New Skills at Work

Economies all over the developed world are changing dramatically. If Britain is going to compete, especially outside of Europe, we will need to respond to this challenge and raise levels of productivity. To do so, we need to re-evaluate our approach to our workforce and skills.

New Skills at Work has been a three-year project funded by the JP Morgan Chase Foundation examining what the workforce of the future will need to succeed. What skills will we need in the future, and how do governments and other actors ensure that the infrastructure exists to deliver them?

Over three years, we have published data on labour markets, researched innovative new approaches to employment and skills policies at local, regional and national levels and shared best practice from decision makers in government, business and community around the UK and across Europe.

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Making inclusion work: How work-based learning can bring excluded groups closer to the workplace

This collection examines the possibilities, practicalities, successes and struggles of various approaches to work-based learning as a means of achieving greater inclusivity in labour markets, through...

25/04/2017

Publication Jobs & skills Business New Skills at Work Report

Skills 2030: Why the adult skills system is failing to build an economy that works for everyone

The government is seeking to build an economy that works for everyone. As we leave the European Union, we will need to ensure that our country can compete in a global economy, and the government has...

18/02/2017

Publication Jobs & skills Business New Skills at Work Report

Working well: A plan to reduce long term sickness absence

Not enough is being done by businesses or government to prevent people leaving work and moving onto sickness benefits; the result is a stubbornly high number of employment support allowance and...

15/02/2017

Publication Jobs & skills Business New Skills at Work Report

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