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Skills Gaps Webinar 1
16 September 2024

Blog: Government growth and skills policies should target career-changers

NFER Economist Michael Scott discusses how the new government needs to focus on helping people get back into work quickly when they lose their jobs, by switching careers into growing occupations.
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10 September 2024

Report suggests 12 million people work in ‘high-risk' occupations which are projected to decline over the next decade

The fifth working paper from our Skills Imperative 2025 research programme adds that over one million jobs could be lost from ‘high-risk’ occupations and discusses the opportunities and challenges facing those who need to find work in growing occupations.
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Six Most Essential Employment Skills
01 July 2024

Blog: Are employers right about skills gaps – or are we overlooking perception gaps?

NFER Research Director Luke Bocock and Sam Avanzo Windett, Deputy Director of the Learning and Work Institute, blog for People Management website on whether there is a skills gap, on the perception gap between employers and their employees.
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Skills Employment Summit
13 June 2024

Report: Up to seven million workers may lack Essential Employment Skills to do their jobs by 2035

A new study suggests that up to seven million workers in England may lack the Essential Employment Skills (EES)* they need to do their jobs by the year 2035.
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Focus More On Adult Skills Blog
13 October 2023

Blog: Worrying workforce data demands we focus more on adult skills

NFER Research Director Luke Bocock has blogged for FE Week on why the data shows we need to focus more on adult skills.
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Young Professionals Working In London
26 May 2023

Blog: The six most essential employment skills people will need to thrive in the future workforce

NFER Director Luke Bocock blogs for FE Week on the six most essential employment skills people will need to thrive in the future workforce.
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Skills Imperative 2035 Wp3 1
25 May 2023

Urgent action needed to prevent skills shortages and potential impact on the economy and employment

Essential employment skills required by employers now are set to become even more important in the future, according to a new report.
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03 March 2022

News: Action needed to ensure future workers have problem-solving and critical thinking skills

A review of recent research and thought leadership pieces on future employment skills suggests problem solving, critical thinking and communication will become increasingly essential in the next 15 years.
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Young People Talking
23 June 2021

News: NFER leads new five-year study projecting employment skill gaps

The National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) is leading a new five-year research programme projecting the demand and supply of essential employment skills up until the year 2035.
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