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Comparing skills policy in England and Scotland

While the policy problems may be similar, Ewart Keep finds that approaches to further and higher education are rapidly diverging ...

Micro-credentials: The new frontier of adult education and training

Micro-credentials have the potential to deepen social inequalities claims James Robson, Deputy Director of SKOPE. He identifies the ...

What accounts for changes in the chances of being NEET in the UK?

This article by Craig Holmes (University of Oxford), Emily Murphy (University of Luxembourg) and Ken Mayhew (University of Oxford) ...

Labour Market Intelligence for Green Jobs and Green Skills – FENews.co.uk 16th June 2021

This article by Ewart Keep, Emeritus Professor, SKOPE, identifies the challenges ahead to enable the provision of Green Jobs and Green ...

Storycraft: the importance of narrative and narrative skills in business – ground breaking research from SKOPE

Ground breaking research reveals how prominent business leaders in the United Kingdom see ‘narrative’ as an integral part of doing ...

Singing from the same hymn sheet: UK Policy responses to the NEET agenda

This research paper provides an overview of government policy on young people who are Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET) ...

A New Labour project revisited: New SKOPE Research Paper published

The latest SKOPE Research Paper explores the thinking behind and the outcomes that resulted from the New Labour Government’s attempts ...

NEETs and NEET policy across the UK – conference on findings from a major research project

On the 11th of October, 2019, the SKOPE Research Centre presented key findings from a major Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)

New report published with WorldSkillsUK

Dr Susan James Relly, in partnership with WorldSkills UK , has authored an insightful report on the existing opportunities to move ...

Prof Ewart Keep appointed to the College of the Future Commission

A new independent commission has been created whose aim is to set out a “new vision” for the future of colleges across ...

ESRC Grand Union doctoral studentship in collaboration with the Edge Foundation

Apprenticeship Competencies   ESRC Grand Union doctoral studentship in collaboration with the Edge Foundation The Centre on ...

Scripting the future – exploring potential strategic leadership responses to the marketization of English FE and vocational provision

Ewart Keep, in partnership with the Association of Colleges (AoC) , has authored a timely and insightful publication on the ...

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Dr James Robson

Dr James Robson

Job title - Director

Professor Ewart Keep

Professor Ewart Keep

Job title - Emeritus Professor

Dr Mariela Neagu

Dr Mariela Neagu

Job title - Post Doctoral Researcher

Éireann Attridge

Éireann Attridge

Job title - Research Assistant