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“As international competition intensifies, it is more important than ever that the UK workforce should not continue to lag behind in terms of Basic Skills.”

Richard Lambert, Director-General, CBI

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UK will become second division economic power without science and maths skills

News | Friday July 18th, 2008

A recent report published by the University of Durham will reveal that students may be more likely to choose to study ‘easier’ subjects, and not opt to study science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) subjects that are desperately needed by employers.

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Word Doc | Thursday November 27th, 2008

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