SkOP - The Skills Observatory Podcast

SkOP - The Skills Observatory Podcast

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SkOP - The Skills Observatory Podcast episodes

  • The Future of Technical Education
    In this episode we are joined by Dr Neil Bentley-Gockmann OBE (CEO of WorldSkills UK) and Dr Susan James Relly (Director of SKOPE) to discuss the future of technical and vocational education.
    55 min
  • The Future of Work
    Today we are joined by Professor Ewart Keep and Dr Adam Saunders to discuss the future of work and how skills systems should respond.
    48 min
  • The employability agenda in Higher Education

    Produced by Ashmita Randhawa (@Rand_Ash) and James Robson (@elpug). Edited by Laura Dong. Music composed and performed by Francis Pugh and the Whisky Singers.

    Guests : Professor Paul Ashwin, Head of Department, Educational Research, Lancaster University (@paulashwin) ¦ Minto Felix, DPhil student, Department of Education, University of Oxford (@MintoFelix)

    In a Covid and post-Covid context, with a deep recession and one of the most challenging youth labour markets we’ve seen in the UK since the 80s, the issues of employability and the purpose of Higher Education (HE) are becoming all the more urgent. Therefore, today we’re joined by two fantastic guests, Professor Paul Ashwin and Minto Felix, to discuss the relationship between HE and the labour market.

    43 min
  • The importance of Science Education and Skills

    Produced by Ashmita Randhawa (@Rand_Ash) and James Robson (@elpug). Edited by Laura Dong. Music composed and performed by Francis Pugh and the Whisky Singers.

    Guests : Prof Sibel Erduran, Professor of Science Education and Director of Research, Department of Education,University of Oxford (@ErduranSibel) ¦ Prof Michael Reiss, Professor of Science Education at UCL Institute of Education, University College London ¦ Emilia Skirmuntt ,Evolutionary virologist and science communicator, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford (@ESkirmuntt)¦ Dr Liam Guilfoyle, Research Officer, Department of Education, University of Oxford (@LiamDGuilfoyle). 

    We are back for our second season!  In this first episode, we will discuss the importance of Science education and skills in a post-COVID world: where we will discuss the importance of science education for navigating key decisions driven by a public health crisis. 

    53 min
  • Covid 19 and VET
    Olly Newton and Dr Andrea Laczik look at the impact of COVID-19 on Vocational education and Training in the UK.
    42 min

About SkOP - The Skills Observatory Podcast

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SkOP is the podcast for the SKOPE Research Centre. This podcast seeks to create a platform for researchers across different institutions to voice their thoughts on key issues related to education and skills policy to allow for informed debate. Our first season ‘The L Shape’ is focused on how education and skills policy could/should respond to the COVID-19 crisis, and we are exploring this from multiple perspectives.