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What are the main barriers to employees investing in skills development?

Background

BEIS plans to boost productivity and improve lives by tackling society’s Grand Challenges in life sciences, artificial intelligence, automation and space. By investing in R&D and innovation, we will unleash potential and work towards making the UK a science superpower. To do this, BEIS needs research to better understand:

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This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:

Beis areas research interest interim update 2020

Related UKRI funded projects

  • Workforce productivity skills diagnostic platform - research and experimental development.

    Forget the productivity ‘puzzle’… Britain faces a productivity crisis. National and firm-level productivity in the UK has worried policy makers and business leaders for decades. But now flat growth, a debt overhang from ...

    Funded by: Innovate UK

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project addresses the main barriers to employees investing in skills development by proposing a data-driven online platform to diagnose skills gaps and personalize training.

  • SkillsPulse

    The study will address significant gaps in the understanding of skills deficiencies in Europe – i.e. the extent, causes, and implications of skills shortages and skills gaps. Skills shortages refer to where employers fac...

    Funded by: Horizon Europe Guarantee

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project focuses on measuring skills shortages and gaps, providing a conceptual review and methodology for identifying skills deficiencies in Europe.

  • A new approach to benchmarking the skills of companies and their employees, which then delivers the shortest and most efficient path to learning and career progression.

    Skill shortages are a major issue in the UK and arise because there are not enough people with particular skills to meet demand. The Open University estimates that skill shortages cost the UK £2bn a year in higher ...

    Funded by: Innovate UK

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project addresses skill shortages and offers a personalized learning path, but does not specifically focus on the main barriers to employees investing in skills development.

  • Productivity in professional services, by inspiring employees to step forward

    "_""I have stepped forward requesting further training and opportunities rather than waiting, improved my confidence and stepped outside of my comfort zone."" - 'Be Bold' participant_ The Career...

    Funded by: Innovate UK

  • Skillsplanner

    The research to be carried out focuses on providing academic knowledge in the area of skills and employment to the project as it develops to ensure a robust evidence base. It will also react to employer needs for researc...

    Funded by: ESRC

  • Skills2Capabilities

    The Skills2Capability project is about understanding how skill systems across Europe can reduce the level of skills mismatch in their labour markets. It is recognised that future labour markets will be more mobile with m...

    Funded by: Horizon Europe Guarantee

  • ESRC RCUK Innovation Fellowships

    Skills and management practices are important determinants of firm productivity, but the UK has persistent problems in both areas. Recent developments create new challenges. New immigration arrangements following Brexit ...

    Funded by: ESRC

  • GoalShaper Feasibility Study

    "Low productivity has no simple solution and there is no easy answer; The solution to this problem needs careful consideration and a feasibility project is proposed to measure the efficacy of our assumptions. Low s...

    Funded by: Innovate UK

  • Skills at work: an analysis of the interaction between training and occupations in the labour market

    My research explores policy-relevant topics in labour economics, with a methodological emphasis on applied econometrics. More specifically, my main research agenda focuses on studying the specificity of human capital wit...

    Funded by: ESRC

  • Skillzminer

    "Our vision is to improve social inclusive growth and boost productivity via our digital concept called Skillzminer. Our project will demonstrate how artificial intelligence, can better predict the skills, values a...

    Funded by: Innovate UK