Women and lifelong learning: falling short of meritocracy
...Community Learning Survey Report, 2013). Why should this be? First, women are more likely to be employed in the public sector, which tends to offer more in the way of...
What opening Arctic sea routes mean for the UK
...maritime services industry based in London. Increased Arctic shipping may indirectly increase the utilisation of these sectors. Finally, the UK’s active diplomatic role in many international organisations means it is...
How can Britain produce economically valuable skills?
Britain has struggled to produce economically valuable skills for over 130 years. How can this be fixed?
Will there be enough graduate jobs in the next 10 years?
Especially since the surge in university and college enrolments around 1990, Britain's workforce has become very much more educated.
Working collaboratively across government departments
How the Government Office for Science helped my team to develop the government’s approach to fuller working lives.
An industry view: how technology will shape the future of the sea
We interviewed leaders of the UK’s marine and maritime industries to find out how emerging technology will affect their sectors.
Materials to help you plan for population ageing
Download and use our workshop materials to understand how population ageing will impact your area of interest.
Better workplaces mean better learning
Learning occurs in all workplaces as part of everyday activity. So why do some workplaces create more learning opportunities than others?
A pre-election period pause
We’ll not be publishing any new content on this blog until after the general election on 8 June.
New ideas for marine autonomy
Whilst autonomy in cars currently gets the limelight, there is a big opportunity for the UK in marine autonomy.