATES NEWSLETTER No.2
In order to subscribe to receive regular copies of this please click on this link: – http://eepurl.com/glOP2f JUNE 2019 BRIEF SUMMARY OF dmh associates SELECTED ACTIVITIES INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 10th OCTOBER 2019, BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND Plans are well underway to host dmh associates first International Conference in central Birmingham, England on 10 October 2019. We hope you will…
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Skills Advisory Panels: Government has announced more funding for the Skills Advisory Panels https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/skills-advisory-panels-s31-grant-determination-letter Skills Advisory Panels (SAPs) are designed to help Mayoral Combined Authorities (MCAs), the Greater London Authority (GLA) and Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) fulfil their local leadership role in the skills system. SAPs bring together employers, local authorities, universities, colleges and other training…
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NEW REPORT FEEDING INTO NEW ZEALAND’S CAREER STRATEGY
Hidden Links, New Opportunities – New Zealand As the government agency responsible for careers, the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) is tasked with supporting all New Zealanders to raise skills and aspirations to meet the demands of work, now and in the future. Around 1.2 million people in New Zealand start a new job each year…
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DMH ASSOCIATES NEWSLETTER No.1
DMH Associates will now be releasing a quarterly newsletter to provide an update of our recent activities and publications. NEWSLETTER DMH 030319 In order to subscribe to receive regular copies of this please click on this link: – http://eepurl.com/glOP2f MARCH 2019 BRIEF SUMMARY dmh associates SELECTED ACTIVITIES AND INVITATION TO INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, OCTOBER 2019 Career-Related…
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EDGE FOUNDATION REPORT : SCHOOLS SHOULD OFFER CREATIVE AND TECHNICAL SUBJECTS TO WARRANT TOP OFSTED RATING
‘Outstanding’ ratings by education watchdog Ofsted should only be given to schools that can demonstrate excellence in creative and technical teaching as well as in academic subjects, says a new report by the Edge Foundation published today (29 November 2018). http://www.edge.co.uk/news/edge-news/schools-should-offer-creative-and-technical-subjects-to-warrant-top-ofsted-rating This time the Edge sFoundation feature latest data from two of the richest sources in…
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LEARNING ABOUT CAREERS: OPEN DATA AND LABOUR MARKET INTELLIGENCE
Graham Attwell and Deirdre Hughes have co-authored a new article on career learning and labour market intelligence/information (LMI). This features in ‘Revista Iboeroamericana de Educación a Distancia (The Iberoamerican Review of Digital Education). Pontydysgu, Wales; DMH Associates, Exeter, England https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326740611_Learning_about_Careers_Open_data_and_Labour_Market_Intelligence/download Decisions about learning and work have to be placed in a particular spatial,…
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IPPR REPORT ON DELIVERING A SUCCESSFUL 21st CENTURY SKILL SYSTEM FOR SCOTLAND AND NORTHERN IRELAND
The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has published a report : “THE FUTURE IS COMING:READY OR NOT? DELIVERING A SUCCESSFUL 21ST CENTURY SKILLS SYSTEM FOR NORTHERNIRELAND AND SCOTLAND .” https://www.ippr.org/files/2018-11/the-future-is-coming-november18.pdf The report makes key recommendations for what needs to change and what needs to stay the same in Northern Ireland and Scotland in order…
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WHAT’S WRONG WITH AI? TRY ASKING A HUMAN BEING
I read a great article in The Observer (14.10.18) written by Kenan Malik (Twiitter: @kenanmalik) who explains “Amazon has apparently abandoned an AI system aimed at automating its recruitment process. The system gave job candidates scores ranging from one to five stars, a bit like the Amazon website.” Guess what happened? “The trouble was,…