Extract from Lords debate on Careers Education for Students - Sep 6
Friday, 7 September 2018 10:03
Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone (Con):...Even more significant is
the whole disruptive change in the workplace. The Institute for the
Future estimated that 85% of jobs that will exist in 2030 have yet
to be invented. That is not some distant future—students who will
enter the workforce in 2030 are already in school today. Britain
and the rest of the world are experiencing disruptive change in the
jobs market at an unprecedented rate. Cyber-physical systems,
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(Con):...Even more significant is the whole disruptive
change in the workplace. The Institute for the Future estimated
that 85% of jobs that will exist in 2030 have yet to be invented.
That is not some distant future—students who will enter the
workforce in 2030 are already in school today. Britain and the rest
of the world are experiencing disruptive change in the jobs market
at an unprecedented rate. Cyber-physical systems, robotics,
artificial intelligence, quantum computing, nanotechnology,
biotechnology, Additive manufacturing, fifth-generation
wireless technologies and autonomous vehicles of the fourth
industrial revolution all accelerate the transformation of our work
environments and the skills required. I am afraid that, if I were
required to have any of those skills or qualities, I would be on
the employment scrapheap immediately...
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