Connecting the Dots: The Need for an Effective Skills System in England

He is also a Fellow of The Institution of Engineering and Technology, The Royal Society of Chemistry, The Royal Society of Biology, The Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications and the Royal Society of Medicine. [...] He is one of only a few academics to be elected to the Fellowship of the Academy of Social Sciences and the Royal Academy of Engineering. [...] 4 Connecting the Dots: The Need for an Effective Skills System in England As a complex ecosystem itself, with a patchwork of 32 boroughs plus the City of London – all subject to multiple layers of hyper-local, sub-regional, pan-London and national policy initiatives – London and its institutions are well-versed in navigating complexity and are ideally placed to advise on the challenges and opportu. [...] 22 Connecting the Dots: The Need for an Effective Skills System in England Blockages in progression pathways One of the biggest issues created by England’s disjointed skills system is the lack of clear learning pathways for the 50 per cent of students that do not follow the route from GCSE to A Level to university.43 This manifests most prominently in a lack of choice; a large gap in pathways betw. [...] The Labour Party has recently announced their intention, if they win the next general election, to establish an expert body called Skills England, to oversee the development of a skills offer to meet national need over the coming decade.63 Regardless of which party is in government over the next few years, there is a clear requirement to establish a new Skills Council to oversee the entirety of po.