David Ashton's Archive 
David Ashton is an Emeritus Professor at Leicester University and an Honorary Professor at Cardiff University. He has taught at the Universities of Leicester, Reading, the Alberta (Canada) and the State University of New York at Buffalo (USA). He is a Fellow of SKOPE in the UK and of the Institute of Adult Learning in Singapore. He has provided consultancy services for various government departments in the UK such as BIS, Scottish Government, Cabinet Office and the UK Commission for Employment and Skills. Internationally, he has advised government organisations in South Africa, European Union, Singapore, and Malta, as well as global organisations such as the World Bank and the International Labour Organisation.
David Ashton
The recent announcement by the government of a pilot project to “give employers power over skills training” raises new challenges for the union movement.
In a presentation I will be giving at the TUC unionlearn “Skills Investment” seminar on 1st December I will draw on my research in this field to show what such a system that gives power to employers might look like here in the UK. I will also highlight some of the key implications for the union movement.
