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New book: Empowering Change in European Public Employment Services
Readers familiar with European Research projects will know how they work. The projects negotiate with the European Commission a DOW - Description of Work - which details the work to ... -
Supporting start up businesses
One of the best things about Twitter is the ability to follow links to all kinds of things you probably would never have been to without ... -
Understanding that Brexit vote
Many of my friends from outside the UK have asked me however could people have voted for Brexit. And I have read countless newspaper columnists and analysts asking the smae ... -
We are not going away
I just checked the company documents. Pontydysgu was set up on 3 February 1999. In that time our work has moved from Vocational Education and Training to embrace the use ... -
Skills shortages and skills gaps
The London School of Economics politics and policy blog is well worth following or anyone interested in Labour Market information and Intelligence. A recent article by Scott Hurrell looked at ... -
Informal Learning @ Work
Picture: Gothick On Monday 20 June I am helping to run a knowledge exchange workshop in Bristol, UK. The workshop is fee to participants and there are still a few ... -
A short note about communities
Today I got an email from the Yahoo podcasters group mail. It was a long time since I could remember the last. But at one point, the group was very ... -
Making sense of data about education and jobs
High or low skills? Graduate job or not? For a number years now I have been working on projects developing the use of open data for careers counselling, advice and ... -
Tensions in Learning Analytics
The debate around Learning Analytics seems to be opening up. And although there is little sign of agreement over future directions, the terms of discussion seem both broader and more ... -
Thinking about Entrepreneurship
For some time I have been interested in Entrepreneurship. For one thing I resented the way the Thatcher and Blair acolytes had stolen the word. Working class people have also ...