A modern industrial strategy requires a modern skills strategy. This means closer collaboration between regional employers, local government, and education providers.
The apprenticeship penalty is an acute example of a wider problem: our welfare and education systems remain poorly designed for people moving between earning and learning across their lives.
UK facing crippling skills shortage as jobless total hits 1m
A shortage of technical skills in the UK that pushes down wages and holds back economic growth is laid bare in a new report which shows how the country has fallen badly behind international competitors.
GCSEs: Give adults access to online exams for free
While IFS senior economist Jack Britton calls for GCSE exams to be available online for adults, UCL professor Clare Callender cautions that they may not work
