Research and analysis

Skills and lifelong learning: cost of skills underutilisation

Essay discussing the cost of underusing the available skills of workers in the UK.

• From: Government Office for Science
• Published: 1 August 2017

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Skills and lifelong learning: cost of skills underutilisation

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This report explores the economic loss as a result of inadequate use of the available skills offered by the UK workforce. The analysis considers the hypothetical benefits of using available skills more effectively.

It was commissioned as part of the Foresight Future of skills and lifelong learning project.

Published 1 August 2017