Filling the employment
skills gap.
A GCSE aimed at developing personal, life and employability skills for ALL 14-16-year-olds in education. Providing a bridge to better individuals able to organise themselves, work with others in all walks of like. Genuine levelling-up. Smart citizens for a smart world.
A smart world where employers will reap massive benefits if they adapt to receive these empowered, able new entrants.
The Vision: Each year, 120-140 thousand young people will gain valuable skills that will allow them to contribute to society and succeed in their careers. And this number will keep growing.
These organisations have come together to change the lives of children everywhere.
The Project Skills Alliance CIC, based in the UK, is committed to transforming education by offering a new type of GCSE that develops essential project skills for children and adults.
Our collective effort involves around 40 organisations dedicated to empowerment through education.
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Preparing future generations for an ever changing world.
Driven to breathe life into the UK economy by raising a new generation of young people who intrinsically have the skills and behaviours needed to learn, adapt and succeed in a world immersed in complexity, uncertainty and change. To do this, we recognise that the biggest impact we can make is to start embedding and fostering capability while they’re young.
While there are obvious benefits to teaching tried-and-tested knowledge, the educational syllabus needs strengthening to address new and evolving challenges that pose real barriers once young adults enter the workplace.
This is why we are developing a transformational new GCSE based on tried-and-tested Project Skills, aimed at preparing future generations for life in and beyond education.
Aiming to future-proof the UK workforce by
starting young - building the capacity of
students to thrive in an unpredictable,
fast-changing world.
Projects themselves are collaborative by nature, bringing together people and skills from all walks of life to work together and deliver a better future. The team has researched, analysed and brought together a list of essential skills that will give future generations the skills and confidence to learn, grow and positively impact the people around them, no matter what they decide to do with their lives. These core skills are:
Self-awareness and
active listening
Understanding your own feelings and
paying attention to others’ perspectives.
Defining project scope
Clearly setting goals and what needs
to be done.
Systems thinking
Seeing how different parts of a project or problem connect.
Project thinking
Planning and organising tasks to
reach a goal.
Problem solving and
making decisions
Figuring out solutions and choosing
the best option.
Identifying benefits
and impacts
Knowing how actions will affect the
project and people involved, and affect
the world beyond.
Teamwork and planning
Working effectively with others and organising tasks together.
Identifying change
and issues
Recognising when something needs to change and spotting problems early.
Understanding stakeholder
Knowing who is affected by the project
and their needs.
Future visioning
Imagining possible outcomes and planning for the future.
Developing objectives
Setting specific goals to work towards.
Collecting, analysing, interpreting and using information
Gathering data, making sense of it and using it appropriately.
Governance and ethics
Following rules and making
ethical decisions.
Identifying and
analysing gaps
Figuring out what’s missing or needs improvement.
Adapting to change
Learning how to adjust plans when
things change.
Reflection and learning
from experience
Looking back to learn from past successes and mistakes.
Estimating time
and resources
Predicting how long tasks will take and
what you’ll need.
Understanding uncertainty, risks and issues
Being aware of things that could go
wrong or better than expected and planning for them.
Communication
Sharing ideas clearly with others –
listening, speaking, writing.
The Skillsbuilder Universal Framework research in the UK showed low levels of essential employment skills - like communication, problem-solving, and teamwork - cost the UK economy around £22 billion in 2022. Students with strong literacy and numeracy, but weak soft skills, see lower employment, wages, and life satisfaction.
Our volunteers are all world class professionals. Their mission to make a lasting impact to people and society brought them together and now drives them forward with power and purpose.
Mon 02 MarLondonOur mission is to support young Londoners to feel that a career in and around the Square Mile is open to them, helping them to know the many routes into an industry. We want all young Londoners to feel that “I can work here!”
Tue 28 AprLondonPutting the EV into AchiEVement: Back for 2 days, we focus a day on the host of inputs required to inform Controls and a day on the Skills People need to make it happen.