Can government actually predict the jobs of the future?

The future of jobs has been used to justify the major changes to university education announced last week. Fees for courses that, according to the government, lead to jobs with a great future will fall, while those with a poor future will rise. But can the government predict the jobs of the future? And do proposed fee changes match those jobs that will grow? Read more: The government is making'job-ready' degrees cheaper for students – but cutting funding to the same courses In the research I have done on the future of work, several things are clear.