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99 Ideas for Schools Engagement

Posted on 28th February 201819th April 2018

If school engagement is on your list, but it’s proving more time-consuming or tricky than you thought, then help yourself to 99 Low-Cost Ideas for Schools Engagement that could boost your efforts you inpsire the next generation!

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A Recent Article for Saint-Gobain Multicomfort

Posted on 19th February 201816th April 2018

Why we need to change the narrative around construction – and how this could help fill the skills gap I was recently asked to write an article for Saint-Gobain, and you can see it here on the Multicomfort Saint-Gobain Website

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Are you sitting comfortably? Then I’ll begin

Posted on 3rd December 20163rd December 2016

Once upon a time, an employee just like you decided that the skills shortage in construction needed tackling. Enough was enough. The skills problem had been a concern for over 20 years, and she’d read that only 10% of construction employers engaged with schools. This employee discussed it with her manager, reached out to a […]

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Construction Needs to Stop Raising Awareness Immediately. Here’s Why

Posted on 15th November 201615th November 2016

“Raising awareness” doesn’t work. How do I know? Let’s face it: if doing awareness raising talks in schools a couple of times a year was enough, we wouldn’t have a skills shortage, would we? But ‘raising awareness’ is potentially much worse than simply being ineffective. We want to solve the skills shortage. But the metric […]

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