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Topic: Equality and Diversity

The 10-point diversity plan for change in further education

“We aren’t just complaining about the issues, we’re offering a 10-point framework around which we can resolve together”

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Topic: Equality and Diversity

Gender Pay Gap Reporting: Urgent action required

CMI seeks support for a campaign to immediately reinstate all Gender Pay Gap (GPG) reporting requirements

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Topic: Equality and Diversity

Diversity & Inclusion: Leadership beyond a pandemic

Gain insights on how to successfully lead diverse teams through and beyond uncertain times in an empathetic way.

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Topic: Workplace Culture

Don’t stop moaning, Bill Michael

The boss of KPMG quit after telling his people to ‘stop moaning’. But isn’t allowing your people to moan beneficial?

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Topic: Equality and Diversity

From non-racist toward anti-racist: Corndel’s story

The successful UK training provider Corndel recently took a pledge to have ‘no neutral position’ on racism at every level

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Topic: Equality and Diversity

Gender Pay Gap Reporting; Policy Briefing

Policy briefing for gender pay gap

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Topic: Personal Development

National Apprenticeship Week 2021: Working together for Dudley Apprentices

Learn more about how high-quality apprenticeships fit into the workforce needs of a high-skilled innovation-led economy

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Topic: Employability

Three inspiring stories of apprentices for NAW 2021

You learn on the job. You build your own network. You showcase your skills. Three real-life stories from apprentices

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Topic: Crisis Management

Why work-based learning matters: the real story of Pizza Hut

The past year has been pretty hideous for apprentice redundancies, but this inspirational story shows how you can keep work-b

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Topic: Personal Development

“You’re never out-of-date as an apprentice”

I spoke about apprentices wit the first UK Government Apprenticeships Minister who’s herself an apprentice and three leaders

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Topic: Employability

The confident rise of the management apprenticeship

In the depths of the Covid-19 crisis, management apprenticeships have given leaders more resilience and team-building skills

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Topic: Change Management

Management Apprenticeships: Transforming the Future of your Business

Our expert panel of speakers discuss how and why they embraced management apprenticeships, and why you should, too!

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