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Building a Data-Driven Skills System in an Era of Disruption | FE News
The UK labour market is undergoing a period of profound transformation, driven by disruptive innovation. The last few years have seen jobs themselves being transformed, as the adoption of new technologies and the introduction of new policy initiatives have ushered in vast changes in the workforce. Digital transformation had already been redefining the way we work, when along came Artificial Intelligence (AI) to bring more disruption.
Connecting the Levelling Up Agenda to the Labour Market – FE News
The Levelling Up agenda is, at heart, about tackling economic and social inequalities, and the White Paper has identified the importance of detailed local data in successfully achieving these goals. To start thinking about the connection between the agenda and the labour market, we’ve produced an interactive chart below, which uses data to help us understand the relationship between the share of high skilled jobs and high skilled workforce across the country.
The UK Labour Market Puzzle – FE News
The last 18 months has seen huge disruption to the labour market across the country, as well as seismic shifts both to working practices and general living. For example, the number of people in work, the number of job vacancies, and employer demand all fell dramatically, particularly during the first Lockdown, whilst at the same time many workers switched to working from home, businesses were forced to adapt to new ways of working, and changes to lifestyle saw a big shift to online retail.
Automation, Covid-19 and the Future of Jobs
Further Education News The FE News Channel gives you the latest education news and updates on emerging education strategies and the #FutureofEducation and the #FutureofWork. Providing trustworthy and positive Further Education news and views since 2003, we are a digital news channel with a mixture of written word articles, podcasts and videos.
What is the single biggest challenge facing the labour market across Britain?
Tackling the biggest labour market challenge of all: The Great British Talent Challenge What is the single biggest challenge facing the labour market across Britain? The productivity puzzle, perhaps? Or is it the huge disparities that exist between different parts of the country? How about the effects of Brexit? Oh, and let’s not forget automation.
AutoNation - A Major New Report Analysing the Effects of Automation on the British Labour Market #FutureofEmployment
Recent years have seen a lot of dystopian hype about the #RiseOfTheRobots and the impact of #Automation in the labour market, with proclamations of mass unemployment and the death of whole swathes of job roles abounding. Of course, such claims are great attention grabbers. But how realistic are they? The idea of masses of people losing their jobs as a result of increased automation has been both asserted and rebutted by academic studies.
Addressing the workforce of the future: How can we prepare for it now? #FutureofWork
Details by Andy Durman Published: 28 May 2019 Hits: 820 User Rating: 5 / 5 Please Rate The interesting thing about the recent Emsi conference is that we came in with a big question what how do we how do we address the workforce of the future and how do we think about it now? Particularly with so much uncertainty about what that looks like. The role of automation, the impact that Brexit and globalisation might have, big profound challenges that I know a lot of people are trying to address.
Addressing the workforce of the future: How can we prepare for it now? #FutureofWork
Details by Andy Durman Published: 28 May 2019 Hits: 813 User Rating: 5 / 5 Please Rate The interesting thing about the recent Emsi conference is that we came in with a big question what how do we how do we address the workforce of the future and how do we think about it now? Particularly with so much uncertainty about what that looks like. The role of automation, the impact that Brexit and globalisation might have, big profound challenges that I know a lot of people are trying to address.
Addressing the workforce of the future: How can we prepare for it now? #FutureofWork
Details by Andy Durman Published: 28 May 2019 Hits: 652 User Rating: 5 / 5 Please Rate The interesting thing about the recent Emsi conference is that we came in with a big question what how do we how do we address the workforce of the future and how do we think about it now? Particularly with so much uncertainty about what that looks like. The role of automation, the impact that Brexit and globalisation might have, big profound challenges that I know a lot of people are trying to address.
Addressing the workforce of the future: How can we prepare for it now? #FutureofWork
Details by Andy Durman Published: 28 May 2019 Hits: 530 User Rating: 5 / 5 Please Rate The interesting thing about the recent Emsi conference is that we came in with a big question what how do we how do we address the workforce of the future and how do we think about it now? Particularly with so much uncertainty about what that looks like. The role of automation, the impact that Brexit and globalisation might have, big profound challenges that I know a lot of people are trying to address.
Addressing the workforce of the future: How can we prepare for it now? #FutureofWork
Details by Andy Durman Published: 28 May 2019 Hits: 360 Please Rate The interesting thing about the recent Emsi conference is that we came in with a big question what how do we how do we address the workforce of the future and how do we think about it now? Particularly with so much uncertainty about what that looks like. The role of automation, the impact that Brexit and globalisation might have, big profound challenges that I know a lot of people are trying to address.
Attracting, recruiting and retaining students
Keri Beckingham finds out how universities are attracting and retaining today’s students In today’s competitive HE landscape, it’s never been more important for universities to make themselves stand out to prospective students, as well as build relationships with their existing cohort. But how can universities join up digital recruitment drives with successful student retention?
Are T Levels the Answer to Employability in a Changing Economy?
Our system of technical education is not working for employers or for learners. We have a system that is difficult to navigate and qualifications that do not train people in the skills that employers are looking for. That is why the reforms to turn 13,000+ post-16 technical courses into the 15 broad T-Level routes is so important . We need a system that is accessible, supports progression and leads people to stable careers. The need for an improved system of technical education is a pressing one.
Are T Levels the Answer to Employability in a Changing Economy?
Our system of technical education is not working for employers or for learners. We have a system that is difficult to navigate and qualifications that do not train people in the skills that employers are looking for. That is why the reforms to turn 13,000+ post-16 technical courses into the 15 broad T-Level routes is so important . We need a system that is accessible, supports progression and leads people to stable careers. The need for an improved system of technical education is a pressing one.
Skills gaps and Brexit - UK business in crisis
As the UK continues to navigate a period of uncertainty ahead of Brexit, new research published today by the City & Guilds Group and Emsi reveals that nine in 10 employers already struggle to recruit the skilled staff they need. Contributor Andy Durman, Vice President for UK Operations – Emsi. With most industries expected to grow between now and 2024, a significant number of skilled workers will be needed to meet demand.
People Power: Does the UK Economy Have the Skilled People it Needs for the Future?
We have teamed up with City & Guilds to produce a report looking into the issue of current and projected skills gaps in the UK. The report – People Power: Does the UK economy have the skilled people it needs for the future? – combines a survey of more than 1,000 C-Suite employers in the UK, with data and analysis of the British economy, to raise a number of important issues about skills challenges facing employers and how they can be tackled.
The Importance of LMI in the Government's New Education and Employment Strategy for Prisons
The Government’s new Education and Employment Strategy, presents a vision of prison education which, it is hoped, will reduce reoffending rates and also help fix some of Britain’s long-term skills shortages.
The Importance of LMI in the Government's New Education and Employment Strategy for Prisons
The Government’s new Education and Employment Strategy, presents a vision of prison education which, it is hoped, will reduce reoffending rates and also help fix some of Britain’s long-term skills shortages.
The Prison Education Framework: Why Good Local Insight May Prove Crucial to a Successful Bid
With the Invitation to Tender for the Prison Education Framework (PEF) now out, education and training providers will be seeking to ensure that their bid not only ticks all the boxes that the assessors are looking for, but that it also goes above and beyond this to stand out from those bids submitted by their competitors.
Offender Learning Reform and the Importance of Local Labour Market Insight
With OLASS 5 set to kick off in Q1 of 2018, education and training providers involved in offender learning will shortly be looking to write their bids for the new contracts. The procurement process is expected to broadly follow the recommendations in the Government’s 2016 White Paper, Prison Safety and Reform, and so it is perhaps a good time to remind ourselves of what was contained in that report, relating to education and training.
Flashback Friday! 10th November
Flashback Friday! 10th November Details Written by FE News Editor Published: 10 November 2017 Hits: 33 Welcome to Flashback Friday 10th November, where we take a look back through time at the year: 2016: Young People with Below Average Academic Attainment by Paul Eeles, Chief Executive of the Skills and Education Group 2015: Establishing ground rules with your learners by Ann Gravells, Author and Education Consultant 2014: Colleges as social enterprises by Andy Durman, VP of UK operations,...
Flashback Friday! 6th October
Flashback Friday! 6th October Details Written by FE News Editor Published: 06 October 2017 Hits: 146 Welcome to Flashback Friday, where we take a look back through time at the 6th October in the year: 2016: An exciting and positive development for digital skills by Susan Easton, Head of Digital Learning, Learning and Work Institute 2015: Local Area Reviews should be welcomed not feared by Nick Isles, Deputy Principal and Chief Executive, Milton Keynes College 2014: Colleges must start...
Flashback Friday! 6th October
Flashback Friday! 6th October Details Written by FE News Editor Published: 06 October 2017 Hits: 13 Welcome to Flashback Friday, where we take a look back through time at the 6th October in the year: 2016: An exciting and positive development for digital skills by Susan Easton, Head of Digital Learning, Learning and Work Institute 2015: Local Area Reviews should be welcomed not feared by Nick Isles, Deputy Principal and Chief Executive, Milton Keynes College 2014: Colleges must start...
T-Levels and Student Engagement: a Win-Win-Win Situation
Although the Government’s decision to delay introducing the first T-levels will have brought a something of a sigh of relief among many in the sector, with the decision only affecting the first two pathfinder routes, the stay of grace could be seen by providers not so much as a reason to put off implementing a T-Levels strategy, but rather as a welcome opportunity to make sure that they really are ready for them when they come in. After all, in planning terms, 2020 is still not that far away.
Employability Day 2017: An Overview of Britain’s Disabled Workforce
In just a few months from now, the Government will be launching its new welfare-to-work scheme, the Work and Health Programme. The scheme is intended to provide specialised employment support for both people with disabilities and the long-term unemployed, but the Government’s expectation is that the majority of those referred to the Programme will be those who are classed as disabled.
Getting to Grips with the Challenge of T-Level Work Placements
Since the beginning of the year, we’ve been doing a lot of work around T-Levels, much of which has focused on demonstrating how the routes can be mapped to local labour markets. Over the past few weeks we’ve been reaching out to colleges – both clients and non-clients – to test our ideas out and to find out how the sector is dealing with some of the challenges that T-Levels are presenting.
How Careers Information can Direct People to the Right Training and Redirect Them to Better Career Options
I wrote recently about the danger of careers information getting lost in the seemingly never ending changes being imposed upon colleges.
Why Careers Information is an Indispensable Part of Your College's Overall Mission
Every organisation that is faced with upheaval will have a tendency to get bogged down in dealing with the changes, so much so that they can end up losing sight of their overall mission. In my view, this is currently a very real danger that FE colleges face.
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