Ambition 2020 Report Warns of UK Slipping Behind ...

New report challenges government and businesses to redouble their efforts to raise the nation’s skills to prevent the UK slipping behind international competitorsAmbition 2020: Word Class Skills and Jobs for the UK, published by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills, challenges government and businesses to redouble their efforts to raise their ambitions and the nation’s skills to prevent the UK slipping behind international competitors over the next decade in jobs, productivity and competitiveness.This first progress report to the governments of the UK by the Commission finds that there have been significant improvements in the UK’s skills levels over the last decade. The numbers of high-skilled people have increased by more than a third - more than three million people - in the last ten years, while the numbers without qualifications have fallen by a quarter, or more than 1.5 million people. Skills provision has become more employment-responsive, apprenticeship numbers across the UK have risen ...

 

 

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