The UK Nuclear Skills Awards is the premier skills for nuclear event. Organised on behalf of the sector by Cogent Skills and NSAN, the awards recognise and celebrate exceptional individuals and companies in the nuclear sector.
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Social media platforms have become powerful tools for science communication, with influencers opening up a range of fascinating concepts in a fun and engaging way.
Don’t know where to start? We’ve put together a list of ten science influencers to follow – here’s part one.
The industrial manufacturing sector faces a serious challenge in the UK. Companies currently have 72,000 unfilled vacancies and this – combined with an ageing workforce set to result in a significant number of expected retirements over the next five years – means employers of all sizes need to take action.
Natalie Webster was one of the first cohort of apprentices supported by Cogent Skills in 2012.
Meet Rachel Roby, Strategic Apprenticeship Lead who supports Cogent Skills on technical education policy.
In 2021, the government introduced Flexi-Job Apprenticeships – these are designed to ensure those sectors and occupations where short-term contracts or other non-standard employment models are the norm can access the benefits of apprenticeships.
They are available to employers and apprentices in two ways: with or without a Flexi-Job Apprenticeship Agency (FJAA).
The UK nuclear industry came together to celebrate excellence in skills for nuclear at the annual UK Nuclear Skills Awards on the 30th March 2023.
In light of the current challenging labour market conditions, we welcome any move to increase access to skills and encourage people back to work.
Removing qualifications from apprenticeships risks undermining their value and threatens the global transfer of talent, according to a group of influential bodies representing the UK science industry.
We are inviting feedback on Apprenticeship Framework Pathways.
Cogent Skills, the sector skills lead for the science and technology sector, is today announcing a skills partnership with the Chemical Business Association (CBA), the voice of the UK chemical supply chain.
The Government must take action now to halt the decline in the number of new science sector apprenticeships starts in England.
