Following on from our AutoNation video, and the summary of the report given by our Managing Director, Andy Durman, in our latest video, our Senior Economist, Duncan Brown gets into the detail, explaining how automation can be seen not just as a risk to jobs, but also as an opportunity for organisations to increase productivity. […]
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AutoNation: Andy Durman Summarises the Key Findings of Emsi’s New Report on Automation
Following on from our AutoNation video, Andy Durman — Emsi UK’s Managing Director — summarises the key aspects of our new report, how it presents a very different picture of automation than much of the media hype, and how education providers, economic developers and employers can use the data to plan for the future. […]
Introducing our New Consultant: Natasha Charlton
We are pleased to introduce Natasha Charlton, who has just joined Emsi UK’s growing team of consultants. Natasha has a background in education consultancy and previously worked for Cushman & Wakefield, where her focus was on conducting market entry, feasibility and due diligence studies for education providers and businesses — both within the UK and […]
Automation: Debunking Scary Hype With Realistic Data
Our new report into the potential risks and opportunities that automation is bringing to Britain’s labour market — AutoNation — paints a very different picture than many of the scare stories we often hear in the media. Whereas the assumption is often made that automation replaces jobs, our report takes the view that actually […]
Data Dabbling: Looking at the Change in Analytical, Interpersonal and Physical Skills
One of the things that our new report — AutoNation — reveals is the huge shift in the use of certain skills in recent years. Starting off by using the 35 work activities defined by the US Government database, O*NET, which measures the skills used to perform jobs, we have mapped these across to the […]
Major New Report From Emsi Analysing the Effects of Automation in Britain
Dystopian and utopian stories about the coming of the robots and what this might mean for the world of work are not uncommon. At one end of the spectrum, apocalyptic scenarios of robots making millions of people not just unemployed but — worse than that — unemployable. At the other end of the spectrum, […]
How Data is Vital to Help Colleges See Both the Forest and the Trees in Curriculum Planning
This piece first appeared over at FE Week. Ofsted’s education inspection framework sets out three basic criteria by which a college’s curriculum will be assessed: intent, implementation and impact. Of these, intent is critical because it determines everything else. Get it wrong and everything else will be too. Thankfully, the sector doesn’t need to guess […]
