Fair Shares: The role of employer contributions to skills development

A new report from the Centre for Innovation in Learning suggests British employers are under-investing in training. Statistics in the report reveal that UK workers spend an average of 315 hours in training over the course of their working life, significantly less than in other leading economies such as France, Germany and the United States.

The report criticises the newly published skills strategy for failing to define how greater investment will be obtained from employers. Recommendations in the report include significantly expanding employer contributions and expanding National Skills Academies. The report also calls for an industry-led expansion of industrial licences to practise where there is a public interest and where there is evidence that licensing would drive-up skill levels within the industry.

Read the report