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"Exhibit 2: In China, demand for high-skill labor will probably grow faster than supply over the next decade. Exhibit 3: India may soon have too few workers with a secondary education and too few jobs for low-skill workers."

"… teenagers have a weak grasp of the availability of jobs - and large numbers will be aiming for jobs that are in short supply.  For instance, there are 10 times as many people aiming for jobs in the culture, media and sports sector than there are jobs likely to be available. And even though almost a quarter of jobs are in the distribution, hotels and restaurant category, only about one in 40 youngsters are considering careers in these industries. Fewer than one in 30 young people are considering jobs in banking and finance, even though one in five jobs are expected to be in this sector."

"When I left school, I sat down with the careers advisor and told her this. She said: 'Don't be stupid, there's no future in graphic design.' Some 25 years later, here I am, in a world led by design." Plus ça change - or should that be 'nihil mutatur' for those of you educated in the post-war 'golden age'?

The game has changed, higher education must catch-up.

"Stark figures show the number of people aged 16 to 24 not in education, employment or training has reached a record high of 938,000 in England" "This campaign was created to address this issue through video content to support the FutureYou charity