Tag: education

June 9, 2023

Its latest workforce survey revealed that almost 9% of the teaching workforce, equivalent to around 40,000 teachers, left state schools last year. On top of that, 4,000 teachers retired. The number of unfilled teaching vacancies is also at a record […]

March 31, 2023

The REC said there had been a double-digit rise in vacancies for teaching staff in the past few weeks, with almost 40,000 open roles. In secondary education alone, teaching vacancies went up by 12.6%. Chief executive Neil Carberry said this […]

February 20, 2023

The poll by teachers union NASUWT found that 26% of LGBT+ teachers feel discrimination has worsened in the past three years. Only a third said their school has a zero-tolerance approach to homophobia, biphobia and transphobia, and just 14% said […]

January 27, 2023

Unions met yesterday (26 January) with the Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA), and the body slightly increased its offer from between 4% and 7% to between 5% and 8%, saying this was “a full and final pay offer”. This […]

December 28, 2022

The UK’s jobs market seems to be broken. Since 2020, HR professionals have been tested by waves of challenges: the pandemic itself, the subsequent “great resignation”, and a “silver exodus” of over-50 workers. Almost half of UK employers have reported […]

October 4, 2022

Training and education are clearly related concepts. However, we tend to use them in different contexts. Education is typically thought of as broad-based and general, at least with respect to a particular field—i.e., studying British history or thermodynamics. In contrast, […]

July 9, 2021

As a consultant who feels strongly about providing employees with both choice and value in their overall benefits package, I am heartened to see that employers increasingly see voluntary benefits as a means of enriching their core benefits plan by […]

October 15, 2020

Anyone who has dealt with payroll can probably attest to how easy it is to end up with similar employees who are paid different amounts. It can happen for lots of reasons. For example: Someone who has been there a […]

September 17, 2020

When school seniors consider their future specialization, in many cases, they choose the one where they don`t have to study so hard, burn and stress out all the time. We can understand that: today, to receive a degree, students have […]

July 16, 2020

It’s impossible for educational institutions these days to stay on top of continuing advancements in technology to ensure employees are able to hit the ground running when they land their first jobs. Technology Training a Must-Do in Every Industry Consider […]

April 15, 2020

The candidate-driven market put jobseekers in the drivers’ seat. They controlled who they wanted to work for, and in many cases, employers were fighting with their competition to land the right fit for the role. Even in a candidate-driven market, […]

February 18, 2020

Employees continue to have the upper hand in the war for talent, as unemployment continues to hover at record-low rates. Moreover, benefits are being battle-tested—and deservedly so. They’re a meaningful conduit to enhanced employee engagement and even loyalty. One emerging […]

October 16, 2019

“Open source” platforms and ideas have been common in the software development industry for years. It involves developers sharing and accessing “open source” code free of charge with the intention of collaborating and innovating new programs and technology with each […]

September 30, 2019

For generations, parents have told their children one of the most important ways they can help themselves succeed in life is to go to school and get a degree. But a college degree alone often isn’t enough for many students […]

August 2, 2019

One obstacle that many instructors—whether they’re in primary schooling, advanced graduate education, or training in the workplace— run into is getting through to an audience with a variety of learning styles. Not everyone learns the same way. Tools that are […]

September 26, 2018

It’s a broad question heard often these days: “Is a college degree worth it?” This question is most often asked with regard to individuals, but let’s examine it from the company perspective. We can start with a brief look at […]

April 17, 2018

“According to a recent study, 78 percent of full-time U.S. workers are living paycheck to paycheck and 71 percent said they are now in debt. Leading HR software provider BambooHR strongly believes that having good financial health is critical for […]

February 21, 2018

For the past two U.S. presidential administrations, health care has been a contentious issue. National dialogue and federal policy shifts have caused change to continuously ripple throughout the health care industry. In part due to the ongoing change, the terms […]

September 20, 2016

There are plenty of reasons to get an online degree. You may be looking to make a career change and don’t have the time to attend a traditional college program. You may not want to be stuck in debt for […]

July 27, 2016

read an article the other day written by Lana Payne, the Atlantic Region director for Unifor, the largest private sector union in Canada. She was bemoaning the future of Canadian college graduates. In her opinion it is not a rosy […]