Assess the effectiveness of interventions that can promote a resilient and adaptable workforce and the degree to which these need to protect or promote freelancers and under-represented groups in the workforce.

Background

Workforce development, maintaining skills pipelines and ensuring diversity and inclusion in AHT sectors is important and further studies to understand how interventions have positively or negatively impacted them will be useful. Additionally, how cultural and creative education leads to wider societal impacts and effects potential earnings is of research interest. Understanding the impact of arts, culture, heritage and tourism on levelling up and how AHT sectors impact this agenda is crucial.

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