Governing the Skills Agenda: Insights from the Sheffield City-Region

Abstract

Skills are currently riding high on the political agenda and major changes are underway with respect to regulation and governance. We explore developments taking place in the Sheffield city-region, particularly the ‘skills strategy for Sheffield' and its governance. We suggest that city-regions reinforce, and have the potential to increase, rather than resolve, the uneven development of labour markets and interlinked socio-spatial inequalities.

Notes

¹ The research encompasses a variety of qualitative research strategies: semi-structured face-to-face interviews with a wide-range of political and policy actors, welfare-rights organisations and training providers; focus groups with benefit recipients; and content analysis of policy documents, and narrative policy analysis more broadly.