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Local Government Skills Challenge

Fiscal frailties

Who’s this?

Transformation

Who’s this?

Transformation

Mind the gap

A CBI/NUS research study (2011) claims by 2017 56% more jobs in the UK will require level 5 (graduate equivalent) qualifications. The CBI predict employers' demand for unskilled workers will decrease by 12%.

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• UK apprentices per 1,000 employees is 11, compared with: 33 in Austria, 17 in France, 40 in Germany and 43 in Switzerland.  

• UK apprentice completion rate is 74%, compared with: 85% in Austria, 79% in France, 80% in Germany and 79% in Switzerland.

• UK 16-24 jobless rate is 20% compared  with: 10% in Austria, 21% in France, 8% in Germany and 3.5% in Switzerland.

The skills chasm

Research by academic charity Edge Education identifies a chasm between college and work:- communications,

problem-solving, punctuality, and customer services. 

Global Skills Race

Solutions?

Solutions?

Place based budgets

Big Society

Strategic Procurement

How?

Skills, skills, skills

Future employment market

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