We have to stop calling some jobs ‘low skilled’
Freeing ourselves of these labels might help young people to think more creatively about the future
Freeing ourselves of these labels might help young people to think more creatively about the future

Skills-based knowledge need not be considered the opposite of an intellectual life

Social mobility like my own is all too rare when so many are trapped in low-income jobs by lack of training

Why we may be investing too much importance in the role of technology

A ‘skills gap’ is not some blight on free enterprise that someone else will fix

We need young people to gain experience that makes the world of work intelligible and builds skills and confidence

Innovation transforms the nature of work — our job is to guide that transition by mapping existing skills on to new roles