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October 18, 2019 admin Post in Analysis

Do occupation data refreshes tell us anything about changes in job content?

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:…

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March 28, 2019 admin Post in Analysis,BMI Opal,Office for Students (OfS),Opinion,Unconditional Offers 1 Comment on The Challenge for the Office for Students

The Challenge for the Office for Students

The 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,…

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April 9, 2018 admin Post in Analysis Leave a Comment on Improving Corporate Employability and Trainability Using Common Data and Language

Improving Corporate Employability and Trainability Using Common Data and Language

At 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…

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April 3, 2018 admin Post in Analysis Leave a Comment on Education – Employment Links: increasing the value of a degree?

Education – Employment Links: increasing the value of a degree?

Ernst 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…

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April 3, 2018 admin Post in Analysis Leave a Comment on Exploring the value of an O*NET resource for the UK

Exploring the value of an O*NET resource for the UK

A 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…

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March 28, 2018 admin Post in Analysis Leave a Comment on Towards Data-Driven Competencies – Part 2

Towards Data-Driven Competencies – Part 2

Part 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…

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March 15, 2018 admin Post in Analysis Leave a Comment on Learning, Competency and Employability

Learning, Competency and Employability

As 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…

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March 12, 2018 admin Post in Analysis Leave a Comment on Towards Data-Driven Competencies – Part 1

Towards Data-Driven Competencies – Part 1

Increasingly, 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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