The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

This is backed up by research from the University of Basel, which found that the most important determining factor of success in both one’s education and career was one’s aspirations. Not only have those breathless fears not come to pass but we’re actually in a period of historically low unemployment.

Productivity 109

Productivity Products Altman Osborne 109

The Horizons Tracker

MAY 8, 2023

This seems to be the case today, with the infamous analysis from Frey and Osborne also suggesting that professions like nurses would be little impacted by the wave of automation that was set to wash over us. The researchers also found that technology wasn’t negative in a uniform manner.

Technology 120

Technology Osborne Skills Learning-by-Doing 120

The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Ever since Oxford’s Carl Benedikt Frey and Michael Osborne published their paper on the potential for jobs to be automated in 2013, a groundswell of concern has emerged about the impact of the various technologies of the 4th industrial revolution might have on the jobs market.

Osborne 115

Osborne Report Marketing Transportation 115

The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 1, 2019

Oxford University researchers Carl Benedikt Frey shot to public attention in 2013 when he and colleague Michael Osborne released research in which they predicted that 47% of jobs could be automated within the next decade or so.

Technology 71

Technology Short-term Osborne Long-term 71

The Horizons Tracker

MAY 8, 2019

Whilst the likes of the Frey and Osborne paper predicted a pretty widespread demolition of 47% of all jobs, the reality is that those with low-skilled, routine jobs are far more at risk. In 2017 a report from the UK government explored both attitudes and access to adult education among those with low skill levels. So what can be done?

Technology 85

Technology Osborne Education Skills 85