Op-ed: Could ‘micro-apprenticeships’ be another answer to UK’s manufacturing skills gap?

Stewart McKinlay, Skills Director at National Manufacturing Institute Scotland’s Manufacturing Skills Academy, looks at whether micro-apprenticeships could be another answer to the UK manufacturing sector’s skills gap. The UK’s skills gap has been a perennial challenge. Across all industries, an average of around one-quarter (24%) of vacancies are proving difficult to fill, because candidates do…