Learning and Development – Care Appointments

Cambridge University to establish professorship of young people’s mental health

By Sam Russell, Reporter27th January 2025Education & Training

Cambridge University is to establish a professorship of young people’s mental health, after a donation of £4.5 million. Recruitment for the post has begun and the successful candidate will take

Engage: Beyond the screen – how digital technology is revolutionising care

By Rob Martin, Managing Director, Care Services at Anchor17th December 2024Engage

Today we hear from Rob Martin, MD of Care Services at Anchor, England’s largest not-for-profit provider of care and housing for people in later life on how digital technology is

Engage: Pushing for more digital confidence across adult social care

By Oonagh Smyth, Skill For Care17th December 2024Engage

Skills for Care CEO, Oonagh Smyth, speaks to us about their ‘Building digital confidence’ campaign and how they’re supporting the future of digitally capable care. Throughout November and December, we’re

Student nurses could drop out of courses amid financial pressures, RCN warns

By Alan Jones, Reporter16th December 2024Education & Training

More than 32,000 student nurses could drop out of their courses in the next few years because of financial pressures, struggling services and worsening pay prospects, a leading health union

Engage: The Workforce Strategy for Adult Social Care and ‘Driving change in social care’

By Oonagh Smyth, Skill For Care10th September 2024Engage

We hear from Oonagh Smyth, CEO of Skills for Care, on how their ‘Driving change in social care’ campaign hopes to promote the Workforce Strategy for Adult Social Care. The

Young adult carers more likely to apply to degree courses with caring component

By Eleanor Busby, Reporter1st August 2024Education & Training

Young adult carers are more likely than their peers to choose university and college courses which have a caring component, a report has found. Young adult carers are 59% more

Social care workforce fund scrapped but Government ‘intends’ future support

By Jonathan Bunn and Aine Fox, Reporters30th July 202430th July 2024News England

The Government’s decision not to go ahead with a fund dedicated to training the social care workforce is “desperately shortsighted”, according to a leading health charity. In a written statement

Engage: How a good induction helps social care providers keep the right people

By Jayne McCabe, Skills for Care14th May 202415th May 2024Engage

As a part of their #KeepTheRightPeople campaign, Jayne McCabe, Skills for Care Project Manager, discusses how a good induction supports social care providers to retain staff and the launch of

Why it’s a good career move to join a women’s business network – new research

By Elina Meliou, Aston University and Florence Villesèche, Copenhagen Business School1st December 2022Career Advice

Women-only professional networks have become a familiar feature of the corporate world. Set up to organise and channel female voices and experiences, some have even become big businesses themselves. Organisations