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An amber readiness meter shows hiring still weighted toward degree requirements, with only Australia, Sweden, France and the UK edging closest to skills-first on OECD's new 25-indicator index — and no country reaching it.
📈 Policy & Business Report

OECD's First Skills-First Index Finds No Country Has Fully Moved Past Degree-Based Hiring

The OECD's first Skills-First Readiness and Adoption Index finds Australia, Sweden, France and the UK ahead of the pack, but no country has…

EduFabTech · 15h ago · 4 min read
A bar chart shows OECD government R&D budgets shifting in 2024: general university funding up 2.1%, defence up 11.5%, energy and environment down 8.0%, framed by the headline on falling real-terms budgets.
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Government R&D Budgets Fall in Real Terms as Funding Tilts Toward Defence, OECD and EU Data Show

OECD and Eurostat data for 2024–2025 show government R&D budgets shrinking in real terms across most member countries, with defence researc…

EduFabTech · 19 Sep 2026 · 4 min read