In our latest podcast, Chris Millward, Professor of Practice in Education Policy at the School of Education, University of Birmingham talks to Peter Creticos, President and Executive Director, at the Institute for Work and the Economy in Chicago and Ewart Keep, Professor of Education, Training and Skills at the University of Oxford, about skills policy and practice in the UK, the US and around the world.

They discuss how universities, colleges and employers can work together to improve skills, how national and local governments can encourage this, and how it might improve productivity, innovation and growth.

This podcast was inspired by the University and Regions Policy Forum. The forum aims to bring together researchers with policymakers and practitioners to understand levelling pp and respond to the challenges it presents.

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In our latest podcast, Dr Juliane Schwarz talks to Professor Mart Hart, Deputy Director of the ERC and Professor of Small Business and Entrepreneurship at Aston Business School, about business support in England.

This podcast was inspired by the Birmingham Economic Review for 2022.

The annual Birmingham Economic Review is produced by City-REDI at the University of Birmingham and the Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce. It is an in-depth exploration of the economy of England’s second city and a high-quality resource for informing research, policy and investment decisions. View and download the Birmingham Economic Review.

To find out even more about Birmingham’s economy, including GVA, unemployment and CO2 emission, please visit our Birmingham Economic Review data dashboards.

For a transcript of this podcast, please view our blog site.

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In this podcast, Associate Professor Rebecca Riley and Charlotte Horobin will be discussing a recent WMREDI report on Productivity in the West Midlands and how the government can help facilitate growth within the region.

To read the report in full or find out more information about the project, please visit our Productivity in the West Midlands webpage.

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