Understanding Employer Engagement in Education

Abstract: This seminar accompanied the publication of the new Routledge collection, Understanding Employer Engagement in Education, edited by Anthony Mann, Julian Stanley and Louise Archer. The session included results on…




Making skills – a boost to employability?

…to understand the risks facing the long term future of craft education and training. Summarised in a new animation, Studying Craft 16 shows that craft education remains in crisis. Shouldn’t…






Skills shortages in the UK economy

…impact of the government’s failure to encourage young people to study relevant subjects and upskill existing workers. This second bulletin includes new data from the Open University showing that the


Solving future skills challenges

…work, and highlights the need for continual skill upgrading, lifelong learning and study of higher education qualifications at all levels. The report reveals that: In 2016, 440,000 new professional jobs…