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Madeleine Bunting journalist with the Guardian newspaper. Madeleine is the author of 'Willing Slaves' that argues that the work of even middle income earners in the UK is subject to massive work intensification.
Video: 5m11s / 11Mb
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Professor Phillip Brown, Cardiff University
Philip is co-author of 'The Mismanagement of Talent', a powerful critique of and corrective to those who claim that a knowledge economy has emerged.
Video: 3m54s / 8.6Mb
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Professor Ewart Keep deputy director of the ESRC centre for skills, knowledge and organisational performance at the Universities of Warwick and Oxford.
An expert on skill and training related policy and who has been an advisor to governments in the UK and elsewhere. Ewart argues that there is a mismatch between supply and demand of skills.
Video: 5m23s / 11.7Mb
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Gill Considine is deputy director of the Australian Centre for Industrial Relations Research and Training at the University of Sydney
Gill talks about problems with work intensification, pay and skills in nursing in Australia and union lead initiatives to solve these problems.
Video: 5m51s / 12.7Mb
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Professor Irena Grugulis, University of Bradford.
Irena is the co-editor of 'The Skills That Matter' and talks about the changing nature of skill, focusing on soft skills and issues for employees.
Video: 5m14s / 11.5Mb
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Dr Steve Shelley, University of Hertfordshire.
Steve talks about the UK Government's Union Learning Fund. This fund encourages trade unions to organised workplace learning. this learning also helps with trade unions' organisation.
Video: 6m19s / 13.8Mb
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