Ben Page gave this presentation at the Department for Education National College for Training & School Leadership annual conference "Seizing Success 2013". More information: http://www.education.gov.uk/nationalcollege/index/events/conference2013/conference2013-ben-page-making-sense-of-britain.htm
27. More than a million young people in England
were not in education, employment or training
(Neet) in the three months to September 2012.
17% of 16- to 24-year-olds were without jobs or
college places.
Department for Education, November 2012
28. 81% of small business
owners are not
confident that school
leavers have the right
level of employability
skills
37. • Of Twitter users are
likely to recommend a
brand they follow, and
more than 1/3 access
Twitter via their mobile
phone.
Two clear consistent themes:
“Younger generations will go
through the hardest times”
(Baby Boomer)
“I don’t want to be old in this
country”
(Gen X)
53. • Of Twitter users are
likely to recommend a
brand they follow, and
more than 1/3 access
Twitter via their mobile
phone.
Back
to
London
2012
56. "As awful as it is to admit,
London 2012 was bigger,
slicker, almost as friendly
and more thoughtfully
planned than Sydney in
terms of the legacy it will
leave the host city”
The Australian
57. "As awful as it is to admit,
London 2012 was bigger,
slicker, almost as friendly
and more thoughtfully
planned than Sydney in
terms of the legacy it will
leave the host city”
The Australian
"These Olympics have
been a success for Great
Britain. Bolt, Boyle, Bond,
Brenda and Mr Bean: all the
champions took to the
field, no-one
disappointed!"
Corriere della Sella
60. The UK is in the world’s Top 10....
directly employs 2.5 million people,
generates half of UK
exports...2nd only to the US in
aerospace industry...2 of top 6
pharmaceutical companies in the
world have their HQs in UK…
Source: Technology Strategy Board
63. “... resurgent UK-based auto
industry exported a record-breaking
84% of production last
year.....average annual productivity
increase of 3.6%, two and a half
times greater than the UK economy
as a whole”
Source: Technology Strategy Board
69. • Of Twitter users are
likely to recommend a
brand they follow, and
more than 1/3 access
Twitter via their mobile
phone.
Two
Olympic
Years:
1948
and
2012