O*NET, the US Occupational Network database, has been running since 2003 and provides detailed work content data across around 1000 occupations1. It is widely used for research2 and for tackling practical operation issues3. It is updated through two prime means:…
Continue ReadingThe early days of regulation and other major changes Are we moving towards a fair and fully inclusive admissions system for our universities? Recently, we’ve observed a major, largely negative reaction to the rise in the number of unconditional offers,…
Continue ReadingAt Blue Mirror Insights, we talk to many corporations that have many overlapping or duplicated roles. For example, multinationals may find that each country operates its own qualification and standards systems with relatively low levels of direct comparability and little…
Continue ReadingErnst and Young drops degree classification threshold for graduate recruitment: ‘No evidence’ that success at university is linked to achievement in professional assessments, accountancy firm says. (Times Higher Education, August 3rd 2015) So said the headline in a THES back…
Continue ReadingA short while ago, the Gatsby Foundation hosted a workshop to examine the potential of an occupational database such as the O*NET resource in the United States of America to help research and address UK occupational and skill challenges. The…
Continue ReadingPart 1 of this short blog series discussed the nature of #competencies and asked the question: what combination of knowledge, skills, abilities and other attributes does a person need to be competent at doing a certain thing, at a certain…
Continue ReadingAs competition and markets enter education, there is growing awareness of what a student gets out of education and a career it can lead towards. So students are hunting out what can make them employable both today and into a…
Continue ReadingIncreasingly, Education, Employers and Employees are thinking about the demands of occupations and the supply of talent in terms of competencies (#competencies) For Education, competencies are becoming a key measure of the employability (#employability) outcomes of course curricula. For Employers,…
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