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Much discussion of the UK's skills 'problem' focusses on cuts to education; specifically the budgetary crisis increasingly engulfing the Further Educations sector, but...

the private sector are hardly blameless, as the FT points out:

'Training budgets continue to be cut... with a 10.2% real-terms decline in employer spending from £59bn in 2022 to £53bn in 2024. Since 2011, investment per employee has fallen 29.5% in real terms'.

A hire-in-rather-than-train logic continues!

Work to start on far reaching blueprint for new homes in the West Midlands

Work is set to start on drawing up a far-reaching planning blueprint setting out where future housing and…
#Birmingham #UnitedKingdom #UK #GB #England #Headlines #News #Europe #EU #Britain #combinedauthority #Communities #Culture #Economy #Energy #Environment #GreatBritain #Housing #Innovation #land #localauthorities #skills #Transport #Wellbeing #WestMidlands
europesays.com/uk/273239/

Children’s roleplay café opens with backing from business support programme

A new children’s roleplay café and community space has opened its doors in Smethwick after being backed by…
#Birmingham #UnitedKingdom #UK #GB #England #Headlines #News #Europe #EU #Britain #combinedauthority #Communities #Culture #Economy #Energy #Environment #GreatBritain #Housing #Innovation #land #localauthorities #skills #Transport #Wellbeing #WestMidlands
europesays.com/uk/269830/

As we simultaneously feel the funding challenges bite and the demand for #digital #skills increase we face some stark choices around investments in #edtech and #curriculum.

Collaborating and sharing is a practical and sustainable response as these newly published case studies show.

Thanks to the Govt. of BC. via the SERT project for supporting this work, and to BCcampus for making it happen.

#bcpsi #cdnpsi #oer #oss

bccampus.ca/2025/07/16/publica

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bccampus.caPublication Announcement: Case Studies Exploring Business Models for Collaborative Curriculum and Technology Services  – BCcampus