Fraser Harper
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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