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Ewart Keep – Centre on Skills, Knowledge and Organisational Performance (SKOPE), 2025
This paper represents the latest in a line of papers and think pieces that the author has prepared on this topic -- for the UK government, the UK Skills and Productivity Board, and the Scottish Government and Scottish Funding Council -- since 2014. It seeks to explain why trying to bring skills supply into closer alignment with demand for skills…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Skill Development, Supply and Demand, Employer Attitudes
Keep, Ewart – Centre on Skills, Knowledge and Organisational Performance (SKOPE), 2019
This article explores the efficacy and cost effectiveness of New Labour's skills-based policies to help low paid workers adjust to the pressures generated by globalisation, of which the leading example was Train to Gain (T2G). It also analyses the more general issue of how, why and under what circumstances education, training and skills can help…
Descriptors: Empowerment, Job Skills, Program Effectiveness, Cost Effectiveness
OECD Publishing, 2018
This report identifies effective strategies to tackle skills imbalances in Spain. It provides an assessment of practices and policies in the following areas: the collection and use of information on skill needs to foster a better alignment between skills acquisition and labour market needs; education and training policies targeting skills…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Skill Development, Labor Market, Labor Needs
Wang, Geng – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2023
Government reports and documents claim that building a high skill society is critical for national success in China. In this paper, eight policies in relation to the government's espoused priorities of upskilling are examined. Applying the principles of critical policy analysis, the paper aims to expose the ideological presuppositions made in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Labor Force Development, Job Skills, Skill Development
Cedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, 2023
This report summarises the outcomes of the first (micro) phase of the thematic country review (TCR) on upskilling pathways in Italy. It reflects the perspectives of both the beneficiaries of the approaches considered and the actors involved in their implementation. The TCR focuses on outreach, guidance, tailored learning and on the crosscutting…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Job Skills, Skill Development, Unskilled Workers
Bergson-Shilcock, Amanda – National Skills Coalition, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has spotlighted and accelerated two trends that were already occurring in the American workplace: First, the demand for new skills and competencies, including digital skills, from workers at every level. Second, the growing importance of investing in upskilling strategies that can help two groups of workers: Those who are…
Descriptors: Public Policy, Job Skills, Skill Development, On the Job Training
Welch, Vivian; Mathew, Christine; Marins, Luciana M.; Ghogomu, Elizabeth T.; Dowling, Sierra; Abdisalam, Salman; Madani, Mohamad T.; Murphy, Emma; Kebedom, Kisanet; Ogborogu, Jennifer; Gallagher-Mackay, Kelly – Campbell Systematic Reviews, 2020
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) estimated that approximately 9% of current jobs within OECD member states are threatened with automation and digitalization--all significant successes and advances in artificial intelligence, robotics, and computer science. With such global changes and forecasts, in the labor…
Descriptors: Skill Development, International Organizations, Automation, Unemployment
Ryan, Paul, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2019
Paul Ryan has brought together the writings of the most prominent British research into vocational preparation in Britain in comparison to the other advanced economies, primarily within the EEC. The book, originally published in 1991, documents various aspects of inadequacy in British practice at the time, concentrating upon intermediate skills,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Vocational Education, Job Skills
Brown, Katie; Spiker, Katie – National Skills Coalition, 2020
The pandemic has caused a major economic shift for businesses and workers. Countless companies have had to quickly upskill their workers, equipping them with the skills they need to pivot to digital or remote services. As a result, the importance of efficiently and effectively training and onboarding workers with the right skills for the job has…
Descriptors: Job Skills, Skill Development, Job Training, Public Policy
Committee for Economic Development of The Conference Board, 2020
While the nation is enjoying its longest economic expansion on record and its lowest unemployment rate in 50 years, anxiety persists about how American businesses and workers will be affected by future changes in the labor market. Speculation about the "future of work" is typically centered on how new or emerging technologies could…
Descriptors: Job Skills, Employment Qualifications, Labor Market, Labor Needs
Tutlys, Vidmantas; Buligina, Ilze; Dzelme, Juris; Gedviliene, Genute; Loogma, Krista; Sloka, Biruta; Tikkanen, Tarja Irene; Tora, Ginta; Vaitkute, Lina; Valjataga, Terje; Ümarik, Meril – Education & Training, 2022
Purpose: The paper seeks to disclose the features and implications of the neoliberal VET and employment policy agendas for the social and institutional VET ecosystems and the integration of at-risk youth in the labour market in the Baltic countries. Design/methodology/approach: The research is based on the comparative policy analysis approach with…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Neoliberalism, At Risk Persons, Youth
Ermsone, Daiga – European Training Foundation, 2019
The European Training Foundation (ETF) has been providing regular input to the European Commission in implementing the work programme of the Eastern Partnership, a joint policy initiative aimed at deepening and strengthening relations between the EU, its Member States and its six Eastern Neighbours -- Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Youth Employment, Skill Development, Public Policy
European Training Foundation, 2024
This study focuses on the gender dimension of labour market transitions and its implications for policymaking in the areas of active labour market policies, career guidance, and skills development. The ETF initiated this research to map how activation and skills development policies are gaining importance in the neighbouring countries of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Issues, Labor Market, Public Policy
Sargsyan, Arman; Castel-Branco, Eduarda – European Training Foundation, 2019
This report is part of the European Training Foundation's (ETF) regional initiative to map the policies and measures that support youth school-to-work transition in the Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries. It focuses in particular on describing the key policies and programmes that address the challenges of youth employability and the bottlenecks…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Youth Employment, Skill Development, Public Policy
Bergson-Shilcock, Amanda – National Skills Coalition, 2019
Businesses throughout the United States are facing a tight labor market and a growing need for skilled workers. At the same time, millions of U.S. adults have foundational skills gaps in areas such as literacy or numeracy. This issue is especially acute among Americans with disabilities, who are twice as likely as their non-disabled peers to have…
Descriptors: Job Skills, Disabilities, Adult Education, Labor Force Development