Research and analysis

Skills and lifelong learning: public policy and skills demand

Review of how well policy meets the changing demand for skills in the UK.

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This report reviews the policy challenge of increasing the demand for, and investment in, skills from employers in the UK. It covers five main areas:

  • the goals of the skills system
  • the challenge of increasing the demand for skills
  • the status of the skills system today
  • matching skills supply and demand
  • addressing low skills demand

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

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Published 12 December 2016

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