Economy 2030 Learning to grow How to situate a skills strategy in an economic strategy 24 October 2023 by Rui Costa and Sandra McNally and Guglielmo Ventura and Louise Murphy and Anna Valero Investing in human capital is a crucial aspect of building an economy that is both more productive and fairer, and any growth strategy must incorporate an agenda for increasing human capital and workforce skills within that. So how should we approach the task of developing a skills strategy that complements a broader economic strategy? In … Continued READ MORE
Applying the Robbins Principle to Further Education and Apprenticeships Steering economic change 24 October 2023 by Richard Layard and Sandra McNally and Guglielmo Ventura Britain does well at higher education, and badly for its non-graduates. The main problem is our failure to train more people when they are young. Shockingly, 30 per cent of 18 year olds are not in education or training – many more than in our competitor countries. Low skills for this group are a major … Continued READ MORE
Economy 2030 Net zero jobs The impact of the transition to net zero on the UK labour market 20 June 2022 by Molly Broome and Kathleen Henehan and Charlie McCurdy and Anna Valero and Guglielmo Ventura The Government’s commitment to achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 will mean investment, and change, across the economy: from the decarbonisation of buildings and surface transport, to shifts in diet, aviation and industry. These changes will affect the UK public, both as consumers and as workers. This briefing note explores the impact that … Continued READ MORE
Economy 2030 Changing jobs? Change in the UK labour market and the role of worker mobility 6 January 2022 by Nye Cominetti and Rui Costa and Andrew Eyles and Tzvetan Moev and Guglielmo Ventura This report is about the nature and speed of change in the UK’s labour market, about how past periods of rapid change have happened, and about workers’ experiences as they have lived through these changes. It is written with an eye to the upheaval we expect to see in the coming decade as the effects … Continued READ MORE
