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Jon Kennard

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L&D news round-up: 6 Nov

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A positive story to end for people who work on the move, but it’s mostly lot of skills stories this week, and guess what? They’re not positive.

The Silver Economy: Engineers lured back to fix ‘skills crunch’ – The Financial Times

How can colleges encourage more women into leadership positions? – The Guardian

Teachers ‘don’t have the training to cope with disruptive pupils’ – The Independent

How to Participate in Your Employee’s Coaching – HBR blogs

Leadership in Real Life: Trade Form for Substance – The Huffington Post

Construction sector skills shortage blamed for holding back housebuilding – The Guardian

How to Ditch the Common Core and Teach Kids Real Skills – Time

Universities attacked for producing graduates lacking skills – Herald Scotland

Welsh skills system risks ‘falling off a cliff’ because of funding cuts – TES Connect

Global public WiFi hotspots to reach 48m by year-end – Total Telecom

A positive story to end for people who work on the move, but it's mostly lot of skills stories this week, and guess what? They're not positive.

The Silver Economy: Engineers lured back to fix ‘skills crunch’ - The Financial Times

How can colleges encourage more women into leadership positions? - The Guardian

Teachers ‘don’t have the training to cope with disruptive pupils’ - The Independent

How to Participate in Your Employee’s Coaching - HBR blogs

Leadership in Real Life: Trade Form for Substance - The Huffington Post

Construction sector skills shortage blamed for holding back housebuilding - The Guardian

How to Ditch the Common Core and Teach Kids Real Skills - Time

Universities attacked for producing graduates lacking skills - Herald Scotland

Welsh skills system risks 'falling off a cliff' because of funding cuts - TES Connect

Global public WiFi hotspots to reach 48m by year-end - Total Telecom