How will people learn in future???

• It offers a brief account of the (increasing) importance of innovation to economic and social success in the future.
• It demonstrates that this points towards a ‘standards plus’ agenda, where higher skills – but also a wider set of skills and personal capabilities – are likely to be required of today’s young people when they reach the workplace.
• It explores young people’s attitudes towards work and skills, arguing that they appear to be realists rather than dreamers: they see a tough world that rewards hard work, but seem less aware of the full set of skills and capabilities that are likely to be important in the future.
• It identifies key influences on young people, in order to understand how young people’s world views are shaped at present – and where successful interventions might be targeted in the future.