Skills observatory

The Skills Observatory will provide an evidence-based overview of current and emerging skills needs related to the Virtual Worlds economy. Its purpose is to support education providers, industry stakeholders, and policy actors in understanding how skill requirements are evolving across sectors and professional roles.

Within the UPRAISE project, the Skills Observatory will combine insights from industry surveys, mapping of existing education and training offerings, and relevant external reports and frameworks. By bringing together demand-side and supply-side perspectives, it will help identify priority skills, emerging roles, and potential skills gaps.

The Skills Observatory is developed as a service-oriented and continuously evolving resource. As the project progresses, it will be enriched with new data, analyses, and visualisations, supporting the design and development of higher education curricula, modular training, and upskilling solutions in the field of Virtual Worlds and immersive technologies.