This is the library of all our published reports and insights.
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Disclaimer: The Gatsby Charitable Foundation commissions and funds research which contributes to the strengthening of the country’s science and engineering skills. The views and opinions presented in the research reports do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Gatsby Charitable Foundation.
This report by Simon Field follows his earlier report 'The Missing Middle: Higher Technical Education in England', and looks internationally for answers to how England can develop and improve its higher technical system.
The COVID-19 crisis is unprecedented and will almost certainly accelerate and magnify existing issues regarding skills shortages and the employability of young people. Gatsby asked Charlynne Pullen to explore what lessons, if any, could be learned from policies that were developed to tackle youth unemployment during previous economic shocks.
This report by the High Value Manufacturing Catapult (HVMC) and supported by Gatsby Education, argues that the UK needs a new Skills Value Chain in which Catapults are key to develop the workforce for a successful innovative future.
In June 2019, Gatsby commissioned Pye Tait Consulting to undertake a short piece of research to gather the views of secondary teachers on post-18 options available to students. Key issues which this research sought to address are: · The level of understanding of higher education routes amongst secondary teachers; · Views on how students should be informed of post-18 options; · Important influencers on students when making decisions on post-18 routes; · How students gather information about post-18 options
This report summarises points raised by thirty employers from the land, construction and water industries, when they came together over the course of three summits at the Gatsby Foundation in spring 2019 to discuss the future of higher technical education.
In January 2018, we commissioned York Consulting to undertake a qualitative study on providers’ perspectives about Level 4 and 5 provision in England. This report describes the views of 23 higher education providers (including further education colleges, universities, and alternative providers) on the viability of Level 4 and 5 provision; labour market and employer influences on Level 4 and 5 provision; and providers’ approaches to widening participation at Levels 4 and 5.
