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The Skills Mismatch: the biggest problem facing the next Government

The Skills Mismatch: the biggest problem facing the next Government. Lord Baker of Dorking CH. Sunday Times Festival of Education, Wellington College 20 th June 2014. We know the problem:. In 2013, the top two shortages for jobs worldwide were for skilled trades workers and engineers .

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The Skills Mismatch: the biggest problem facing the next Government

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  1. The Skills Mismatch: the biggest problem facing the next Government Lord Baker of Dorking CH Sunday Times Festival of Education, Wellington College 20th June 2014

  2. We know the problem: In 2013, the top two shortages for jobs worldwide were for skilled trades workers and engineers. Global Talent Shortage Survey, Manpower Group

  3. The economy is changing

  4. An even bigger story: the baby boomers are retiring (Thousands)

  5. Huge numbers of people will be needed by 2020 Between 2012 and 2020, we need – • 830,000 SET professionals (degree level) • 450,000 SET technicians (levels 3 and 4) SET = science, engineering and technology Figures include growth + replacement demand (mainly to replace baby boomers planning to retire)

  6. UNIVERSITIES But supply won’t meet demand Demand for science, engineering and technology graduates: 104,000 per year between 2012 and 2020 Number of new graduates taking UK jobs in SET occupations: 64,000 per year Shortfall: 40,000 graduates per year

  7. Higher education has grown rapidly – but not in all subjects

  8. Percentage of graduates in non-graduate jobs 30 months after graduating, by class of degree • Purcell K, Elias P, Atfield G, Behle H, Ellison R and Luchinskaya D (2013), Futuretrack: Transitions into Employment, Further Study and Other Outcomes. Manchester: Higher Education Careers Services Unit

  9. Employment in retail, catering, waiting and bar jobs six months after completing a first degree in 2012 AGCAS and HECSU (2013), What Do Graduates Do? http://www.hecsu.ac.uk/assets/assets/documents/WDGD_Sept_2013.pdf

  10. SCHOOLS Over the last 20 years, there has been a steady erosion of laboratory skills taught in school science. Gatsby Charitable Foundation

  11. The development of D & T in the UK has seen a move away from a skills-focused curriculum to a knowledge-focused one. Mike Martin and Gwyneth Owen-Jackson: Is design and technology about making or knowing?

  12. Design and Technology GCSE: only one student in three takes a high-tech option

  13. But Design and Technology GCSE is taken by only one student in three

  14. Therefore the proportion of all students taking high-tech options is… Resistant Materials: 8.4% Electronic Products: 1.4% Systems and Control: 0.6%

  15. FURTHER EDUCATION • In Austria, technical and vocational education starts at 14. • In England, most technical and vocational education starts at 16 – two years behind.

  16. Other countries value vocational education more highly …

  17. …and have lower youth unemployment

  18. The connection is obvious

  19. Percentage of each age group participating in apprenticeships at the end of 2012

  20. We need new specialist institutions “Smaller specialist units, including University Technical Colleges, should be created with stronger links to business, commerce and industry.” Sir Michael Wilshaw, Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector Unseen Children, speech, 20 June 2013

  21. New pathways:University Technical Colleges

  22. The 50 approved UTCs

  23. Some employers partnering with UTCs

  24. Universities partnering with UTCs

  25. New pathways:Career Colleges

  26. Career Colleges • Established by further education colleges subjects linked to labour market – hospitality, catering, tourism, financial science, digital graphic art. • Employers: • partners in designing and delivering the curriculum • 40% of career college board members • Progression to apprenticeships, higher education and employment • Two pioneering Career Colleges opening in September 2014 in Bootle and Oldham.

  27. New institutions will make a huge difference – but they are not enough on their own.

  28. Every school should have a link with engineering and manufacturing.

  29. My recommendations • Get in touch with your local school. Don’t take “no” for an answer. • Rally behind a smaller number of big initiatives in schools. • Support teachers, especially in Design and Technology. • Get a 3D printer into every school.

  30. A FINAL THOUGHT A target for all schools: NO NEETS

  31. So support UTCs!

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