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Frances Haque is chief economist at Santander

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    As jobs evolve and AI reshapes the labour market, aligning education with real-world skills is essential to close the productivity gap and future-proof the workforce, says Frances Haque We have long talked about the growing divide between what we learn at school and what the economy needs. The difference now is that the consequences are [...]

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