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How Beneficial Could Apprenticeships Be In The Future Of Work?

The Horizons Tracker

New educational approaches such as Massive Open Online Courses remain largely the preserve of the already well educated, and so an ever increasing divide is opening up between the skilled and the un-skilled. The researchers assess young people who completed their GCSE exams between 2003 and 2008. Career success.

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New Research Shows That Citizenship Is A Passport To Higher Income

The Horizons Tracker

In many ways, this seems wholly intuitive, as citizens of most countries gain a range of benefits in the labor market, whether in terms of access to educational opportunities, easier job application processes or even simply the peace of mind that comes from knowing your status in your home is secure so you can invest in your future.

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Is Becoming Self-Employed All It’s Cracked Up To Be?

The Horizons Tracker

The research examined data from the National Science Foundation on over 28,000 scientists and engineers to assess any changes in their employment status and their work outcomes between 2003 and 2010. These people were also more likely to start a business in their area of expertise too.

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CMI Highlights

Chartered Management Institute

Our work will focus on the potential benefits of better management practices across the NHS, education and local government. CMI has been working with the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education in the development of its EDI strategy and toolkit. You can learn more in FE News. Enjoy the rest of your week.

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If You Want Innovation, You Have to Invest in People

Harvard Business Review

As the convergence of digital technologies drives unprecedented levels of change in global marketplaces, it is very much a reality that a company must, as Bill Gates put it, “innovate or die!” In the race for relevance to future customers, the greater a company’s innovation capacity, the greater its chance of success.

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How the Next Generation Is Approaching Society’s Biggest Problems

Harvard Business Review

Though governments around the world have mounted massive campaigns to address poverty, expensive (and poor) healthcare, crime, and ineffective education, daunting challenges remain. First, private citizens, particularly younger people, are choosing different types of career paths.

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How the Navy SEALs Train for Leadership Excellence

Harvard Business Review

Almost every world-class, high-performance organization takes training and education seriously. That’s important, not because I think MBAs should be more like SEALS—I don’t—but because real-world excellence requires more than commitment to educational achievement. But Navy SEALs go uncomfortably beyond.