From 7 May 2024, The North East Evidence Hub is a project of the North East Combined Authority. Find out more at northeast-ca.gov.uk/north-east-lep
Education, inclusion and skills
Charts and commentary on the latest statistics about schools, further education, apprenticeships, higher education and adult skills and training. Also includes data relating to inclusion.
The numbers and percentages of students continuing to education, apprenticeship or employment destinations in the year after completing 16 to 18 study in North East schools and colleges
Understanding skills demand within domestic energy
To achieve the 2050 Net Zero targets, the UK must decarbonise the heating market at a rate of 20,000 homes per week by 2025. This presents a significant skills challenge to solve in terms of scale, pace and quality. This skills needs assessments aims to explore the opportunities this presents for the region.
In response to these skills challenges and opportunities identified, the North East LEP alongside the North East and Yorkshire Energy Hub Board commissioned a skills needs assessment of domestic retrofit.
Ideas for Change Consulting and kMatrix Data Services were commissioned to deliver the assessment, exploring the breadth and depth of current skills provision for domestic retrofit; the barriers, challenges and gaps in training provision; qualifications needed for domestic retrofit initiatives and assessment of ‘market demand’ for such skills. This would be brought together into a 10-year legacy plan for futureproofing and strategy development.
Exploring Apprenticeships in the North East LEP area
In 2022, the North East LEP commissioned Wavehill to undertake a research project focused on exploring the scale of apprenticeship recruitment and retention and to test the assumptions identified as a priority for the Apprenticeship Provider Group. The ambition was to provide a set of actionable priorities for increasing the number of young people starting and sustaining apprenticeships.
During the pandemic the group met twice a term and during this period it was evident that the recruitment of apprenticeships, especially for the younger age groups of 16-18 year olds, was increasingly more problematic than it was for adult apprenticeships. Provider group discussions revealed that whilst it was "felt" the region's experiences mirrored those reflected nationally, there had been a longstanding concern and decline in apprenticeships prior to March 2020. The pandemic had exacerbated this with the provider group agreeing there was high value in undertaking empirical research, in the absence of any current, regional deep dives into apprenticeships for 16-18 year olds. The aim being to arrive at evidence-based conclusions and actionable priorities to increase apprenticeship recruitment and retention.
Opportunity North East (ONE) was a three-year, £24 million, Department for Education (DfE) sponsored project. ONE is part of DfE’s commitment to improve education and boost productivity in the North East and Tees Valley areas.
ONE is a data driven project, collating and extrapolating data from a student level up to whole project level. This report presents headline findings to help inform decision making for the project moving forward.
Rapid review of potential labour and skills impact on the green economy and digital skills within health and social care
The Institute of Employment Studies completed a rapid literature review to understand the labour and skills impacts of developments in digital and technology within health and social health and the green economy.
Exploring future skills needs within the Health and Life Sciences ecosystem
On behalf of the North East Skills Advisory Panel, the North East LEP has explored current and future skills needs within a growing area of our regional economy.
Commissioned by the North East LEP’s Skills Advisory Panel (SAP), the report highlights the impact digital exclusion in the North East is having on people’s ability to access education, skills and employment.
Artificial intelligence will change how we work in the North East, but differently to elsewhere
Thomas Athey, Senior Economic Analyst at the North East Local Enterprise Partnership (North East LEP), discusses which jobs in the North East are most likely...
How apprenticeships create new opportunities for businesses and workers in the North East
Apprenticeships are a critical component of the North East’s skills provision.
Looking at the Local Skills Improvement Plans which cover the North East LEP ...
North East brain drain? The statistics tell a different story
Thomas Athey, Economic Analyst at the North East Local Enterprise Partnership (North East LEP), discusses the recent graduate outcomes data published on the ...