💡 The FT dropped a truth bomb last week: The ageing population across OECD countries is a game changer for economic and skills strategies. 🚀 To keep our living standards afloat, we’ll need to push labor productivity through the roof to heights never seen before.
But here’s the million-dollar question: Is the UK fully equipped for this? Are our education, welfare, and skills policies up to scratch? What about the devolved powers? What about our international trade and immigration policies?
🔥 It’s high time we shifted gears from talking to action. When Brexit happened, we should have transformed education, skills and employment policy to meet the recruitment and skills shortfalls that the UK economy now faces. We can’t afford not to act this time.
𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱: 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀
UK-based research identifies several megatrends shaping future skills demand: technological advancements, sectoral shifts, evolving business models, demographic changes, and environmental factors.**𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀**Digital skills are...