employers in skills development. England has implemented impressive measures aimed at helping workers and employers to upskill …. Nonetheless, there remains room for improvement. More can be done to identify workers with low basic skills, raise awareness of … why improving those skills is important, increase the accessibility to relevant courses, ensure these courses are flexible …

This policy brief uses online job vacancy postings as a partial indicator of the impact of COVID-19 on skills demand in … heterogeneous impact on the demand for skills. By early May, the total volume of online job vacancies had fallen by over 50% in all … demand for specific skills in the healthcare sector and in logistics increased. There is also evidence of an increase in …

needs; the re-training of unemployed individuals; and the improvement of skills use and skills matching in the labour market …This report identifies effective strategies to tackle skills imbalances, based on five country-specific policy notes … policies in the following areas: the collection and use of information on skill needs to foster a better alignment of skills …

This paper reviews the different definitions and measures of skills use and shows why it matters for local development … policies. Based on findings from the Annual Population Survey and the UK Employer Skills Survey, it provides unique local … analysis on how the Leeds City Region compares on skills use relative to other Local Enterprise Partnerships. It then outlines …

The results of the Survey of Adult Skills confirm that there is a strong link between the level of numeracy performance … and the use of these skills in practice. In view of these findings, countries could further encourage the teaching of … numeracy skills and practices play a crucial role in many dimensions of individual well‑being. …