Three ways to transform our skills system

Raise 16-18 funding by 5 per cent for five years, suggests commission launched to look at the UK's future skills needs.The Commission on Sustainable Learning for Life, Work and a Changing Economy was launched by education firm Pearson to look at the future skills needs of the UK.Chaired by former Commons Education Select Committee chair Neil Carmichael, the commission’s report is published today.The report draws on the expertise of 18 commissioners and more than 50 witnesses, economic modelling and evidence sessions with employers, educators and the public.It concludes that reform to the UK skills system could unlock an annual £22 billion “competitiveness dividend”.