Demos Staff overview
Kate Oakley
- Telephone
- kate.oakley@btopenworld.com
Kate Oakley is a writer and policy analyst, specialising in the cultural industries, cultural policy and regional development. She is a Visiting Professor in Innovation at the University of the Arts in London and at the Department of Cultural Policy and Management, City University.
She was the author of the "Creative London" Report in 2004 and has worked with a number of cities and regions, both in the UK and internationally, on public policy in the creative industries.
Recent publications include London’s Creative Economy: An Accidental Success? (2007) co-written with John Knell, published by the Work Foundation and Better Than Working For a Living? (2007) a study of labour markets in festivals and events, published by City University. She has just published, together with Andy Pratt and Brooke Sperry, a study of the changing working practices of fine art graduates, entitled, The Art of Innovation and published by NESTA. Her most recent work for Demos, was the Skills paradox, with Duncan O’Leary, published in December 2008.
Kate’s current research interests concern work in the cultural industries, innovation and art education.
- Authors
- Kate Oakley, Duncan O'Leary
- Publication Date
- 2008-12-11
- Publication Type
- Pamphlet
This report examines Britain's skills gap and argues that a damaging paradox - those with the least skills are the least likely to train - is a social as well as an economic issue.
- Authors
- Kate Oakley, Kylie Kilgour, Sian Gibson, Tom Bentley
- Publication Date
- 1999-01-01
- Publication Type
- Pamphlet
The final report of a consultation project with over 150 young people, presenting a direct and authoritative picture of life for young people growing up with social exclusion today, and the implications for policy.
- Authors
- Charles Leadbeater, Kate Oakley
- Publication Date
- 2001-01-01
- Publication Type
- Pamphlet
The authors make a series of radical policy proposals – notably that the DTI should be demerged – which are designed to ensure the UK maintains its competiveness in the knowledge economy.
- Authors
- Charles Leadbeater, Kate Oakley
- Publication Date
- 1999-01-01
- Publication Type
- Pamphlet
The authors recommend policy approaches to help provide new cultural entrepreneurs with a firmer base to build upon.
- Authors
- Duncan O'Leary, Kate Oakley, Grahame Broadbelt
- Publication Date
- 2007-01-30
This provocation paper analyses the strengths and weaknesses of the emerging consensus – given expression by Lord Leitch in his review – around education and skills policy for the future. It argues that important elements of this consensus need to be challenged if the UK is to fulfil the laudable ambitions outlined in the Leitch Review and succeed in harnessing the talents of the whole population.