UKCES

Mike was previously Director of Development (2007-08), Strategy and Research (2004-07) and Policy and Research (2002-04) at the Sector Skills Development Agency. Before that, he was the Founding Director of the Policy Research Institute and Professor of Public Policy at Leeds Metropolitan University from 1988-2002.

He has undertaken extensive research and consultancy for the OECD, European Commission and World Bank as well as several UK Government departments and many agencies. He was Adviser to the Leitch Review and a member of the European Commission’s ‘New Skills for New Jobs’ Expert Group. He is also a member of the Northern Ireland Employment and Skills Advisory Board. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts; an Investors in People Ambassador; and Visiting Professor of Economics at Durham Business School. He has also been a British Council Distinguished Visiting Fellow to Japan and Visiting Professor of Economics at the University of Hiroshima. He was awarded the OBE for services to economic development in 2004. Mike has made more than 600 presentations at conferences throughout the world.   

Areas of Expertise and Interest

• Skills and Economic Performance
• Unemployment and Worklessness
• Skills Policy
• Conference, Speeches and Presentations

Current Responsibilities

• Development and management of Research and Policy programmes
• Annual progress report on World Class Skills and Employment
• Lead Director for Northern Ireland
• Member of Migration Advisory Committee

Previous Projects (include):

• Adviser to the Leitch Review
• European Commission: Labour Market Expert for the UK; Local Development; Third Sector; Labour Market Training Programmes.
• OECD: Labour Market Management; Partnerships; Skills
• South African Government: Assessing Future Skill Needs
• RDAs: Skills Strategies
• World Bank: VET Reform in Sri Lanka
• Research Group supporting Skills Task Force
• DfES: The Benefits of Learning

Selected Publications

(More than 100 research reports, 7 books and many articles in professional publications and journals)

• Skills for Jobs: Today and Tomorrow with Mark Spilsbury and Lesley Giles (2010)
• Ambition 2020: World Class Skills and Jobs for the UK with Mark Spilsbury (2009)
• Skills and Economic Performance with Sam Porter (2006)
• Local Employment Development in the EU (2006)
• Learn To Succeed : The Case for a Skills Revolution (2002)
• What Works Locally with P Meadows (2002)
• Skills in England (2001)

Contact: Mike.Campbell@ukces.org.uk                Tel: 01709 774823