OECD Reviews on Local Job Creation Future-Proofing the Skills System in the Glasgow City Region (Scotland, United Kingdom)

OECD Reviews on Local Job Creation Future-Proofing the Skills System in the Glasgow City Region (Scotland, United Kingdom)
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 181
Release: 2024-09-16
Genre:
ISBN: 9264526048

Glasgow City Region - composed of eight Local Authorities - is Scotland’s largest integrated economic area, accounting for a third of Scotland's jobs and economic output. Over the last two decades, the unemployment rate has decreased to a record low, and the share of degree holders has increased significantly. Despite its overall economic success and high growth potential, Glasgow City Region faces several challenges. The region’s productivity levels compare poorly with other UK cities and major OECD metropolitan regions, and income deprivation and economic inactivity are high. As the economy has recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic, the pressure on the labour market has increased, resulting in labour shortages. The challenges for Glasgow City Region’s labour market call for greater efforts to enhance and future-proof the skills and employability systems in the region. This OECD report reviews and offers recommendations on three of the most pressing challenges facing the Glasgow City Region: i) reinforcing re- and upskilling opportunities for individuals in work and aligning skills supply with demand, ii) enhancing labour market inclusion of the economically inactive, and iii) strengthening school-to-work transitions of young people.

The Oxford Handbook of Skills and Training

The Oxford Handbook of Skills and Training
Author: Chris Warhurst
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 769
Release: 2017
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0199655367

Skills and workforce development are at the heart of much research on work, employment, and management. But are they so important? To what extent can they make a difference for individuals, organizations, and nations? How are the supply and, more importantly, the utilization of skill, currently evolving? What are the key factors shaping skills trajectories of the future? This Handbook provides an authoritative consideration of issues such as these. It does so by drawing on experts in a wide range of disciplines including sociology, economics, labour/industrial relations, human resource management, education, and geography. The Handbook is relevant for all with an interest in the changing nature - and future - of work, employment, and management. It draws on the latest scholarly insights to shed new light on all the major issues concerning skills and training today. While written primarily by leading scholars in the field, it is equally relevant to policy makers and practitioners responsible for shaping the development of human capability today and into the future.

OECD Skills Outlook 2019 Thriving in a Digital World

OECD Skills Outlook 2019 Thriving in a Digital World
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2019-05-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9264776184

Economies and societies are undergoing digital transformations that bring both opportunities and challenges and countries’ preparedness to seize the benefits of a digital world is largely dependent on the skills of their population.

OECD Reviews on Local Job Creation Future-Proofing Adult Learning in London, United Kingdom

OECD Reviews on Local Job Creation Future-Proofing Adult Learning in London, United Kingdom
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 136
Release: 2021-03-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9264487077

Cities are not only home to around half of the global population but are also at the forefront of the transformation of jobs, skills and labour markets. Furthermore, cities play a leading role in the COVID-19 response, as the pandemic is not only accelerating megatrends such as digitalisation and automation that change the world of work, but is also challenging city economies.

Closing the Gap in a Generation

Closing the Gap in a Generation
Author: WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health
Publisher: World Health Organization
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2008
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9241563702

Social justice is a matter of life and death. It affects the way people live, their consequent chance of illness, and their risk of premature death. We watch in wonder as life expectancy and good health continue to increase in parts of the world and in alarm as they fail to improve in others.