The document discusses the accelerating pace of technology adoption and how automation will impact jobs. It notes that young workers and those with only high school diplomas will be most affected. However, new jobs will also be created. The majority of new jobs in Europe in recent years came from companies less than 5 years old. Fast growing companies led by women are also creating many new jobs. However, many university graduates still lack skills needed by employers. Internships are seen as more important than grades alone. The document proposes partnerships between educators and employers to provide students with meaningful work experiences through programs that connect schools with local businesses.

1. Sherry Coutu CBE
Removing barriers to entrepreneurship
improving diversity and inclusion &
providing meaningful experience
Westminster Higher Education Forum
London 10 March 2020

2. The pace of technology adoption is accelerating…
Number of years it took for each product to gain 50 million users
Airlines
68yrs
Automobiles
62yrs
Telephone
50yrs
Electricity
46yrs
Credit Card
28yrs
Television
22yrs
ATM
18yrs
Computer
14yrs
Cell Phone
12yrs
Internet
7yrs
iPods
4yrs
Youtube
4yrs
Facebook
3yrs
Twitter
3yrs
Pokémon Go
19 days

3. In the decades ahead, the next wave of
automation technologies will further
accelerate the pace of change
Tens of millions of jobs will be phased out
Tens of millions of new ones will be created, and the nature
of work will change for everyone as intelligent machines
become fixtures in our workplaces.

4. McKinsey: Future of Work 2019
“Automation may
eliminate many of the
entry-level roles that have
traditionally given young
workers their first foothold
in the working world…”

5. “Workers with
high school
diplomas or less
are 4 times more
likely to be in
automatable
roles than those
with bachelor
degrees or higher”

6. Net New Jobs created in Europe in the past 5 years
were from companies less than 5 years old.
100%

7. 4,500
In the UK, HGSBs created the equivalent of approx.
(3x as many new jobs as the FTSE 100)
new jobs every week

8. Growing tech companies Run by Women - Turnover

9. Turnover Growth (GBP) vs Growth Rate (%)

10. National Growth
Fast-growing
women-led
companies present
in all regions of the
UK
68%
headquartered
outside London
https://www.founders4schools.org.uk/insights/women/

11. National Growth
Fast-growing
women-led
companies present
in all regions of the
UK
68%
headquartered
outside London
https://www.founders4schools.org.uk/insights/women/

12. I would be able to grow my company
faster if university graduates had the skills
needed to meet my customer demand.
82%of Scaleups agree
Source: ScaleUp Institute

13. World Economic Forum

15. Around the world, learners still place
a great deal of faith in education
to help them achieve success.
But, the way they are obtaining that education is
changing because the new talent economy has
arrived with its gig jobs, unconventional career paths
and tech disruption.

16. GO.PEARSON.COM/LEARNER-SURVEY

17. Work Experience vs Degrees?
80%
of WISE* experts say they
would hire a B- student
with a relevant internship,
over an A+ student without a
relevant internship!
Source: WISE - Qatar Foundation wise-qatar.org

18. 67%
of WISE* experts says that
job related knowledge is
more important than a
degree to succeed in life!
Internships vs Grades
Source: WISE - Qatar Foundation wise-qatar.org

19. GO.PEARSON.COM/LEARNER-SURVEY

20. 31%Of young people starting their
working lives do not feel they
have the appropriate skills, citing
lack of work experience (71%)
as being their main weakness
Source: WISE - Qatar Foundation wise-qatar.org

21. Student Employer Encounters
301 out of every 1000 pupils
in Scotland have now had
encounters in their
classrooms.

22. Expert Advice Teacher Learning &
Development
Community Recognition
& Benchmarking
Our recommendations to educators
ensure progression through the
Gatsby Benchmarks and Skills Builder
Framework and supply of volunteers
from business leaders drawn from
Britain’s fastest growing businesses
driving the economic growth of your
region
Join our free online course for
educators on how and when to use
recognized career guidance digital
tools in the modern age:
Which service is best for 11-14 yr olds?
15-16 yr olds ? 17-18 year olds?
Our insight reporting recognizes the
contributions made by volunteers in
your community
Our insight reporting allows you to see
how your city benchmarks to other’s
and where you need to focus attention

23. Case Study
Educators and
Students use
desktop and
mobile apps to
explore their local
labour market and
to invite employers
into classrooms to
help build the skills
of the students in
that local
community…

24. Case Study
Educators and
Students receive
guidance informed
by the two main
transition to work
frameworks so that
they know what
their next
encounter should
be or which
business to apply
to for an
internship,
apprenticeship or
work experience
placement

29. Forth Valley still has the highest
SEE/1000 but EMEL has overtaken
in the number of SEE in 2019/2020.
The West region has also seen
significant growth and some areas
such as Lanarkshire, Fife and Perth
& Kinross are also experiencing
positive growth.
Areas such as Argyll & Bute still
need further development.
Student Employer Encounters
Gains in the past 6 months:
Forth Valley (+24%), Edinburgh (+13%), West Lothian (+15%), Glasgow (+39%), West Region (+51%), Perth & Kinross (+18%), Lanarkshire and East Dunbartonshire (+22%), Ayrshire (+460%),
Fife (+311%), North East (+2%)

30. Benchmarks: Student-Employer Encounters
SEE per 1k Pupils, by DYW region Dec 2019. Shown against a measure of deprivation for pupils in each Area (SMID).
We work with local
authorities to ensure they
know – and can report --
that no child is left behind
– and we report at local
government level by level
of social deprivation and
by student-employer
encounters per 1000.
Our goal is that every
young person has at least
one encounter per year.
This dashboard shows
where the priority should
be for the next
interventions and where
best practice lies

31. Insight
Table is accessed here https://dywscot.founders4schools.org.uk/insights/schools/scotland/
Our reporting makes ‘the
invisible’ visible, so that a
local authority knows how
many businesses are
contributing hours of skills
building into the classroom
at the single click of a
button….
We list the six companies
who have cumulatively
made the biggest
contribution and we
highlight the last six people
who have accepted
invitations from teachers to
speak in schools to share
their career journey and
advise on career choices..

32. Insight
Table is accessed here https://dywscot.founders4schools.org.uk/insights/schools/scotland/
Our reporting makes ‘the
invisible’ visible, so that a
local authority knows
1) How many businesses
are available to schools
within their LEP.
2) What percent of the
student population has
benefited from an
educator using our
services to place a
volunteer into their
classroom
3) What % of students
have requests been
made for in the past 90
days?

33. Insights By types of volunteers representing various industries
Our premium reporting makes
‘the invisible’ visible:
This report (which is in alpha
testing) shows the types of
business leaders who have
been speaking in that LEP or
Local Authorities classes…
We were asked to create it by
the Scottish Government who
were seeking to align who
spoke in classes with their
industrial strategy. This
reporting shows the efficacy of
the guidance and suggestions
we give which ‘over-index’
volunteers from the sectors
which are a priority for the
government.

34. Insights: by type of interventions
Our reporting makes ‘the invisible’
visible, so that a local authority
knows
1. How many students have
experienced any given type of
encounter
2. Our standard reports can show
weekly, monthly, quarterly and
annually (this is showing
annual).
From these graphs, you can see that
educators are choosing role model
events, careers fairs, Speed
mentoring and mock interviews the
most (75% of encounters), but that
there is wide take-up of the other 25
different types of encounters.

35. Insights: by age of student….
Our reporting makes ‘the invisible’
visible, so that a local authority knows
1. The age of the students at the date
the encounter took place.
2. Our standard reports can show
weekly, monthly, quarterly and
annually (this is showing annual).
From these graphs, you can see that
educators at secondary schools are
using our services the most (82% of
encounters last year, 77% of encounters
in 2018).
But there is wide regional variation with
primary being the focus in other
regions.

36. Reporting integrationCandidate Advice Host Learning & Development
Where recommendations to students
guide them to scaleups and help
them avoid employers where
environment is not rated highly by
other interns…
Employers know their staff are
supported with project plans,
certificates, contracts and everything
else they need to deliver projects that
are appropriate for students to
deliver..
Vice Chancellors know what
percentage of their students have
work experience in every year with
companies that are driving the
economic growth of the region…

37. Universities seeking to boost the economic growth of their community will
• expand access to mid-career adults with short courses, soft skill training and stackable
credentials
• Ensure your students get internships and work experience (with scaleups) every year
• Develop your students develop soft skills by encouraging them to mentor younger
students in local schools.
• Celebrate the scaleups in your community and make sure you feature the voices of their
leaders in your business school classes and case studies
Train your staff on the services available that make it easy for them to do this

38. Sherry Coutu CBE
Please feel free to get in touch @scoutu
Removing barriers to entrepreneurship
improving diversity and inclusion &
providing meaningful experience