The latest research shows a worrying economic trend; that there is a growing disconnect between what students are learning and the skills required by UK businesses.
Research by the Industrial Strategy Council predicts an impending skills shortage that could stifle economic growth across the UK, limiting employment opportunities and earnings, and negatively impacting overall performance, productivity, and prosperity.
Elsewhere, Skills Taskforce for Global Britain research shows that 46 per cent of foreign firms and 22 per cent of domestic firms will move operations abroad if they can’t get the skills they need. The same research found UK foreign direct investment was too concentrated in London and the south-east.
