Using a combination of measures of employment rates, pay rates, health, formal education attainment levels and productivity provides a...

We found this interesting… Note: Higher Education is virtually free in Estonia, France and Germany. Source: Industry Strategy Council:...

As the discussion rages across what levelling-up means, might mean, and what is might deliver, we need to look beneath the bonnet. What...

The development of a successful national set of policies that can capitalise on specific industry and technology developments in a...

Here are some findings from our recent research: UK Sectors in which the lack of skills is holding back innovation Level 4:...

There is a direct link between skills and innovation and, to be truly innovative, businesses need people with balanced sets of...

In UK businesses, innovation has fallen alarmingly in recent years.  So the publishing of the UK government’s new Research and...

For manufacturing businesses in the UK, building workforces to be able to take advantage of Advanced Manufacturing (AM) innovations is...

More UK businesses need to be innovating.  At a national level, R&D investment needs to be raised, together with the related spend on...

The business of information: looking for the golden threads? This post follows on from our main post here. Barrier 2: Focusing too much...

An abridged version of this post can be found here. The value of information – reliable and timely information – has been highlighted...

A more detailed version of this post is available here The coronavirus pandemic has shown just how unreliable and untimely data can be. ...

The space technology industry is large, global and rapidly growing1. It splits into three major areas: Upstream; Downstream; and Beyond...

Most countries have a digital strategy and policies around promoting innovation and skills. But how many digital jobs are there? And how...

In England, there are two key sources of data on apprentices.  One is the Department for Education (DfE), which releases quarterly data...

High Value Manufacturing Catapult and Gatsby Foundation. January 2020. 68 pages. Understanding the processes by which skills are defined...

A World Without Work. Technology, Automation and How we Should Respond (Daniel Susskind, 2020)1 and Tickbox (David Boyle, 2020)2 – Some...

These days, there is a distinct role called “technologist”.  While technologists are clearly recognised in the USA and Canada, in the UK...

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...

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