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Will there be enough graduate jobs in the next 10 years?

Posted by: Professor Francis Green, Posted on: 18 July 2017 - Categories: Skills
Many students wearing graduation caps from above.

Especially since the surge in university and college enrolments around 1990, Britain's workforce has become very much more educated.

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Working collaboratively across government departments

Posted by: Fiona Thom, Posted on: 10 July 2017 - Categories: Ageing
The charts show the proportion of males and females in the population at a single age from 50 to 70 who are either employed, unemployed or inactive. The proportion of males and females that are inactive increases with age.

How the Government Office for Science helped my team to develop the government’s approach to fuller working lives.

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An industry view: how technology will shape the future of the sea

Posted by: Zoe Henderson, Posted on: 6 July 2017 - Categories: Sea
Wind turbines at sea with a sunset.

We interviewed leaders of the UK’s marine and maritime industries to find out how emerging technology will affect their sectors.

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Materials to help you plan for population ageing

Posted by: Rebecca Jones, Posted on: 21 June 2017 - Categories: Ageing

Download and use our workshop materials to understand how population ageing will impact your area of interest.

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Better workplaces mean better learning

Posted by: Professor Alan Felstead and Professor Lorna Unwin, Posted on: 13 June 2017 - Categories: Skills

Learning occurs in all workplaces as part of everyday activity. So why do some workplaces create more learning opportunities than others?

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A pre-election period pause

Posted by: Foresight Projects, Posted on: 24 April 2017 - Categories: Uncategorized
An aerial view of the UK Houses of Parliament.

We’ll not be publishing any new content on this blog until after the general election on 8 June.

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New ideas for marine autonomy

Posted by: James Gleave, Posted on: 31 March 2017 - Categories: Sea
Images relating to the sea that were used at the workshop. For example: wind turbines, waves, flags.

Whilst autonomy in cars currently gets the limelight, there is a big opportunity for the UK in marine autonomy.

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If lifelong learning is so good, why don’t more adults join in?

Posted by: Professor Alan Tuckett OBE, Posted on: 21 March 2017 - Categories: Skills
Woman sat at computer in a modern looking office.

Learning is good for your health, your wealth, your civic engagement, and for your family’s future prospects. 

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How will an ageing population change the way we work?

Posted by: Charles Jans, Posted on: 15 February 2017 - Categories: Ageing
Employment rate by type of employment and by age in the UK, 2014. There is a sharp decline in employment rate from around 52 years for people who are employees. There is a gentler decline in the employment rate of self-employed people from about the same age.

Our working lives are becoming longer as the UK population ages.

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Data for our future selves

Posted by: Professor Jeremy Myerson, Posted on: 10 February 2017 - Categories: Ageing
2D visualisation of Figure 7.2 from Foresight's Future of an Ageing population project report. The chart shows how horizons shrink for the over 70s with fewer miles travelled, and how commuting falls away the older you get.

How Foresight data has found its way into a national design museum.

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