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Skills Insight Project - This project is composed of three papers which are available for download below:

• The first, , presents evidence on some of the skills challenges facing the UK and how they might be addressed. It calls for a clear overarching vision for UK skills and a long-term commitment to delivering it in partnership.
• The second explores both employer and employee perceptions relating to skills and the value of training, drawing on survey evidence, to understand the specific skills and skills investment challenges employers face as the nature of work changes. Based on qualitative interviews conducted with employers, it then investigates how the current skills system both supports and hampers employer decisions to invest in training.
• The third paper presents five country case studies - Canada, France, Japan, the Netherlands and Sweden - to identify key features and challenges of different international skills systems. The report has been designed to identify successful aspects of the different systems and provide policy learning relevant to the United Kingdom.

Places – This project involved conducting case studies to provide a rich understanding of the process behind the development of Local Industrial Strategies. Key themes include purpose, process, collaboration and evaluation. The report identifies areas of good practice and challenges, emphasising their wider relevance to future economic growth policies.

Places – This project examines international evidence on effective place-based interventions and explores what can be learnt from selected other countries in how they design and implement place-based policies.

January 2021, Dr Abigail Taylor, Skye Sampson and Anna Romaniuk

July 2020, Anna Romaniuk, Catherine Osborne, Emily Rainsford and Abigail Taylor

June 2020, Dr Abigail Taylor, Professor Anne Green and Hayley Lyons

June 2020, Professor Anne Green and Dr Abigail Taylor

April 2020, Dr Abigail Taylor

April 2020, Professor Anne Green and Dr Abigail Taylor

7 July 2020, Dr Abigail Taylor

2 July 2020, Professor Anne Green

30 June 2020, Dr Abigail Taylor

On 26th January 2021, City-REDI/WMREDI and the Industrial Strategy Council held an event to launch their latest report "What does it take to “level up” places?".

The report was co-authored by the Industrial Strategy Council (ISC) and City-REDI researcher, Abigail Taylor and examines international evidence on what it takes to “level up” places.

Below is a series of highlight clips from the event. .

- Dame Kate Barker, January 2021

- Gavin Wallis, January 2021

What does it take to "level up" places? - Professor Meelis Kitsing, January 2021

- Dr Thomas Perrin, January 2021

- Professor Philip McCann, January 2021

On Friday 17th July, The Industrial Strategy Council and City-REDI (University Â鶹¾«Ñ¡) co-hosted a webinar to discuss key findings from the research report co-hosted a webinar to discuss key findings from the research report, the future of local economic policy, and the importance of places for the post-COVID-19 economic recovery. Below you can find the full video of the event and a series of highlight clips:

, Research Fellow, City-REDI. 

Anne Green, Professor of Regional Development, City-REDI.