The Education & Skills section looks at how the problems are being tackled.
This is an extract from the Education & Skills section in West Midlands plc 2007
NEW SKILLS FOR A NEW MINDSET
It's been a long time coming, but Britain's public sector training organisations have finally twigged that they must become demand-led to narrow the skills gap.
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TABLES INCLUDE: -
West Midlands GCSE passes for 15 year olds (2005/2006)
Number of students and number of RAE department ratings by university
Graduate retention