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Sergii Khrapatyi; Tetiana Melnychuk; Yuliia Krasilova; Julia Udovenko; Anastasiia Holotenko – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2024
This article aims to analyse the world experience of retraining war veterans in order to restore the economy and consider possible ways of implementing the acquired knowledge and practices in the context of Ukraine. A study was conducted to identify the basic needs and challenges faced by veterans and examine the key aspects of the challenges that…
Descriptors: War, Veterans, Retraining, Foreign Countries
Deepa, V.; Sujatha, R.; Baber, Hasnan – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2021
The future of work requires continuous upskilling and reskilling of workers for full labour force participation and productivity that has led to growing importance of learning agility. However, research on this subject is still in its infancy. This study aims to investigate the effect of ageing on learning agility and mediating effects of…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Learning, Cognitive Ability, Older Workers
UK Department for Education, 2021
Starting this Parliament, the United Kingdom (UK) Government is providing £2.5 billion (£3 billion when including Barnett funding for devolved administrations) for a new National Skills Fund (NSF). This is a significant investment which has the potential to deliver new opportunities to generations of adults who may have been previously left…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Job Training, Retraining, Job Skills
Jobs for the Future, 2021
Even before the COVID-19 crisis, the United States was overdue for a transformation of its postsecondary education and workforce development systems to meet the vast skill and employment needs of today's workers and employers. The pandemic has exponentially increased this need for change, with millions of Americans permanently out of work and in…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Educational Change, Labor Force Development
Schaberg, Kelsey – MDRC, 2020
While the COVID-19 pandemic has led to high unemployment rates overall, low-wage workers have been hit particularly hard. It is likely that many of the jobs lost as a result of the current recession will never return, even as new jobs are created. Some job seekers may have to learn new skills so they can find employment in a new field. Sector…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Job Training, Retraining
UK Department for Education, 2021
Starting this Parliament, the United Kingdom (UK) Government is providing £2.5 billion (£3 billion when including Barnett funding for devolved administrations) for a new National Skills Fund (NSF) to help adults learn valuable skills and prepare for the economy of the future. The NSF builds on extensive user research and engagement with local…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Job Training, Retraining, National Programs
Learning and Work Institute, 2020
There is a growing need for people to upskill and retrain throughout their working lives in response to technological and economic changes. Employees need to adapt and take on board new information and ways of working, but may lack confidence in their skills to be able to keep pace with their employer's business. Addressing literacy, numeracy and…
Descriptors: Job Skills, Job Training, Retraining, Foreign Countries
Dikhtyar, Oksana; Cummins, Phyllis Ann; McGrew, Kathryn; Bahr, Peter Riley – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2021
To remain competitive in the labor market, many middle-aged and older adults need to upgrade existing or learn new skills through occupational training and education. Furthermore, as compared with the past, employers now are more willing to hire older workers after completing a credential due to a low unemployment rate. Moreover, employers often…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Strategies, Outcomes of Education, Labor Market
National Skills Coalition, 2020
America faces the most devastating economic crisis since the Great Depression, and National Skills Coalition (NSC) stands with the working people and local businesses who have been most impacted by the pandemic's economic fallout. Equitable opportunities for working people and local businesses to participate in and benefit from a rebound and…
Descriptors: Economic Change, Economic Climate, Job Skills, Job Training
Dikhtyar, Oksana; Cummins, Phyllis Ann; McGrew, Kathryn; Bahr, Peter Riley – Grantee Submission, 2020
To remain competitive in the labor market, many middle-aged and older adults need to upgrade existing or learn new skills through occupational training and education. Furthermore, as compared with the past, employers now are more willing to hire older workers after completing a credential due to a low unemployment rate. Moreover, employers often…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Strategies, Outcomes of Education, Labor Market
Cedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, 2020
This paper, jointly prepared by Cedefop and the ETF, aims to inform the next steps in VET policy- making at EU level, including the Osnabruck declaration expected to be discussed by ministers in the autumn of 2020. It puts forward key challenges and opportunities for VET which have emerged from the intelligence, research and evidence collected…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Educational Policy, Policy Formation
Sáenz, Rogelio; Sparks, Corey; Validova, Asiya – Carsey School of Public Policy, 2021
In this brief, authors Rogelio Sáenz, Corey Sparks, and Asiya Validova report that in April 2020, after the first two months of significant spread of COVID-19 in the United States, nearly 25 million fewer people had a job. In June 2021, there were still 5.9 million fewer people employed, representing a drop of 3.7 percent in workers since before…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Employment Level, Unemployment
Universities UK, 2018
Hiring people with a higher-level education is an increasingly urgent priority for business. This is because our economy and the world of work is changing, making more flexible and new routes to higher-level education more important than ever. The Confederation of British Industry's (CBI) most recent education and skills survey found as a result…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Job Skills, Employer Attitudes, Labor Force Development
Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, 2018
The Worker Retraining (WRT) program is a key strategy in meeting the economic and workforce needs of Washington's workers and employers. Funded through the state legislature, the aim of WRT is to ensure dislocated and other unemployed workers have access to education and training that will help them reattach to the labor market in jobs and careers…
Descriptors: Job Training, Retraining, Employment Programs, State Programs
National Governors Association, 2019
This guide is a result of the 2018-2019 National Governors Association (NGA) Chair's initiative, "Good Jobs for All Americans," led by Montana Governor Steve Bullock. This initiative aimed to understand the changing world of work and the factors that affect an individual's ability to connect to a good job and for businesses to access the…
Descriptors: Job Development, Employment Opportunities, Labor Force Development, Education Work Relationship