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Good morning, digital co-worker

Psychologically, we’re still cave people in a digital world. We can’t expect people to turn into cybernauts unaffected by all its threats and strains. But, as Monideepa…

ProductivityTechnologyEmployabilityOrganisational culture

Grow your own: The apprenticeships levy

The imminent levy on large organisations to fund three million new apprenticeships is going to transform the future shape of training and development. Neil Ralph sets out what…

Apprenticeships levyEmployabilityEconomic growth

Mind the GAP: Strathclyde’s Growth Advantage Programme’s positive impact

In 2015 Strathclyde Business School launched the Growth Advantage Programme (GAP) which allows business owners to take a step back from their daily tasks and focus on new…

EmployabilityEconomic growthStart-ups

Millennials and their careers: what we can tell you about what students want

Millennials, born between 1980 to 2000, now make up the majority of the undergraduate student body at universities across the country. As these students complete internships,…

EmployabilityMillenialsCareer progressionProfessional development

Entrepreneur with vision for developing enterprise

Mention the words charter, Government and university and most entrepreneurs’ eyes glaze over. The original thinkers who dream up the best ideas are often rebellious and don’t…

EmployabilityStart-ups

Business schools and employers need to be more proactive to create work-ready recruits

More than 1,000 members of the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) were surveyed on their work with business schools, revealing that links between the two groups were often poor.…

Employability