Skills Imperative 2035: Turning risk into opportunity: Reskilling workers in a changing economy

Tuesday 24 February 2026

13:00 - 14:00

Online (Zoom)

NFER and the Learning and Work Institute are holding a webinar to share the key findings from The Skills Imperative 2035 Programme, funded by the Nuffield Foundation.

NFER’s Research Director, Luke Bocock, will be joined by a panel of experts to discuss how artificial intelligence (AI) is affecting the labour market and how the adult skills system can be reinvigorated to better meet the needs of people in at-risk occupations.
 
Panellists include:

  • Stephen Evans, Chief Executive, Learning and Work Institute (Chair)
  • Luke Bocock, Research Director, NFER
  • Jim Bligh, Corporate Affairs Director, British Retail Consortium
  • Imman Laksari-Adams, Head of Strategy & Relationships, Greater London Authority
  • Fiona Aldridge, Chief Executive, Skills Federation
  • Kate Bell, Assistant General Secretary at TUC