The development of specifically defined ‘essential skills’ among young people is key to ensuring they fully take their place in, and can shape, today's stressed labour market.
Author
Tom Ravenscroft
Tom Ravenscroft
Tom Ravenscroft founded the Skills Builder Partnership in 2009 while a secondary school teacher in Hackney, London. The Skills Builder Partnership brings together more than 550 schools and colleges, 130 employers and 100 other skills-building organisations around a common language and approach to building essential skills. The Partnership won the UK Social Enterprise Award for impact in 2017.