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Skills, Productivity and Regional Inequality: why a ‘one size fits all’ approach can’t work

By Andy Westwood Filed Under: British Politics, Devo, Growth and Inclusion, Inclusive Growth, Levelling up, OnProductivity, UK economy Posted: December 7, 2022

Skills are important contributors to the improvement of productivity. With new skills, there are associated higher wages and better living standards. However, implementing a better agenda for skill improvement in policy can prove extremely challenging. There are several layers of skills and their applications that need to be considered at different levels of distribution. Professor […]

Tagged With: british politics, devolution, education, Greater Manchester, inequalities, Levelling Up, local government, OnProductivity, productivity, skills gap

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Bridging the skills gap: primary to higher education

By Donna Johnson Filed Under: All posts, Science and Engineering Posted: August 21, 2017

The UK’s skills gap in science, technology, engineering and maths has been widely acknowledged, but the measures needed to address it are less clear. Here, Donna Johnson, Head of the Science & Engineering Education Research and Innovation Hub, lays out the current debate and argues for cross-sector support between schools and universities and a focus […]

Tagged With: education, Industrial Strategy, primary education, schools, science education, SEERIH, skills, skills gap, STEM, university

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