People HS2 contractor welcomes 500th apprentice Balfour Beatty Vinci (BBV), HS2’s construction partner for the West Midlands, is celebrating an apprenticeship milestone
People CITB outlines priorities for the year ahead The Construction Industry Training Board has published its Business Plan for 2025-26
People Mott MacDonald relaunches return-to-work programme The 2025 returners programme aims to support STEM professionals back to work after a career break
People T Levels: DfE urged to boost student numbers and industry placements Despite some progress, more work needs to be done to scale up T Levels, according to a new report
People Retain and retrain workers amid rising construction costs, report warns Turner & Townsend has published its latest market intelligence research which sets out the skills and costs pressures facing the industry
People Government announces £600m investment in construction skills New reforms aim to help address skills shortages and attract a generation of new talent to construction
People Retrofit report sets out route to close skills gap Key recommendations include expanding training provision and integrating retrofit skills into all construction courses
People Timber construction: making good with wood A new degree programme aims to transform learners’ understanding of sustainable construction
People This much I know: ‘To be a leader, you must be bold’ Paul Devlin, CEO of Causeway Technologies, discusses the qualities every good leader needs – and how construction can inspire future generations
People Retrofit skills crisis: alternative training methods could be the answer Bootcamps offer a flexible and effective solution to help tackle skills gaps across the retrofit sector
People CIC publishes framework for sustainability competence New code of practice outlines a range of measures to support a sustainable built environment, including through training and literacy
People Helping SME builders tackle technology challenges Free training programme designed to help SME builders adopt technology
People T Level reforms: what’s next for construction skills? The Onsite Construction T level has been scrapped by the government. With the industry’s ever-growing skills gap, was this really the right move?
People CITB unveils four-year plan to address construction skills challenges Construction skills body aims to support more than 15,000 new entrants into employment
People HS2 contractor boosts apprenticeship programme More than 1,800 apprentices have previously secured roles on the high-speed rail project
People Employers and educators must collaborate to address green skills gap Building construction’s green workforce will require a collective effort
People ‘Coming into construction has been lifesaving’ Former apprentice Yasmin Struthers-Frost details the personal adversities that have helped shape her professional strengths
News Review proposes CITB and ECITB merger The review of the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) and Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB), published yesterday (30 January), has called for the two organisations to become a “single, rebranded body”.
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