Government and the Economy Series: UK Skills Strategy, a Panel Discussion with Nick Boles MP

For most of the last three decades, the labour market has absorbed growing numbers of higher education graduates. But recently signs have emerged that a rising number of people are doing jobs for which they’re overqualified, even while skills shortages persist in critical areas. Despite a number of independent reviews, governments of all political hues have found it difficult to create stable and effective policy frameworks in this field.

In the last event of our series on Government and the Economy, Nick Boles, Minister of State for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Department for Education, leads a panel discussion on how to improve the development and content of UK skills strategies.  

Panellists:

Nick Boles MP is Minister of State jointly for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Department for Education. He was elected as the Conservative MP for Grantham and Stamford in May 2010.
 
Jacqui Henderson has extensive experience in the education and skills sector. She is Managing Director of Creative Leadership and Skills Ltd, Chair of Governors at Northumberland College, a Non-Executive Director of UK Skills, Vice Chair of the University of Newcastle’s council, and Senior Advisor to the British Council  

Nick Linford is an expert in further education funding and performance systems and a company director of Lsect Ltd. He runs a series of popular workshops, conferences and webinars about funding and data. He is a former editor of FE Week, and was Director of Planning and Performance at Lewisham College.

Following a speech by Nick Boles and responses by Jacqui Henderson and Nick Linford , there is a discussion chaired by Jill Rutter, Programme Director, Institute for Government.  

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