The accountancy profession and higher education need to work together to help upskill and develop talent, particularly as automation is set to eradicate more than 500,000 accountancy jobs in the UK by 2030.

Corporate learning schemes help employees gain the skills their organisation needs, but to make real change in the talent pool, we need a growth mindset from both employers and workers.

The UK workforce is about to have a rude awakening. Research suggests that by 2030, 30% of all jobs in the UK could be eradicated due to automation changing the workforce.