The ninth bulletin focuses on skills in the digital, green and creative sectors, this issue has contributions from Resolution Foundation, Youth Employment UK, City & Guilds, Oxford University, Centre for Progressive Policy, 01Founders
Read and download the full report hereKey points from the report:
- Only 9.9% of young people feel confident that they will be able to access quality work where they live. (Youth Voice Census 2021)
- At a time of rising unemployment, a third of Britons (34%) want to change careers. (City & Guilds Group and Burning Glass Technologies)
- The skills shortages in AI and the digital sector reflect pipeline issues in schools. Fewer students are choosing to study ICT at GCSE, while schools lack resources to invest in equipment and digital skills training. (Learning & Work Institute 2021)
- As well as ‘support to get environmental jobs’, young people also want ‘more time spent learning in and about nature’ and ‘government, employers, businesses, schools and charities to pay more attention to the needs of young people and the environment’. (Our Bright Future, Nash 2020)
- By 2025 the Creative Industries could create 300,000 new jobs, bouncing back from the impact of Covid-19 and surpassing pre-pandemic employment levels. Again, creative subjects are falling in schools because of the narrow curriculum underpinned by the EBacc. (Creative Industries Federation and Creative England, July 2021)
