This week’s missed household waste and recycling collections will be collected over the weekend. Like the start of any new contract there have been initial ‘teething’ problems, due mainly to problems with the hire fleet of waste trucks. Full details here: https://t.co/crhAGVfKKo
"The biggest challenge is creating actionable insights...technology can crunch the numbers but not tell us what it means." Dr Kate Jarvis from @CareerEnt succinctly summarising the need for human input in the future world of work #WorkingBetter
@Impmister speaking on the panel @nesta_uk#WorkingBetter discusses the apprenticeship reforms and the trailblazer programme - agrees that it's good to involve employers but programmes should focus on what is needed, not what is wanted, and avoid over engineering..
The more digitally connected a region is the more jobs there are...disproving the idea that digitisation = job loss..which is a positive message @nesta_uk#WorkingBetter
Q and A session #WorkingBetter. Panel confirm that "data and knowledge is nothing if it is not used" @nesta_uk. @LMIforAll acknowledges they don't know how frequently employers use their data to inform decision making
Data continues to improve DfE, DWP and DCMS joining up on "Examine a Place" is a helpful attempt to link local labour demands with skills training opportunities #WorkingBetter@nesta_uk
What do people do when their jobs disappear? A lot of people go online to search for jobs : @PawelAdrjan shares how @indeed data can show us when people are searching, what jobs are in high demand, and where #FutureSkills#WorkingBetter
More from #ScotlandPolicy: Jamie Hepburn, Scottish minister for Business, Fair Work & Skills, reinforces a commitment to up to date National Occupational Standards.
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Some worrying headlines from 2017 Skills & Empl Survey- suggestions that since 2012, growth of skills demand has slowed or even reversed in some domains; decline in imp. of literacy & numeracy; grad level jobs not grown & required work place learning & training continues to fall.
"The idea that we would park our rights and privileges and freedoms because it may cause offence to a US president, I think people in London and the UK would find objectionable as indeed would Americans" says @SadiqKhan about allowing the Trump baby balloon #r4today