Improving equity, diversity, and inclusion and keeping pace with digital change have emerged as top priorities for future workforce training in sales, marketing, and procurement. IfATE has published findings from their report which followed a review of skills needs for these sectors, which looks at what is working with apprenticeships and wider technical education and key priorities looking ahead. IfATE’s report found that skills training does a good job with supporting equity, diversity, and inclusion. Over half of respondents agreed apprenticeships help people from diverse backgrounds into their sectors, improving achievements among ethnic minorities and learners with disabilities. However respondents to the review warned that difficulties in finding available apprenticeships could be holding people from diverse backgrounds back from accessing them. Click here for more.