People, Skills & Talent

A strong education system, matched to the talent needs of employers, underpins a productive economy and drives opportunity. Collaboration between businesses and employers is fundamental to anticipating and responding to changes and emerging gaps in the labour market.

Education and skills policy underlies many of the country’s socio-economic aspirations. Driving a more research-intensive, innovative economy, improving social mobility and local growth, enhancing productivity, and ensuring better diversity and inclusion requires a higher education system that delivers the skills needed both for the current and future labour market.

Our Skills and Talent projects look at how universities and businesses can best work together to prepare students for the current and future labour market. We work to ensure that higher education is a route open to all and that we have the workforce required for the Fourth Industrial Revolution and an advanced knowledge economy.

Our Areas of Focus

Researcher Career Mobility Taskforce

The exchange of knowledge and skills across sectors is vital in creating a dynamic research and innovation system. The Taskforce explores how greater movement of researchers between sectors can have a positive impact on economic growth.

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Future Talent

The world of work is fast changing – How can the education system be responsive to change, preparing students for jobs that might not yet exist and to use technologies and practices that are still to be invented?

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R&D Workforce

For the UK to become the world’s most innovative economy, it is essential that we have the people with the knowledge, capabilities and ambition to lead research and innovation activities in academia and industry.

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Equality, diversity and inclusion

Universities and businesses share a commitment and responsibility to support equality, diversity and inclusion. From building diverse workforces and inclusive workplaces, to ensuring everyone has an equal opportunity to access the life-changing opportunity of higher education.

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Apprenticeships

Degree apprenticeships require close collaboration between universities and business to co-create new talent solutions that could benefit both the learners and employers.

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