Business Barometer Podcast Series

The Open University

The Open University has released a new limited podcast series in partnership with the British Chambers of Commerce, hosted by Baroness Martha Lane Fox CBE. The five episodes see business leaders from across the four nations discuss issues arising from The Open University’s Business Barometer report. The annual report looks at the skills landscape and its impact on employers across the different sectors, regions and nations of the UK.

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Business Barometer Podcast Series

Episodes (5)

Apr 10, 2024 Episode 5: Solving the people and work challenge – with Shevaun Haviland and Jane Gratton
Apr 10, 2024 Episode 4: The role of career changers – with Bryan Redpath
Apr 10, 2024 Episode 3: Local skills for local people – with Alwen Williams

Business Barometer Podcast Series

Apr 10, 2024
30½ minutes
27 MB

In this fifth podcast, Martha Lane Fox, CBE, Chancellor of the OU and President of the BCC talks to her two guests - Shevaun Haviland, Director General at the BCC and Jane Gratton, Deputy Director of Public Policy at the BCC – about talent, skills shortages and the importance of lifelong learning. Both stressed the importance of upskilling and reskilling, of engaging in a process of continual learning. Jane said employers repeatedly speak to her about skills gaps, asking what could be done to alleviate the problem. “What we’re saying is the in-work progression, the in-work training is rea...

Business Barometer Podcast Series

Episode 5: Solving the people and work challenge – with Shevaun Haviland and Jane Gratton

The Open University

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