I was looking back at a Seth Godin blog post in 2019:

The rationale for traditional education is that more learning gets you a better job, and a job gets you paid, which makes the learning a worthwhile investment.

Paid to learn – Seth Godin

I think this is different now. The rationale for traditional education was that QUALIFICATIONS got you a better job. The nature of work had shifted and we’re in a world now where any – and all – of the following are relevant:

• Remote and hybrid working as the norm
• Proliferation of collaboration platforms
• Rise of ai-powered tools and automation
• Heightened focus on employee well-being and mental health
• Diversity, equity, and inclusion (dei) initiatives
• Flexible/adaptive career pathing
• Microlearning and online upskilling
• Byod and cloud-centric working
• Data-driven culture and people analytics
• Rapid prototyping and agile methodologies beyond tech
• Emphasis on purpose and corporate social responsibility (CSR)
• Multi-generational workforce and flexible retirement options
• Employee experience as a core discipline
• Corporate and personal brand integration

Pretty much ALL of these work outside the qualification sector and the sand are shifting; the time it’s taken to get Skills England up and running and the snail-like pace to adapt to modern practices MUST be worked on to improve the opportunity for those put off by ‘education’.