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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(0:56 people's noises)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(check who) 1.17 We've got one hour\Nand a quarter.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(confused voices then 1:31) How do we know\Nwhen these things are going to be turned on?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(confused voices, then1:58) What? OK? \NRight.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Chairperson 2:03) Ladies and Genltemen, \Ncan I ask everyone
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to take their seats, please?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're about to begin, \Nso if you're visiting the bar,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can you charge your glasses and return \Nto your seats, and then we'll begin.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've got an hour and a quarter\Nfor this debate.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, can I -- Welcome everybody to\Nthe Online Educa OEB debate.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not sure what number this is\Nin the series of debates that we've had,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it may be getting up to our 10th.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I can tell you is that in the time\Nthat we've been having these debates
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that I've been chairing them, \Nmy eyesight has now gone so bad
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I can't possibly read any notes\Nthat I have without using glasses, so
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think we must be on at least our 10th.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I can also tell you is that \NOnline Educa itself, OEB,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this year is celebrating \Nits 21st anniversary.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I think that perhaps deserves\Na round of applause.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So happy birthday to Online Educa --\N(Applause) -- this fantastic conference.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And 21 years ago was a very difficult --\Nvery different world indeed,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when one thinks about the scale and scope\Nof change that there --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that has taken place in the last 21 years.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One statistic I was reading recently was \Nthat in the UK, in 1994, 21 years ago,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there were only 67 mobile phones\Nper 1000 people.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But only ten years later, in 2004,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there were more mobiles in the UK \Nthan people.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that pattern of spread \Nof mobile communications alone
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has spread across the world and \Nin Africa, for instance,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those of you who have been to \NElearning Africa will have learned about
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the spread of mobile communications\Nacross the African continent.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in terms of the scale \Nof technological change,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the spread of that change \Nacross the world,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the change in that short period of time,\Nin these past 21 years alone,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has been enormous, and we heard about
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the scale of it in the opening \Nplenary session this morning.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We live in a world that is globalized,\Ninterconnected, hyperlinked
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that scale of change we're \Nexperiencing, have experienced
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the last 21 years, is going to\Ngather pace and continue.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And all that is going to create a huge \Nchallenge for education and training,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is going to be at the heart
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of dealing with both the positive and \Nnegative aspects of that change.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's why the motion that we're \Ndealing with today, in this debate,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is so important, and why the whole subject\Nof giving young people the skills
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they need to cope with \Nthe challenges of this new world
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we all are going to --\Nthat we are creating, is so important.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've got four speakers, \Nfour panel speakers
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to open the debate this evening
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm going to ask each of them \Nto speak for 10 minutes,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then I'm going to --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-- two of them will speak for the motion, \Nobviously,and two against --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then I will throw open the debate \Nto all of you,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but if you want to intervene\Nwhilst they are speaking, because
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're having a parliamentary-style\Ndebate,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then you can try to intervene on them
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if they want to take \Nyour intervention,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then they can do so, but it will be\Nentirely up to you.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if they don't, then you can draw\Nwhatever conclusions you want from that.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I want to ensure that \Nwe keep the flow going,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I'm not going to let you bully them\Nbut I'm going to allow you,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you want to make a particular point,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or if you want to make \Na short intervention, to do so.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then after they've spoken, we'll\Nthrow open the debate to the floor
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can make your contribution,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but do please realize that time \Nis of the essence,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so please try to keep it short and \Nto the point, succinct.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the kind of debate equivalent\Nof texting.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, no long rambling contributions, \Nbecause I will cut you off
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you try to do that.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, very short contributions, please.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I'll ask each of our --\NI'll ask one speaker from each side
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to sum up, and then we will take a vote,\Nand we'll do that by a show of hands.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I've also made it clear \Nto all the speakers that they may
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,say things that they don't necessarily \Nwant to be held to in the future,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I hope that you will understand that.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this is an opportunity for us \Nto explore some of the issues,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but don't take it all too seriously,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and don't come and accuse people of saying\Nthings that you would --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they might not necessarily always \Nwant to be held to.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With that in mind, I'm going to ask\Nour first speaker, who is Jo Swinson.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jo Swinson, who is the former Minister\Nfor business, innovation and skills
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the UK's coalition government of\N2010 to 2015,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to speak first for the motion.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Jo, since leaving Parliament, \Nhas begun a new career
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and is involved in an award within\Na data intelligence company
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,called Clear Returns
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she is an expert on the challenges \Nand opportunities of the digital age.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, over to you, Jo.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Jo Swinson) Thank you very much indeed,\NHarold.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm absolutely delighted to be here\Nin Berlin at OEB.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A bit of a first, actually, the first\Ntechnology-related conference
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I've been to where there is a queue\Nin the ladies' loos!
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have to say I was particularly pleased \Nby that, not only as a feminist,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also as a Brit who appreciates\Nthe art of queuing.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it was good on two fronts.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, this house believes that \N21st century skills aren't being taught,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they should be, is the motion\Nthat I want to convince you
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to support this evening.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We absolutely need to be equipping\Nour young people,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and indeed, people at every stage\Nof their lives,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the skills that they need \Nfor the 21st century.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And our education systems, \Nand our wider society,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have an important role to play in this.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I will put it to you, this evening,\Nthat when it comes to technical skills,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when it comes to social skills,\Nand vitally,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when it comes to capacity \Nto embrace change,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are not yet rising to that challenge\Nsufficiently.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are very specific skills, \Nthere are gaps in science and technology
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are not being properly filled. 9:32
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These shortages are causing\Nsignificant problems
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for businesses, for employers.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Half of engineering companies say that\Nthey have delayed taking forward
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,new products or services, because \Nthey have vacancies
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are so hard to fill, because\Nthe skills are not there to recruit.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Digital start-ups are often in real need\Nof software developers
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they cannot find sufficiently.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And companies of all sizes, grappling with\Ncybersecurity challenges
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,struggle to have the skills that they need\Nto take on those important issues.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As Harold mentioned, I'm now a director\Nof a company called Clear Returns.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's been going for about three years,\Nbased in Glasgow, and uses data analytics
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help retailers understand the problems\Nthey have with product returns
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and therefore successfully cutting \Nthe costs for retailers,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and resulting in better \Ncustomer satisfaction.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in our technology team of 17 people,\Nthere are 12 different nationalities
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not one of those people went through\Nthe school education system in the UK,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the skills are not taught \Nup to scratch.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, there have been some improvements\Nand as to 2014,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,computer science has been introduced into\Nthe curriculum in the UK,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that is not the end of the matter,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because 11% of computer science graduates\Nare unemployed.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, that's one of the highest \Nunemployment rates
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for any subject discipline,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at a time when we have a huge shortage\Nof these very skills.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something is going very wrong \Nwhen that is the case.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is not just about\Nteaching people to code.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fashionable ....... (check) undoubtedly\Nis at the moment (check)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it is necessary that we do have \Npeople who can code.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's not some kind of silver bullet\Non its own.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Actually, it's the building blocks \Nthat we need to be putting in place,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the things that lie before you get\Nto the point of coding,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the logic, the basic maths, \Nenhancing those skills,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that people can put \Nthose building blocks together
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and create an argument or a \Ntrain of thought or a mathematical proof,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or indeed, a piece of code that will\Ninstruct a machine to do something.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yet our maths skills \Nare also going backwards.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A King's College, London, study found that\Ncompared to the 1970's
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,young people today are significantly less\Nwell equipped in the field of mathematics.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's also worth pointing out \Nthat we are missing out,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when it comes to teaching these skills\Non almost half of the population.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only one in five A-level physics students\Nis a girl.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When it comes to computer science,\Nthat figure drops to 1 in 10.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, it's wonderful to be at \Na technology conference
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where there is a queue \Nin the ladies' loos,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but even at this conference, if you\Nhave a look at the speakers' brochure,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only 8 of the 35 main speakers are women,\Nso where are the women?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are missing out \Non that important talent
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who will not then get in the fields\Nthat we need for the 21st century
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to enable all of our economies \Nto flourish.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're also not doing well enough\Nat the social skills
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which have always been imported --\Nimportant,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I would argue, are even more so\Nin the context of the 21st century.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Employers have long complained that\Nthey get coming into the work place
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are not yet ready for work.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have to say there is that thing \NI've observed,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when new graduates starting out\Nin the work place
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seem to be allergic to \Nusing the telephone
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the purpose it was originally\Ndesigned for.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've lost count of the number of times\Nwhen, speaking to a member of staff
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the particular project \Nthat they are trying to make happen,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it seems so stuck, and I say:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What happened when you asked\Nthat person about it?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh, I sent them an email and\Nthey didn't get back to me."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, for all the wonders that\Ntechnology can undoubtedly do
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in helping us in our working life, when\Nyou want to get people to do something,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an email is very easy to ignore, and it is\Nmuch harder to just put to one side
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a face-to-face person or contact, \Nor on the telephone.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And relationships are absolutely critical\Nto 21st century work places and skills:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,getting things done, collaborating in \Nteams, motivating others.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yet when we assess children \Nand young people in the education system,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is genuinely done \Non a pure individual basis,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not looking at how they are actually\Noperating within a drip setting (check).
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when it comes to skills \Nin terms of relationships,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something like personal, social\Nand health education, which I would argue,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is absolutely essential to help young\Npeople learn to navigate relationships,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and important issues like consent\Nwhen it comes to sex,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not even compulsory \Nin the UK curriculum.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a world where ultimation is increasing,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where jobs that we've already seen through\Nthe Industrial Revolution,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that manual jobs have been replaced \Nby machines,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that with the next stage of technological\Nadvancement, many, many more,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in things like accountancy and \Nprofessional services,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are also going to be replaced \Nby algorithms,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the human social relationship skills\Nare going to be in even more demand
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and therefore deserve much more attention.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And my final point is that we have not \Ndone enough to prepare people
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the world of change.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A little while ago, I spoke at a School\NAward ceremony to 12-year olds
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was to explain to them \Nhow the world had changed
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,since I was there age.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one of the examples I used was\Nthe process of taking a photograph.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I described how, when I was 12,\Nyou would have a thing called a camera
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was all that it did, it was just\Nfor taking photographs,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you would have to get a piece of film,\Nphysically,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to load it into the camera machine,\Nyou'd had to do that pretty carefully,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you didn't want to expose the film\Nand it was quite a fiddly process.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You wouldn't know whether the photos\Nyou were taking were any good.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You would have to take at least 24, \Nor sometimes 36,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,depending on which particular \Npiece of film you put into your camera,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before you would then take it along\Nto a pharmacist's or a chemist's shop,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pay some money and then go and do\Nsomething else for a few days,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at which point you could come back
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and be presented with your little\Nenvelope of photographs,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and see if any of them had turned out OK.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was counting on these 12-year olds\Nlooked at me
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like I might well be lying to them: \Nthis is how it worked,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of course these days, you know,\Nwithin a matter of seconds,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can take dozens of selfies \Nin your phone,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,apply however many Instagram filters\Nyou like,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and share it with the entire world,\Njust without leaving the school.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The pace of change is accelerating hugely.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here in 2015, for us to consider \Nwhat even are 21st century skills,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is like going back to 1915 and trying\Nto imagine the space race, nuclear power,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the internet, or the kind of social change\Ngoing from a situation
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where women didn't even have the vote,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to electing a woman as Prime Minister \Nin the UK,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the change with gay rights,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the ending of racial segregation\Nin the United States.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can't even conceive of all that \Nthe 21st century is going to bring.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, more than anything, with \Nthis huge pace of increasing knowledge,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more than anything, what we need to do\Nis equip people
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to cope with and thrive \Non change and uncertainty.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead, we have bunches of kids being \Nprocessed through the education system
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that doesn't look that different\Nto several decades ago.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we really do have a problem here,\Nin terms of the skills
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we are teaching and more importantly,\Nnot teaching well enough.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whether it's technical skills, \Nwhether it's those social skills
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or whether it's the vitally important\Nability to be resilient,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to recover from change and setbacks,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to apply yourself in a new way \Nto a new set of challenges and horizons.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are the things \Nwe must be focusing on,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we aren't yet rising \Nto that challenge.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I support the motion. 18:06