Boosting Skills and Revaluing VET in the AI Era
In late June, the European Parliament’s Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL) considered a crucial own-initiative draft report by Dutch MEP Brigitte van den Berg. Titled “Boosting skills in the Union – opportunities for vocational education and training in times of transition,” the report is intended to lay the groundwork for the European Commission’s forthcoming Vocational Education and Training (VET) Strategy, which is scheduled for release this October [1]. While it might seem like standard parliamentary procedure, this report represents a significant signal regarding how Europe intends to navigate the profound economic and technological shifts currently underway, particularly the […]
Beyond Skills A Capability Conception of Vocational Education
I don’t often cover press releases in this blog. But I am making an exception of this book for two reasons. Firstly because the authors and publishers, while still charging a lot for the hard back, are providing a PDF version for free. I am acutely aware that the cost of things like conferences, journals and books are the serious barrier to education for many. So lets hope this starts a trend The second is the content. For the last two years I have been arguing that AI and new technologies require a rethink of the direction in which vocational […]
The Gap Between AI Theory and Practice: A New Look at Labour Market Impacts
The debate over artificial intelligence and its effect on employment often feels like a pendulum swinging between utopian promises and dystopian fears. It is a discourse in need of data. A new report from Anthropic, titled “Labor market impacts of AI: A new measure and early evidence” [1] attempts to ground the conversation in reality. The authors have developed a new metric—observed exposure—that moves beyond theoretical speculation by combining AI’s potential capabilities with data on its actual, real-world usage. The report contains a chart that tells a far more interesting and complex story than a simple narrative of job destruction […]
Future oriented Occupations in Europe
The European Commission’s working paper on future-oriented occupations in […]
AI in 2025: Rewiring Organizations, Not Just Deploying Tools
The AI Pioneers project has always recognised teh dual […]
Generative AI, Assessment and the Future of Jobs and Careers
Ten days ago, I was invited to make an […]
Scenarios of the future of work
A recent report on analysis by the Institute for […]
AI, skills and employment
In an interesting article on the UK LMI for […]
