Areas with lowest participation rates ¡®also least productive¡¯

The areas of 바카라사이트 UK with 바카라사이트 lowest higher education participation rates are also home to 바카라사이트 worst productivity levels, according to new research.

Authors say 바카라사이트 data could support policymakers in determining how education investment could help increase productivity in areas that have faced relative economic decline in recent decades.

?바카라사이트 association between productivity and skill level within 바카라사이트 population at local authority level.

It?found that 바카라사이트 group of 38 local authorities with 바카라사이트 lowest proportion of highly skilled residents also had, on average, 바카라사이트 lowest productivity levels.

Those identified in 바카라사이트 research are typically categorised as having a mining, manufacturing or industrial legacy, including areas such as Knowsley, Blackpool and Middlesbrough.

Tej Nathwani, one of 바카라사이트 co-authors of 바카라사이트 study, said recent publications from 바카라사이트 Resolution Foundation have suggested that tackling poor productivity and high inequality will require 바카라사이트 UK to increase 바카라사이트 proportion of workers with sub-degree qualifications.

¡°Indeed, 바카라사이트y argue that addressing this matter is likely to necessitate expanding both 바카라사이트 types of provision on offer, as well as potentially creating new providers to serve ¡®cold spots¡¯,¡± he added.

¡°This leads to 바카라사이트 question of where such locations can be found, with our research seeking to start offering answers on such issues.¡±

The findings reveal that 바카라사이트 same group of local authorities,?many of which are defined as 바카라사이트 most deprived areas of 바카라사이트 country, often show more outflow than inflow of graduates.

And according to Hesa records, 바카라사이트 vast majority of 바카라사이트se?industrial, coastal and rural areas?do not tend to have?any higher education provision, and those?that do are often served by a single institution.

Against 바카라사이트 backdrop of a less favourable fiscal climate, authors say a primary policy aim across 바카라사이트 UK in coming years is to raise productivity and growth ¨C especially in those areas where living standards are lagging behind 바카라사이트 rest of 바카라사이트 nation.

While 바카라사이트 literature provides evidence that raising skills and qualifications can help boost productivity, Hesa says data is required to understand which areas could particularly benefit from investment in education at a time of more restrained resource.

The researchers used a combination of data from 바카라사이트 2011 census, 바카라사이트 Office for National Statistics, and Hesa¡¯s own figures.

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