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    Levelling-up – revisiting regional development (again!)
    Fraser Harper
    • Jul 30, 2021
    • 3 min

    Levelling-up – revisiting regional development (again!)

    Using a combination of measures of employment rates, pay rates, health, formal education attainment levels and productivity provides a...
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    Levelling-up – International Experience
    Fraser Harper
    • Jul 30, 2021
    • 1 min

    Levelling-up – International Experience

    We found this interesting… Note: Higher Education is virtually free in Estonia, France and Germany. Source: Industry Strategy Council:...
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    Levelling-up – what’s beneath the bonnet?
    Fraser Harper
    • Jul 30, 2021
    • 2 min

    Levelling-up – what’s beneath the bonnet?

    As the discussion rages across what levelling-up means, might mean, and what is might deliver, we need to look beneath the bonnet. What...
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    Innovation, technology policy, and skills
    Fraser Harper
    • Nov 13, 2020
    • 1 min

    Innovation, technology policy, and skills

    The development of a successful national set of policies that can capitalise on specific industry and technology developments in a...
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    Fraser Harper
    • Oct 16, 2020
    • 2 min

    UK Sectors in which lack of skills is holding back innovation

    Here are some findings from our recent research: UK Sectors in which the lack of skills is holding back innovation Level 4:...
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    Innovation is more than just R&D
    Fraser Harper
    • Oct 16, 2020
    • 4 min

    Innovation is more than just R&D

    There is a direct link between skills and innovation and, to be truly innovative, businesses need people with balanced sets of...
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    Fraser Harper
    • Oct 16, 2020
    • 1 min

    The UK’s new R&D Roadmap: where’s the D in Boris?

    In UK businesses, innovation has fallen alarmingly in recent years.  So the publishing of the UK government’s new Research and...
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    Innovation in Advanced Manufacturing 1
    Fraser Harper
    • Aug 28, 2020
    • 1 min

    Innovation in Advanced Manufacturing 1

    For manufacturing businesses in the UK, building workforces to be able to take advantage of Advanced Manufacturing (AM) innovations is...
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    The state of UK Innovation
    Fraser Harper
    • Aug 14, 2020
    • 1 min

    The state of UK Innovation

    More UK businesses need to be innovating.  At a national level, R&D investment needs to be raised, together with the related spend on...
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    Fraser Harper
    • Jul 10, 2020
    • 2 min

    Looking for the golden threads: Don’t just focus on products

    The business of information: looking for the golden threads? This post follows on from our main post here. Barrier 2: Focusing too much...
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    Fraser Harper
    • Jul 6, 2020
    • 8 min

    The business of information: looking for the golden threads?

    An abridged version of this post can be found here. The value of information – reliable and timely information – has been highlighted...
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    The business of information: looking for the golden threads?
    Fraser Harper
    • Jul 6, 2020
    • 3 min

    The business of information: looking for the golden threads?

    A more detailed version of this post is available here The coronavirus pandemic has shown just how unreliable and untimely data can be. ...
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    Towards a Space Technology Occupational Map
    Fraser Harper
    • Mar 20, 2020
    • 3 min

    Towards a Space Technology Occupational Map

    The space technology industry is large, global and rapidly growing1. It splits into three major areas: Upstream; Downstream; and Beyond...
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    Fraser Harper
    • Feb 28, 2020
    • 2 min

    Counting Digital Jobs and Skills

    Most countries have a digital strategy and policies around promoting innovation and skills. But how many digital jobs are there? And how...
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    Fraser Harper
    • Feb 21, 2020
    • 3 min

    Tracking down apprentices

    In England, there are two key sources of data on apprentices.  One is the Department for Education (DfE), which releases quarterly data...
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    Fraser Harper
    • Feb 11, 2020
    • 8 min

    Manufacturing the Future Workforce

    High Value Manufacturing Catapult and Gatsby Foundation. January 2020. 68 pages. Understanding the processes by which skills are defined...
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    Fraser Harper
    • Jan 31, 2020
    • 6 min

    A World Without Work?

    A World Without Work. Technology, Automation and How we Should Respond (Daniel Susskind, 2020)1 and Tickbox (David Boyle, 2020)2 – Some...
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    Fraser Harper
    • Jan 27, 2020
    • 5 min

    Technicians, Technologists and Engineers: what are the differences?

    These days, there is a distinct role called “technologist”.  While technologists are clearly recognised in the USA and Canada, in the UK...
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    A question of completing apprenticeships
    Fraser Harper
    • Jan 18, 2020
    • 3 min

    A question of completing apprenticeships

    At every stage of education, students may drop out for a raft of reasons.  In our current work, Blue Mirror Insights (BMI) is looking for...
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    How many apprenticeship entry occupations are there?
    Fraser Harper
    • Jan 13, 2020
    • 5 min

    How many apprenticeship entry occupations are there?

    At the current time, 702 apprenticeship standards are listed on the UK Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE)...
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