New CBI report explores adult learning and the importance of upskilling, retraining, and personal development.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution is changing the world of work at rapid pace and driving up the level of skills required. But this picture is complicated further by declining levels of adult participation in learning precisely at the time it needs to be going up. The UK skills situation is made more challenging by a ‘missing middle’ in education, a skills gap that businesses can ill afford and a key blocker to worker progression.
Reacting to change, businesses are committed to training and developing their workforces, but the delivery is a more complicated picture. Apprenticeship routes are growing, but many firms still have a heavy reliance on informal training and on-the-job development.
A new era of partnership between business, government, and employees offers opportunity. Employers have a unique relationship with their employees and can use this to support, guide and provide learning opportunities. In addition, government can help to influence behaviour change
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