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Powering manufacturing’s future through Skills for Life
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (492+ words) Across manufacturing, access to skilled labour remains an ongoing challenge, with latest Office for National Statistics figures showing 61,000 manufacturing job vacancies in the UK. As companies respond to technological change and productivity demands, young people are often left struggling to…...
More than 2,200 Armed Forces community members attend Mission Motorsport transition event at Silverstone
5+ day, 13+ hour ago (500+ words) More than 2,200 members of the Armed Forces community gathered at Silverstone last week for Mission Motorsport's annual National Transition Event (NTE), one of the UK's largest career and networking events supporting the move from military to civilian life. Held at…...
Make UK calls for Skills Investment Pledge to reverse plummeting apprenticeship numbers
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (362+ words) As National Apprenticeship Week 2026 kicks off, Make UK is calling on the government to commit to a Skills Investment Pledge to address the decline in apprenticeship starts and rise in those not in education, employment or training (NEET). The pledge…...
Leeds Manufacturing Festival returns: tackling skills gaps and youth unemployment
1+ week, 7+ hour ago (374+ words) With the unemployment rate for 16-24-year-olds climbing to 16%, the highest in more than a decade, at the end of 2025, festival organisers say there has never been a more crucial time to link young people with employers who are actively recruiting…...
Over 1,600 students to kick start their career with the UK Youth Rocketry Challenge
1+ week, 4+ day ago (254+ words) Team registrations for the UK Youth Rocketry Challenge (UKROC) 2026 are now completed, with more than 1,600 students from 422 teams at 234 schools and youth groups set to take part. The competition sees teams of students aged 11-18 design, build and launch a model…...
Babcock’s Festival of Engineering fires up Bristol’s young innovators
1+ week, 5+ day ago (280+ words) More than 400 schoolchildren and teachers from across Bristol and the South West unleashed their inner engineer this week when they got stuck into robotics and virtual reality welding as part of a two day STEM-athon run by Babcock International Group…...
Carhartt backs next generation of tradespeople with $375k NCCER grant
1+ week, 6+ day ago (262+ words) Carhartt has announced a $375,000 grant through its "For the Love of Labor" program to the National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER), a nonprofit leader in skilled trades workforce development. The grant will help introduce Career and Technical Education…...
From learners to leaders: apprenticeships powering the next generation of aerospace
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (387+ words) As the aerospace sector enters a period of sustained production ramp-up" and accelerating technological change, one reality is becoming unavoidable: future capability will depend on the talent entering the industry today through apprenticeship routes. Across the UK aerospace supply chain,…...
Müller opens 2026 apprenticeship programme to build future manufacturing talent
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (195+ words) Dairy manufacturer M'ller UK & Ireland has announced that applications for its 2026 apprenticeship intake are now open, coinciding with National Apprenticeship Week. Posting on LinkedIn, the company, which employs 338,000 people throughout Europe, said it was "proud to celebrate our brilliant apprentices…...
Velocity Composites COO outlines importance of apprenticeships
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (397+ words) As the UK marks National Apprenticeship Week, Velocity Composites is using the moment to underline a simple message: long-term growth in advanced manufacturing depends on sustained investment in people. Speaking during the week's celebrations, Oliver Smalley, Chief Operating Officer at…...