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Skills for Today and Tomorrow

At the start of 2024, international law firm CMS teamed up with the Fraser of Allander Institute on a thought leadership campaign, under the theme ‘Skills for Today and Tomorrow’.

Throughout the month of August, the institute undertook a series of non-attributed interviews with 14 CMS partners and of counsel to influence and shape this research. These interviews explored with partners and of counsel the issues related to the topics of ‘Skills for Today and Tomorrow’ and provided direction for the next steps.

Since then, we have produced a short analytical report setting out the evidence base of Scotland’s skills landscape. This report looks at the data and policy surrounding the following sub-sections:

The Current Skills Landscape

The Changing Skills Landscape

Skills for the Future

Occupation Profiles

In addition to more skills, investing in the right skills is equally important. Collaboration between government, industry and the education sector will be critical in creating a more agile and responsive skills landscape.

This report explores how Scotland can leverage its world-class education system, burgeoning tech hubs, and leadership in energy to ensure Scotland’s workforce can meet the challenges of today and seize the opportunities of tomorrow.​

Authors

Picture of Mairi Spowage, director of the Fraser of Allander Institute

Mairi is the Director of the Fraser of Allander Institute. Previously, she was the Deputy Chief Executive of the Scottish Fiscal Commission and the Head of National Accounts at the Scottish Government and has over a decade of experience working in different areas of statistics and analysis.

Kate is a Knowledge Exchange Assistant at the FAI working across a number of project areas. She has a Masters of Science in Economics from the University of Edinburgh and a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Strathclyde. Kate is also the Outreach Coordinator at the Women in Economics Initiative which aims to encourage equal opportunity and improve representation in the field.

Lewis O'Neill

Lewis is a Knowledge Exchange Assistant at the Fraser of Allander Institute. He has a MA Economics from the University of Glasgow and is completing his MSc in Applied Economics at Strathclyde University. He is skilled in data science and communications with professional experience at the Bank of England and the Scottish Parliament. He is currently researching the impact of AI on the UK labour market and is interested in economic topics including financial markets, skills and productivity.