Blacksmiths turn to tech to save profession

Forging Ahead in an AI-Infiltrated Entry-Level Job Market

What blacksmithing and the craftsmen of the past can tell us about the future of entry-level jobs and the workplace.

Can a pasty office worker who's lost their job to AI in midlife really retrain as a bricklayer - and earn £90K? TOBY WALNE picks up his trowel to find out

Can a pasty office worker who's lost their job to AI in midlife really retrain as a bricklayer - and earn £90K? TOBY WALNE picks up his trowel to find out

‘If it dies, it’s on you’: Saving Nigeria’s Benin bronze casting

Behind the global restitution story, master artisans are fighting to keep a centuries-old craft alive.

Flexible pathways to capability and credentials: The power of online skill stacking

In today’s competitive job market, many working professionals find themselves in a familiar bind: they possess strong practical skills honed through experience, projects, and self-learning, yet lack the formal credentials that most companies demand when hiring. Traditional degrees can feel out of reach due to time constraints, financial pressures, or family responsibilities. The solution is []

Migration myth exposed as skilled worker numbers fall short

News Corp Senior Writer Patrick Carlyon says far fewer skilled tradespeople are entering Australia than many people believe. “The skilled migrant program takes in something like 480 occupations in theory, and we like to think that if we’re getting skilled workers, they’re going to be electricians or plumbers or carpenters, people who are going to build stuff,” Mr Carlyon told Sky News host James Morrow. “The numbers are nowhere near what we thought they were … less than half of those who come in on a skilled migrant visa are actually skilled workers. “A lot of them aren’t tradies; we need people to build stuff. “This is very illuminating.”