Futures columnists

Mick Farley: UCLan's Director for Cumbria

IT’S been a busy few weeks. We’ve had three historic party conferences, Lord Hutton’s Commission on public sector pensions proposed higher contributions and later retirement ages.

Last updated 29 October 2010
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Engineering your way to a better future

I WAS looking at an engineering recruitment website the other day and guess how many job vacancies there were for engineers in the UK? 1000? 5000? 10,000? Keep going – there were over 20,000 jobs advertised on that site alone! So there are plenty of opportunities either locally, nationally or even internationally, provided you have the right skills.

Last updated 27 October 2010
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Cath Richardson: Principal, Lakes College West Cumbria

IN recent years, the definition of a learner studying at a further education college like Lakes College has changed to include a broad range of people of varying ages and across a number of different backgrounds.

Last updated 12 October 2010
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Mick Farley: UCLan's director for Cumbria

THE “age of austerity” threatened by the coalition government seems set to take off in earnest this autumn when it goes ahead with the deepest cuts in public expenditure for more than 50 years. But in pursuit of this reckless, ideological enthusiasm, the government risks long-term and irreversible damage to the economy.

Last updated 12 October 2010
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Facing the unkindest cuts of all

YOUNG people are amongst the first to suffer under the coalition Government’s cuts and axing of projects. The Future Jobs Fund, a fund to support job creation for young people who are long-term unemployed, and which aimed to create 150,000 jobs nationwide, many of them in West Cumbria... slashed.

Last updated 28 July 2010
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