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1. Age differences in graduate employment across Europe
This report is one of a series of reports commissioned by the Higher Education Funding Council for England which draw on a recent European Commission Framework Project, ...

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2. Competences possessed and required by European graduates
This report is one of a series of reports commissioned by the Higher Education Funding Council for England which draw on a recent European Commission Framework project: The ...

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3. Hard Labour: Jobs, unemployment and the recession
With the likelihood of a prolonged recession growing, this report urges the government to adopt a bold package of measures to stave off unemployment. It argues that the scale of ...

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4. Subject differences in graduate employment across Europe
This report is one of a series of reports commissioned by the Higher Education Funding Council for England which draw on a recent European Commission Framework Project, ...

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5. The context of higher education and employment: comparisons between different European countries
This report is one of a series of six reports commissioned by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) which draw on a recent European Commission Framework ...

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ferent-european-countries/

6. The employment of UK graduates: comparisons with Europe
This report is one of a series of six reports commissioned by the Higher Education Funding Council for England which draw on a recent European Commission Framework project, ...

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7. Towards a Global Labour Market?
This paper aims to find out whether there is a global labour market for knowledge workers and if so, what it looks like; analysing the implications that might have for future ...

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8. What Should Be Done about Rising Unemployment in the UK?
This paper considers the issue of unemployment one of the most pressing issues facing the UK and other governments, as the current recessions deepens. It begins by trying to ...

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9. A Need for Migrant Labour? The Micro-Level Determinants of Staff Shortages and Implications for a Skills Based Immigration Policy
This paper is part of a research project that was commissioned by the MAC to provide an independent analysis and assessment of the nature and micro-level determinants of staff ...

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ges-and-implications-for-a-skills-based-immigration-policy/

10. New Skills for New Jobs: Anticipating and matching labour market and skills needs
The severity of the financial crisis adds an exceptional degree of unpredictability about the future of the world’s economy - yet in order to put Europe on the road to ...

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ills-needs/

11. Re-skilling for recovery: After Leitch, implementing skills and training policies
Lord Leitch published his review of skills two years ago, in December 2006. It set out ambitious targets for ‘upskilling’ the UK population which the Government ...

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-policies/

12. Skills in the Recession
Investing in training can help reduce job losses, help the unemployed back into work and help build a stronger post recession economy. This paper calls for a series of both ...

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13. Tackling Worklessness: A Review of the contribution and role of local authorities and partnerships (Interim Report)
In this Interim Report we are sharing our current thinking about how government, from top to bottom, can better work together with local partners from the third sector as well as ...

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uthorities-and-partnerships-interim-report/

14. The Economic Impacts of Migration on the UK Labour Market: Economics of Migration Working Paper 3
This paper provides a balanced and informed assessment of the best existing evidence on the effects of migration on the labour market. In addition, having conducted new ...

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-migration-working-paper-3/

15. From Recession to Recovery II: a Focus on Unemployment
The main programmes for helping people into work, the national employment and training programmes, are delivered through the Department of Work and Pensions, Job Centre Plus ...

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16. From Recession to Recovery: The Local Dimension
The analysis in this report is based on an assumption that the economy will enter a recession that reduces GDP by 2.0% in 2009 and recovers by 0.75% in 2010.This stylised assumption ...

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17. Learners’ experience of work: Research report
This report is concerned with the experiences of work reported by young people and adults who are on literacy, language, and numeracy courses. It makes a contribution to ...

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18. National Statistics News Release: UK born and non-UK born employment
Employment of all workers, both UK and non-UK born, fell by 59,000 in the 12 months to October-December 2008, a 0.2 per cent reduction on the October-December 2007 estimate. In the ...

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19. The Demand for STEM Graduates: Some benchmark projections
This report has two main objectives. The first is to develop and to present some benchmark projections of employment of people with graduate level qualifications in Science, ...

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20. The digital divide: Computer use, basic skills and employment
The context of this comparative study is the rising importance of the use of and access to computers as part of contemporary employability. In turn computing skills, ...

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21. The value of basic skills in the British labour market: Research report
We find that literacy and numeracy continue to be highly valued in the labour market. Specifically, literacy and numeracy skills retained their high value in the UK labour market ...

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22. Welsh Affairs Committee: Globalisation and Its Impact on Wales, Second Report of Session 2008-09
In the twenty-first century, the economy of Wales cannot be considered in isolation, but must be seen in the context of global opportunities and threats. Today, national ...

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eport-of-session-2008-09/

23. Evaluation of Partners Outreach for Ethnic Minorities (POEM): Interim report
The Partners Outreach for Ethnic Minorities (POEM) programme began in March 2007 and was initially funded for one year, although it was later extended to run for a second year. ...

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ort/

24. Key Economic Statistics - February 2009
The employment rate in Wales, as estimated by the Labour Force Survey, was 70.7 per cent of those of working age during October to December 2008, below the peak in mid 2003, but still ...

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25. Learning Agreement Pilots Evaluation: Synthesis Report
This report summarises the findings from the national evaluation of the Learning Agreement Pilots (LAP). The LAPs were a joint initiative between Connexions and the local ...

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26. Programmes to promote employment for disabled people: Lessons from the United States
Policymakers in the United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK) have shown an increasing interest in integrating people with disabilities2 into the mainstream, especially ...

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united-states/

27. Labour market statistics February 2009
There has been a fall in both the number of people in employment and the employment rate. The number of unemployed people, the unemployment rate and the claimant count have all ...

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28. Economic & Labour Market Review - February 2009 Edition
An essential resource for all users of UK economic and labour market statistics, Economic & Labour Market Review (ELMR) draws together the expert research and analysis and range ...

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29. A Review of Labour Shortages, Skills Shortages and Skill Gaps
The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC), a body set up to provide independent evidence-based advice to the Government, commissioned this research to provide an overview of ...

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30. Key Economic Statistics - January 2009
The latest bulletin on Key Economic National Statistics produced by the Welsh Assembly Government was released on 21 January 2009 according to the arrangements approved by the ...

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31. Engineering Skills Balance Sheet - Wales: An analysis of Supply and Demand issues
This document sets out the critical skill supply and demand issues facing the Engineering sector within Wales and the associated actions required by key stakeholders to address ...

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d-issues/

32. Reaching further: Workforce development through employer-FE college partnership
The purpose of this report is to highlight examples of good practice where colleges and employers have worked together successfully to achieve high quality workforce training, ...

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tnership/

33. Economic & Labour Market Review - January 2009 Edition
An essential resource for all users of UK economic and labour market statistics, Economic & Labour Market Review (ELMR) draws together the expert research and analysis and range ...

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34. Guidance on the Employment of Children
This guidance is intended to set out the key provisions of the law on child employment and include some best practice advice for those implementing it. It is intended to be read ...

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35. Labour market statistics - January 2009
There has been a fall in both the number of people in employment and the employment rate. The number of unemployed people, the unemployment rate and the claimant count have all ...

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36. New Opportunities: Fair Chances for the Future
The truly global economy of the 21st century brings new opportunities and new risks. The way the financial crisis has swept across every economy in just a few months has underlined ...

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37. Working Futures 2007- 2017: Evidence Report 2
Working Futures finds that despite the current crisis in both the world and the domestic economy, a more optimistic picture is projected for the labour market over the long term to ...

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38. Delivering Skills that Work for Wales: reducing the proportion of young people not in education, employment or training in Wales.
In preparing this response the WLGA has engaged in wide consultation with the directors of education via ADEW, the Principal Youth Officers Group (PYOG) and 14-19 Local Area ...

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-people-not-in-education-employment-or-training-in-wales/

39. The Impact of Early Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills on Later Outcomes
In this paper, we analyse the consequences and determinants of cognitive and non-cognitive (social) skills at age 11, using data for Great Britain from the National Child ...

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es/

40. Briefing Paper 1: Response to Social Mobility Commission from the UK Commission for Employment and Skills
This paper was presented as a contribution to the Liberal Democrat's Social Mobility Commission. It outlines the UK Commission's perspective on social mobility from an ...

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mmission-for-employment-and-skills/

41. Key Economic Statistics - December 2008
The latest bulletin on Key Economic National Statistics produced by the Welsh Assembly Government was released on 17 December 2008 according to the arrangements approved by the ...

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42. Managing mental health and employment
This report presents the findings of an exploratory qualitative study commissioned by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to investigate the experiences of people who ...

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43. Economic & Labour Market Review - December 2008 Edition
An essential resource for all users of UK economic and labour market statistics, Economic & Labour Market Review (ELMR) draws together the expert research and analysis and range ...

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44. Ethnic minority populations and the labour market: an analysis of the 1991 and 2001 Census
In this report we draw on the 1991 and 2001 Censuses to map the labour market circumstances of the ethnic minority population in the UK. We consider a range of key indicators: ...

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991-and-2001-census/

45. Labour market statistics December 2008
There has been a fall in both the number of people in employment and the employment rate. The number of unemployed people, the unemployment rate and the claimant count have all ...

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46. Public Sector Employment Q3 2008
The latest national statistics on public sector employment produced by the Office for National Statistics were released on 17 December 2008 according to the arrangements ...

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47. Graduate Market Trends: Autumn 2008
This issue of Graduate Market Trends (GMT) looks at: 1) The career decision-making process of working class students and employability issues, 2) Using placements to plug the ...

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48. Persistent Employment Disadvantage
This report presents the results of an analysis, requested by the Equalities Review panel, of persistent employment disadvantage, covering as many social groups as possible, ...

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49. What Do Graduates Do? November 2008 Edition
This edition presents the destinations of UK-domiciled first degree, HND and Foundation Degree graduates from the 2006/07 academic year. It gives a profile of how many leavers ...

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50. Child poverty in perspective: An overview of child well-being in rich countries
This publication is the seventh in a series of Innocenti Report Cards, designed to monitor and compare the performance of the OECD countries in securing the rights of their ...

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ountries/

51. Ethnic penalties in the labour market: Employers and discrimination
This report presents findings based on data from the pooled Quarterly Labour ForceSurveys (QLFS) 2001-2004, the Sample of Anonymised Records (SARs) from the 2001 Census, and ...

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52. The social and personal benefits of learning: A summary of key research findings
In this report we investigate how education and processes of social capital formation play out over a person’s life in the context of individual well-being, family ...

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-findings/

53. Economic Inactivity in Wales, 2007
The latest National Statistics on Economic Inactivity in Wales produced by the Welsh Assembly Government were released on 24 November 2008 according to the arrangements ...

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54. Today's Investment - tomorrows asset: Skills and employment in the Wind, Wave and Tidal Sectors
This report summarises the skills landscape relating to Wind, Wave and Tidal Stream technologies (WWT) in the UK, identifies where competing demands for the same skills are ...

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ve-and-tidal-sectors/

55. Encouraging labour market activity among 60-64 year olds
This report presents the findings of a qualitative research study, commissioned by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in October 2006, to examine how to best encourage ...

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56. UK labour market analysis, November 2008
This briefing comprises an analysis of ONS labour market data covering the period July - September 2008.

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57. HM Treasury: Analysis of public expenditure by country and region, Chapter 9
This chapter presents analyses of public expenditure by country and region (CRA). Data in this chapter for all years up to and including 2006-07 are National Statistics. Readers ...

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er-9/

58. Key Economic Statistics - November 2008
The latest bulletin on Key Economic National Statistics produced by the Welsh Assembly Government was released on 12 November 2008 according to the arrangements approved by the ...

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59. Labour market statistics November 2008
There has been a fall in both the number of people in employment and the employment rate. The number of unemployed people, the unemployment rate and the claimant count have all ...

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60. Regional Labour Market Disparities Are Narrowing
The latest estimates for 2006 show that levels of regional disparities in employment and unemployment have been narrowing over the last five years. Notwithstanding these ...

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61. Learning Working Lives: Working Paper from Stirling
For many people, initial moves into employment are still the most important single transition that most working people experience. Nevertheless, they bring existing views of ...

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62. The impact of Train to Gain on skills in employment
This survey report evaluates the impact of provision funded by Train to Gain on the skills and qualifications held by adult employees in England. The survey assessed the extent to ...

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63. The significance of formal education & training in adults’ lives: Working Paper from Leeds
The Learning Lives research project began in June 2004, and runs until the end of January 2008. The project is a collaboration between the University of Exeter, the University of ...

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paper-from-leeds/

64. Disadvantage and Discrimination in the Labour Market 2007/8
This research was commissioned late in 2007 to provide research to provide robust data, at both a regional and sub-regional level, on which groups in Yorkshire and the Humber ...

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65. What has learning ever done for us? The impact of learning on London
This document explores the range of skills challenges that many London employers now face, both in potential new recruits and in the existing workforce. And it demonstrates how ...

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66. What’s achievement got to do with it? The benefits of Further Education in London to adults
This report presents key findings from a study involving 2,400 telephone interviews with learners aged 19-50 who were due to complete a Level 2 or Level 3 course at a London Further ...

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in-london-to-adults/

67. An Analysis of the Benefit of NVQ2 Qualifications Acquired at Age 26-34
The purpose of this report is to determine the extent to which qualifications, when acquired in a person’s late twenties and early thirties, lead to beneficial changes in a ...

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4/

68. British Indian and Chinese Student, Graduate and Academic International Entrepreneurship
This report focuses on the international entrepreneurial ambitions and activities of higher education students, graduates and academics. Within this broad constituency, a ...

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-entrepreneurship/

69. Economic & Labour Market Review - November 2008 Edition
The latest national statistics on Economic & Labour Market Review - Economic tables produced by the Office for National Statistics were released on 3 November 2008 according to ...

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70. Entrepreneurship, Gender and Job Creation: European dynamics
Since the seminal Birch job creation study (1979), policy-makers across the world have been keen to promote entrepreneurship as a mechanism for creating new employment ...

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71. Increasing higher education participation amongst disadvantaged young people and schools in poor communities
The over-arching aim of this interim report is to propose concrete policy recommendations which will lead to a higher proportion of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds ...

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people-and-schools-in-poor-communities/

72. Statistics on Average Hours Worked in Wales, 2007
This bulletin provides statistics on the hours worked by employees in Wales. The analyses examine average hours worked by gender and major occupational group in Wales, and also ...

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73. Changes in women’s occupations and occupational mobility over 25 years
This paper will review the enormous changes in women’s employment behaviour and occupational status that have occurred between 1980 and 2001. Cross-sectional data show ...

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74. Graduates and their early careers
This report describes the characteristics and patterns of progression of graduates from higher education within the UK, including salary data six and 40 months after ...

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75. Key Economic Statistics - October 2008
The employment rate in Wales, as estimated by the Labour Force Survey, was 71.9 per cent of those of working age during June to August 2008, a little below the peak in mid 2003, but ...

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76. Labour market statistics: October 2008
There has been a fall in both the number of people in employment and the employment rate. The number of unemployed people, the unemployment rate and the claimant count have all ...

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77. ‘Good Work’: Job Quality in a Changing Economy
This paper sets out to explain why the quality of employment should be a matter of profound concern for government, employers and employees. It makes clear that whether an ...

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78. Childcare and Mothers’ Employment: Approaching the Millennium
Childcare provision in the UK has evolved alongside the expansion of mothers’ employment, transforming the experiences of successive generations. This paper reviews ...

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79. Does Mothers’ Employment Conflict with Child Development? Multilevel Analysis of British Mothers born in 1958
Does maternal employment, while children are very young, affect their development? We link cognitive and behavioural scores of school-aged children to mothers’ ...

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lysis-of-british-mothers-born-in-1958/

80. Family income and educational attainment : a review of approaches and evidence for Britain
It is widely recognised that, on average, children from poorer backgrounds have worse educational outcomes than their better off peers. There is less evidence on how this ...

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idence-for-britain/

81. Flexible (or family friendly) working arrangements in the UK: Where are we now?
This paper reviews the latest empirical research findings (this conference programme apart) largely based on a research Programme of employer-based research on flexible ...

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e-now/

82. Male Crime and Rising Female Employment
It is generally believed that economic success is related to crime in such a way that a buoyant labour market is negatively associated with crime (in relatively prosperous times ...

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83. Migrant workers and vulnerable employment: an analysis of existing data
The aim of the research was to investigate the extent of and conditions relating to vulnerable employment for migrant workers by comparing data from smaller-scale ...

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84. Migration Advisory Committee's First Recommended Shortage Occupation Lists
A strict new list of shortage jobs which targets migration at the needs of British businesses, while reinforcing the selective approach of the new Australian-style points based ...

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sts/

85. Millennium Cohort Study Second Survey
This report presents some of the main initial findings of the Second Survey of the Millennium Cohort Study conducted by the Centre for Longitudinal Studies, which is based at the ...

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86. The role of credit constraints in educational choices: evidence from NCDS and BCS70
In this analysis we seek to shed light on the extent to which credit constraints may affect individuals’ choices to stay in full-time education past the age of 16 and to ...

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ds-and-bcs70/

87. Labour market experiences of people with seeing difficulties: Secondary analysis of LFS data, Final Report
This study uses data from the UK Labour Force Survey (LFS) to look at the labour market situation and experiences of ‘people with a seeing difficulty’. ...

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-analysis-of-lfs-data-final-report/

88. The Brighton Factor: New graduates and their local labour market
This report explores the aspirations and expectations of the university’s graduates, particularly those who stay in the city of Brighton and Hove and in the wider county ...

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89. From Competence and Competition to the Leitch Review
This working paper sets out to do three things. First, to examine the broader role, contribution and limitations of comparative international skills benchmarking studies. ...

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90. Schedule for the Publication of National Statistics October 2008 to September 2009 (DCSF)
This Statistical First Release (SFR) announces the planned schedule for the publication of statistics by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) for the ...

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ptember-2009-dcsf/

91. Schedule for the Publication of National Statistics October 2008 to September 2009 (DIUS)
This Statistical First Release announces the planned schedule for the publication of statistics by the Department for Innovation, Universities & Skills (DIUS) for the period ...

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ptember-2009-dius/

92. The Role of Training and Skills Development in Active Labour Market Policies
In the light of the task of the new UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) to achieve a greater degree of integration between skills policy and employment policy in the UK, ...

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licies/

93. Economic & Labour Market Review - October 2008 Edition
The latest national statistics on Economic & Labour Market Review - Economic tables produced by the Office for National Statistics were released on 7 October 2008 according to ...

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94. Engaging Youth Enquiry Briefing Paper 3: Rates of Post-16 Non-Participation in England
This briefing paper examines how estimates of the number of young people who are ‘NEET’ are derived and what they reveal about the historical and geographical trends ...

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tion-in-england/

95. Influence through Collaboration: Employer Demand for Higher Learning and Engagement with Higher Education Full Project Report
Higher education can make a major contribution to meeting the UK’s skills and productivity needs and addressing the global challenges of the 21st century. This requires ...

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d-engagement-with-higher-education-full-project-report/

96. The education of 14-19 year-olds: Gender, sexuality and diversity in socio-cultural contexts
This essay provides a brief context for and commentary on Chapter 6 of the Nuffield Review entitled ‘The Education of 14-19 year olds’ and especially for section 2 on ...

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io-cultural-contexts/

97. What do workers want? An agenda for the workplace from the workplace
This TUC poll of almost 3,000 workers (excluding the self employed) commissioned from YouGov shows that workers - whether or not they are union members - think that unions provide ...

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98. Destinations of students gaining qualifications from Higher Education Institutions: Wales 2006/07
The bulletin includes data on Welsh domiciled qualifiers and those who studied at Welsh HEIs. The data included here are taken from the Higher Education Statistics Agency's ...

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institutions-wales-200607/

99. Nuffield Review Issues Paper 12: Learning and Learners
Following its three Annual Reports in 2004, 2005 and 2006, the Nuffield Review is now producing Issues Papers which focus upon specific areas of concern, with a view to widening ...

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100. Skills for Science Industries: Skills at work September 2008
I’m delighted to introduce Cogent’s Skills for Science Industries, Skills at Work report. It provides an up-to-date and far-reaching analysis of how the industries ...

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101. Economic & Labour Market Review - September 2008 Edition
An essential resource for all users of UK economic and labour market statistics, Economic & Labour Market Review (ELMR) draws together the expert research and analysis and range ...

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102. Key Economic Statistics - September 2008
The latest bulletin on Key Economic National Statistics produced by the Welsh Assembly Government was released on 19 September 2008 according to the arrangements approved by ...

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103. Labour market statistics September 2008
There has been a fall in both the number of people in employment and the employment rate. The number of unemployed people, the unemployment rate and the claimant count have all ...

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104. Labour Migration to the UK: An ippr factfile
An examination of labour migration to the UK is both timely and important. It is timely because the UK Government, like many governments around the world, has been attempting in ...

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105. Public Sector Employment Q2 2008
The latest national statistics on public sector employment produced by the Office for National Statistics were released on 17 September 2008 according to the arrangements ...

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106. BMG Research Report: Community Transport Survey
This report presents the findings of the Community Transport survey, carried out between April and June 2006 using a telephone survey methodology.

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107. Building Professional Skills for Government: A strategy for delivery
Government Skills published the Skills Strategy for the sector on 1 April 2008. Called ‘Building Professional Skills for Government - a strategy for delivery', the ...

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108. GoSkills Transport Sector Research Factsheets
These factsheets provide information of UK transport sector.

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109. Government Skills Strategy evidence base
During 2007 Government Skills commissioned surveys of employers and employees in central government and of those providing training for our sector. This has provided a clear ...

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110. Management and Leadership report
Management and leadership is one of the key priorities to emerge from the Sector Skills Agreement. In response to this employer demand, GoSkills has set up a working group to ...

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111. Safety & Migrant Workers
This booklet covers the safety of people who come to the UK from abroad and who work permanently, temporarily or seasonally. It covers those who appear on official statistics, ...

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112. Sector Skills Agreement: Skills Needs Assessment on Passanger Transport Sector
This Sector Skills Agreement (SSA) is intended to assist the creation of the skilled workforce that employers in the passenger transport sector need. It is based on detailed ...

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113. Skills Development in the Hackney Carriage & Private Hire Vehicle Industry Annual Report 2007
This interim report provides an update of activities against the defined milestones as defined in the report of September 2005 and shows how the project is progressing with ...

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ry-annual-report-2007/

114. Skills for a World Class Service: A report on the skills requirement of employers and the role of schools and colleges in delivering young people with the right skills for the workplace.
The report presents evidence from recent research that highlights the importance of customer service/soft skills and languages as skills for employment. Significant ...

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the-right-skills-for-the-workplace/

115. Your Place or Mine? The local economics of migration
This working paper is the first from ippr’s Economics of Migration project. The project aims to improve understanding of the economic impacts of migration in the UK, and how ...

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116. Assessment of Current provision: sport and recreation
This Assessment of Current Provision builds on the skills needs identified in the Skills Needs Analysis reports in Stage One of the Sector Skills Agreement. ...

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117. Employment Census 2006 Report: The Results of The Sixth Cencus of The Audio Visual Industries
A Census form was distributed to every company for which records were available in the sectors covered, for completion on 12th July 2006.The form was also made available for ...

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udio-visual-industries/

118. Serctor Skills Agreements: Executive Summary - Wales
The executive summary for Wales outlines the key facts, figures and statistics from the Sector Skills Agreement for the country.

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119. Survey of the Audio Visual Industries' Workforce 2005
More than two thirds of media professionals are graduates, according to new research. Sixty-nine percent of people working in the media have a degree, compared to 16% of the UK ...

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120. The Sector Skills Agreement for Wales Report
The Sector Skills Agreement for Wales is the culmination of over 12 months of work as part of a UK-wide SSA process for the active leisure and learning sector. The Action Plan ...

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121. The Sector Skills Agreement: The Action Plan for Wales
The employer summary for Wales outlines the key outcomes of the Sector Skills Agreement for the country.

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122. Working in Fitness 2007 Survey
Welcome to the findings of the Working in Fitness Survey 2007. This survey is a unique opportunity to gauge the views and opinions of the fitness workforce across a range of ...

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123. 2006/7 Labour Market Survey of GB Engineering Sectors
The aim of the project is to understand the employment, skills and training issues of the Engineering Sectors in the GB. The objectives are to provide a GB wide picture of ...

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124. A Guide to the development of Education and Training in Justice Sector using National Occupational Standards
These guidance notes aim to describe practical ways in which national occupational standards can be used to support the effective design and delivery of education and training ...

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125. An assessment of current provision for skills needs in the Logistics Sector: Stages 1 to 3
These reports explain how the provision of training in logistics was mapped and assessed for its quality, in terms of the processes involved and the outcomes achieved (that is, ...

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ector-stages-1-to-3/

126. Demand and Supply: Providing the skills solutions for the UK food and drink manufacturing industry
This executive summary reports the key findings of stages 1-3 of the SSA and presents an overview of the proposed solutions for priority skills training in the sector. Each ...

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rink-manufacturing-industry/

127. Economic impact of migrant workers on the Food and Manufacturing Industry
Migrant workers are highly valued by food and drink manufacturing employers across the UK. Improve Ltd has carried out research into the economic impact of migrant workers on the ...

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try/

128. Factsheets about Skills for Justice
Skills for Justice is the Sector Skills Council (SSC) covering all employers, employees and volunteers working in the UK Justice system.

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129. Labour Market Intelligence: Sector Profiles
The following LMI profiles are provided on a sector basis. Each report will provide you with a comprehensive overview of your sector.

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130. Logistics labour market profiles
The labour market profiles provide an indepth report of the logistics sector, giving key figures on business trends of the various transport modes. Also, analysis of employment ...

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131. London Market Skills Review
This report provides an outline of the current and future skills challenges facing the wholesale insurance sector, supported by a discussion of relevant trends in employment, ...

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132. Migrant workers in England - Annex October 2007
Annex to the study of the business needs of those employing migrant workers in the Land-based sector in England.

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133. Migrant workers in England - report October 2007
This study aimed to explore the current nature of migrant labour in the land-based sector in England to gain an insight into what the picture would look like in the future. ...

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134. Migrant workers Wales - Annex June 2007
A study of the business needs of those employing migrant workers in the Welsh agriculture and production horticulture industries.

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135. Migrant workers Wales - Report June 2007
Much has been written about the increase in migrant workers throughout the UK. One of the main sectors actively recruiting migrant and seasonal workers from overseas is the UK ...

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136. Profit through skills: Food Scientists & Technologists in Wales Final Report
Since Improve Ltd was established, a range of research projects have been carried out. These have shown that there is not only a shortage of food scientists and technologists, but ...

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ort/

137. Research to Investigate the UK Requirement for Food Scientists & Technologists
The primary objective of the survey was to determine the magnitude and extent of the shortfall of food scientists and food technologists; and at least to identify the number of ...

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ogists/

138. Sector Skills Agreement reports Stages 1 - 3 for the environmental and land-based sector
These reports formed the basis for our final Sector Skills Agreements. Please browse the documents to see national, regional and industry reports.

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and-based-sector/

139. Sector Skills Agreements for fashion and textiles industries - England
Sector Skills Agreements bring together employers and providers/funders of education and training with the purpose of developing a more demand-led pattern of public ...

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140. Sector Skills Agreements for fashion and textiles industries - UK
Sector Skills Agreements bring together employers and providers/funders of education and training with the purpose of developing a more demand-led pattern of public ...

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141. Sector Skills Agreements for fashion and textiles industries - Wales
Sector Skills Agreements bring together employers and providers/funders of education and training with the purpose of developing a more demand-led pattern of public ...

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142. Sector workforce development plan for Wales (Justice sector)
Whilst considerable progress is being made in some parts of the sector to address skills issues and particularly the issue of accrediting individuals, the overall picture is ...

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143. Skills Review: UK wholesale financial services: A Summary
Talent, skills and labour matter. The supply of skilled people is vital, along with regulation and taxation, to global businesses keeping their operations in this country. ...

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144. The Business Benefits of Training in the Food and Drink Manufacturing Industry
This research provides a detailed insight into the benefits of training and the value it can provide for a company, as well as in-depth case studies of nine food and drink ...

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industry/

145. The Sector Skills Agreement Action Plans (Stage 5 Reports)
Stage 5 Reports - The Sector Skills Agreement Action Plans for England and Wales

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146. The sector skills agreement for the Logistics sector in Wales: An assessment of Skills Needs and Current Provision in Welsh Logistics
Skills for Logistics was chosen to be one of the first sector skills councils to undertake a sector skills agreement process. The consultancy, Social Research Associates (Sra,) ...

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sment-of-skills-needs-and-current-provision-in-welsh-logistics/

147. The view from Europe: Productivity and change in UK financial services
This report examines the productivity question as it applies to UK financial services. In search of the sources of value creation, change, employment and the demand for skills in ...

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148. Apprentice employment in independent garages
This report illustrates findings from a telephone survey of the independent garage sector on apprentice employment and training designed to examine current attitudes. ...

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149. Graduate Skills and Recruitment in the City
The report looks at the skills that City employers want from graduates and the ways in which they communicate their needs. It assesses UK Higher Education as a provider of graduate ...

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150. Labour Market Investigation of the UK Waste Management Sector
This project was designed to provide a complete assessment of the labour market structure in the sector both presently and into the future, taking into account the prevailing ...

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151. Migrant Workers In The UK Food and Drink Manufacturing Industry: Labour Market Information Profile 2008
The most recent data shows that there has been an increase in the number of Non-UK nationals working in the Food and Drink Manufacturing industry between 2005 (35,600) and 2007 ...

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152. Putting the plan into action: The Sector Skills Agreement for the Food and Drink Manufacturing Sector
Based on the key findings of stages 1 and 2, and the gap analysis conducted in stage 3, Improve have produced a series of proposed skills solutions, which meet the skills gaps ...

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and-drink-manufacturing-sector/

153. Student and Graduate Perception of the Cogent Sector
To enable Cogent Sector Skills Council to gain an understanding of student’s and graduate’s perceptions of working in the Cogent sector, as well as their career ...

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154. The Food and Drink Manufacturing Sector in the United Kingdom:Labour Market Information Profile 2008: Employment
Across Great Britain, the industry has experienced a decline in employment levels over recent years; 79,000 jobs have been lost 2000 - 2006, equivalent to a 16% drop in employment ...

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155. The Food and Drink Manufacturing Sector in the United Kingdom:Labour Market Information Profile 2008: Employment (England)
The areas with the highest proportion of Food & Drink Manufacturing Sector employees are the North West (16%), Yorkshire & Humberside (16%), and the East Midlands (15%). ...

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rket-information-profile-2008-employment-england/

156. The Food and Drink Manufacturing Sector in the United Kingdom:Labour Market Information Profile 2008: Employment (Wales)
23,300 people are employed in the Welsh Food and Drink Manufacturing industry, 400 jobs have been created 2000 - 2006, equivalent to an increase of 2% over this period and ...

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157. The Food and Drink Manufacturing Sector in the United Kingdom:Labour Market Information Profile 2008: Employment Trends
Approximately 432,000 people are employed within the UK Food and Drink Manufacturing industry; more than 23,000 people are employed in Wales, 49,000 in Scotland, 342,500 in ...

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rket-information-profile-2008-employment-trends/

158. The Retail Automotive Sector Qualifications Strategy
Having consulted extensively with the industry, and having met the quality threshold set by governments in all four countries of the UK, the IMI is pleased to publish the Retail ...

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159. Transforming Education and Training Provision in Wales - Delivering Skills that Work for Wales
A key priority for the Welsh Assembly Government is to secure a workforce that is sufficiently skilled to access future high level employment opportunities. Evidence suggests ...

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ls-that-work-for-wales/

160. A Review of the Independent Health Sector in England: A Labour Market Intelligence Report Executive Summary
This study has undertaken an appraisal of employer demand for workforce skills in the independent health sector in England, and an identification of the key workforce ...

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ntelligence-report-executive-summary/

161. Attracting Talent: Migration Case Study
In the absence of any formal NHS or Department of Health data or monitoring of international migrant workers in the health sector; this case study attempts to draw on established ...

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162. Attracting Talent: Stage 2 - Drivers and impacts
The purpose of this research is to identify the key impacts migration is having in the UK. There are a variety of views on these impacts. At one end of the spectrum, some groups and ...

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163. National and Regional Labour Market Intelligence Reports
The Research & LMI team at Skills for Health are heavily engaged with supporting the implementation of sector skills agreements in each country. This work includes setting up a UK ...

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164. Research Strategy 2005-2010: Research Supporting and Informing the Skills Needed for Today, for the Future...and for High Quality Service Provision in Health Care
This is a timely document for a number of reasons. The importance of identifying and utilising an evidence base in policy development is now widely recognised - this places high ...

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ls-needed-for-today-for-the-futureand-for-high-quality-service-provision-in-heal
th-care/

165. School support staff in Wales: Research Report on the Employment and Deployment of Support Staff in Schools in Wales
In order to develop its understanding of issues concerning the full range of support staff, the WAG commissioned research into the employment and deployment of all such ...

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ployment-of-support-staff-in-schools-in-wales/

166. SSA Stage 1 Skills Needs Assessment
We present here a more detailed quantitative description and analysis of current skill needs (gaps and shortages), the implications of the major policy and strategic ...

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167. The future for Small & Medium Enterprises in the London Health Sector
This work was commissioned by Skills for Health and the London Development Agency to identify the number and composition of SMEs in the London health sector and to investigate ...

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168. Admissions and exclusions of pupils with special educational needs
This research project, which was carried out between October 2003 and November 2004, aimed to address a lack of empirical evidence surrounding the admission and exclusion of ...

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169. White boys from low-income backgrounds: good practice in schools
This is a report on a small survey of good practice in the education of white boys from low-income backgrounds. It does not cover all aspects of the subject or claim to be a full review ...

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170. Development in the early years: its importance for school performance and adult outcomes
Early development of children’s intellectual, social and physical abilities has the potential to affect their long term achievement, beyond the initial introduction to ...

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171. Employable Graduates for Responsible Employers: Research on the links between sustainability and employability in the graduate job market in relation to higher education teaching and learning
The research, commissioned by the Higher Education Academy, explored the links between sustainability and employability in the graduate job market in relation to higher ...

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172. The involvement of business in education: a rapid evidence assessment of the measurable impacts
This review of the most robust evidence on the impact of education links with employers specifically focussed on measurable impacts.

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f-the-measurable-impacts/

173. Economic & Labour Market Review - August 2008 Edition
Economic & Labour Market Review (ELMR) draws together expert research and analysis to build an up-to-date, comprehensive, and unique, statistical picture of the UK economy and ...

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174. Key Economic Statistics - August 2008
The latest bulletin on Key Economic National Statistics produced by the Welsh Assembly Government was released on 13 August 2008 according to the arrangements approved by the UK ...

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175. Labour market statistics - August 2008
There has been an increase in the number of people in employment but the employment rate has fallen. The number of unemployed people, the unemployment rate and the claimant count ...

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176. Output and employment in the construction industry: 2nd quarter 2008
The total volume of construction output in the second quarter of 2008 fell by 0.5 per cent compared with the first quarter of 2008. New private housing work was 7 per cent lower and ...

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177. What works in preventing and re-engaging young people NEET in London
The GLA has commissioned a report into 'What works in preventing and re-engaging young people NEET in London'. This refers particularly to 16-18 year olds, who are 'not in ...

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178. Disabled students in London: A review of higher and further education, including students with learning difficulties
This report is about the position of disabled students in London. There are over 63,000 disabled people studying in London’s further and higher education sectors. ...

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ncluding-students-with-learning-difficulties/

179. Health, disability, caring and employment: Longitudinal analysis
The effect of having a disabled child on a mother’s work varies by definition of childhood disability. The strongest effects can be detected where the respondent reports ...

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180. Life-course events and later-life employment
Much is already known about how later-life factors and events affect when people exit work. Less is known about how earlier life-course events, such as educational achievement, ...

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181. Mental health and employment
This report presents findings of a qualitative research project commissioned by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to investigate the relationship between mental ...

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182. Mothers’ participation in paid work: the role of ‘mini-jobs’
In late 2005 and early 2006, there was a gap of 15 percentage points in the rate of participation in paid work by mothers, according to whether they lived in a family with a partner or ...

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183. The impact of migration from the new European Union Member States on native workers
This paper examines the impact of migration from the new EU Member States on the labour market outcomes of natives in the UK. Building on Gilpin et al. (2006), and making a number of ...

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ative-workers/

184. The longer-term impact of the New Deal for Young People
The New Deal for Young People (NDYP) was introduced in 12 Pathfinder areas during early 1998 and rolled out nationally from April 1998. The programme is mandatory and provides ...

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185. From Potential to Achievement: enhancing students’ value to employers.
This case study set out to examine and develop core requirements in relation to the employability agenda within a BA (Hons) Sport Development with Physical Education programme ...

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186. Graduates’ First Destinations by Age, Ethnicity and Gender: DLHE survey analysis
Using data from the Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education (DLHE) survey for 2003/04 graduates, this report looks at graduates’ early destinations by age, ...

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nalysis/

187. Higher Education and Cogent Workforce
Cogent industries are knowledge and skills intensive, relying on higher level science, engineering and innovation. Higher Education and higher level skills development of ...

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188. Higher Education in the Cogent Sector: At a Glance 2007
This report presents the "flow" of students from "stock" subject categories of the skills supply sector of Higher Education (HE) to the skills demand sector of Cogent ...

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189. More support, higher expectations: the role of conditionality in improving employment outcomes
Over the past two decades, the concept of conditionality has become central to welfare policy in the major economies. Conditionality embodies the principle that aspects of ...

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ng-employment-outcomes/

190. Transforming Britain’s labour market: Ten years of the New Deal
In January 1998 the Government launched the first of 12 pilots of a new approach to welfare - the New Deal. Ten years on, this paper sets out why the New Deal was necessary; how it ...

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191. Women into Industry: A labour market and higher education study on employment and higher level skills within the Cogent-sector chemical industries with particular focus on the Yorkshire and Humber region (2007)
This research presents both labour market intelligence and higher education (HE) data for the Yorkshire and Humber region. It has been prepared for the University of Hull ...

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oyment-and-higher-level-skills-within-the-cogent-sector-chemical-industries-with
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192. Economic & Labour Market Review - July 2008 Edition
The latest national statistics labour market tables for the journal 'Economic and Labour Market Review' (ELMR) produced by the Office for National Statistics were released on ...

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193. Empowering SSCs - Employer driven skills reform across the UK: A Relicensing Framework for Sector Skills Councils
This Prospectus sets out in more detail the key tests for relicensing and the process we will adopt to ensure we have a strong network of SSCs ready and able to face the skills ...

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ing-framework-for-sector-skills-councils/

194. It's Time to Talk Training: How to develop a dialogue on skills at the workplace. Guidance on good practice from the CBI, TUC, BERR and DIUS
We believe that this publication breaks new ground. It is the product of a joint venture by our organisations and it addresses a critical, yet relatively unexplored, aspect of the ...

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orkplace-guidance-on-good-practice-from-the-cbi-tuc-berr-and-dius/

195. Labour market statistics - July 2008
The number of people in employment, the number of unemployed people and the number of inactive people of working age have all increased but the corresponding rates are all ...

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196. Workplace Employment by Industry in Wales, 2001 to 2006
This bulletin is based on statistics from three different sources that are already in the public domain, and provides estimates of workplace employment (or total jobs) in Wales. ...

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197. Key Economic Statistics - July 2008
The bulletin includes latest information from a range of sources and covers a variety of time periods. This bulletin updates the statistics previously released on 13 June 2008. ...

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198. Migrant Workers in the South West
The economic impact of migrant workers is an issue which has invited much controversy. The contribution that migrants make to the UK economy has been one of the most contested ...

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199. Statistics on migrant workers in Wales, 2008
This article brings together information from statistical surveys and administrative sources on migrant workers in Wales, with a focus on those from countries that joined the ...

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200. Who are the people employed in high-tech and in which regions do they work?
The aim of this issue of Statistics in Focus is to describe the people employed in high-tech sectors in the EU, plus Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and Turkey, and the main regions ...

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work/

201. Working conditions of an ageing workforce
This report looks at ways in which the quality of work and employment can be promoted in order to encourage workers to remain in the labour market for a longer time and thus achieve ...

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202. Secondary School Curriculum and Staffing Survey 2007
The aim of the Secondary School Curriculum and Staffing Survey (SSCSS) was to create a national picture of the teaching workforce in terms of the qualifications of teachers and ...

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203. Skills That Work for Wales: A Skills and Employment Strategy and Action Plan
This document sets out the Assembly Government’s strategy for skills and employment in Wales.

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204. International Recruiment, Skills Supply and Migration
This series of short papers, each written by a recognised expert in their field, is designed to provoke debate on crucial skill and productivity issues. Each issue of SSDA ...

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205. Sector Skills Almanac for Wales 2008
The Welsh economy has enjoyed a period of sustained economic growth, combined with rising levels of employment and average incomes for more than a decade. Moreover, GDP per head ...

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206. Working Futures 2004-2014 Summary Report
This document is the first of three volumes that present Working Futures 2004-2014. Together they represent the most detailed and comprehensive set of employment projections ...

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207. Focusing English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) on Community Cohesion
The number of short-term migrant workers is increasing and we recognise the importance of their being able to speak English. However, we believe those who benefit economically ...

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esion/

208. Opportunity, Employment and Progression: making skills work
The greatest challenge we face in the global economy is education. We are experiencing the most far-reaching changes in our economic and occupational structures for at least a ...

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209. Train to gain: a plan for growth November 2007 - July 2011 (Executive summary)
This Plan for Growth sets out the actions that will be taken to provide more employers and individuals with the skills that they need. It will also ensure Train to Gain plays its part ...

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210. Employability Skills Programme for Jobcentre Plus Customers
Employability Skills Programme Provider Guidance primarily for LSC-contracted providers engaged in delivering the Programme to Jobcentre Plus customers in 2007/08 and of ...

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211. Public Sector Employment Q1 2008
Public sector employment decreased by 20,000 (seasonally adjusted) in the first quarter of 2008 to 5.758 million. Employment by public corporations decreased by 12,000. In ...

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212. Ready to Work, Skilled for Work: Unlocking Britain’s Talent
The past decade has witnessed the transformation of work and opportunity in Britain. A sustained period of economic stability and reform, coupled with our dynamic and flexible ...

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213. Train to gain: a plan for growth November 2007 - July 2011 (Full report)
This Plan for Growth sets out the actions that will be taken to provide more employers and individuals with the skills that they need. It will also ensure Train to Gain plays its part ...

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214. Work Skills
This paper describes how we’re creating integrated employment and skills services that are more responsive to the needs of individuals and employers. It also shows how we ...

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215. World-class Apprenticeships: Unlocking Talent, Building Skills for All. The Government’s strategy for the future of Apprenticeships in England
This report sets out our plans for expanding and strengthening what is available. We are committed to providing high quality employer places, and to ensuring that our persistent ...

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he-governments-strategy-for-the-future-of-apprenticeships-in-england/

216. Lack of Skills holding us back at home and at work says LSC survey
New research released today reveals the barriers people feel stand in the way of them learning an additional skill. More than a third (39 percent) of adults blame a lack of time, ...

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217. Train to Gain and The Third Sector
Many people work and volunteer in the third sector. The National Council for Voluntary Organisations UK Voluntary Sector Almanac 2007 shows that there are 611,000 paid workers ...

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218. European Union Students Studying In English Higher Education Institutions
This study aimed to identify the pathways, intentions and relevant perceptions of (non-UK) European Union (EU) students entering English higher education. It sought to ...

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219. Evidence on the effect of Pathways to Work on existing claimants
The Pathways to Work package of reforms (‘Pathways’, for short) is aimed at encouraging employment among people claiming incapacity benefits. The reforms were ...

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220. Industry works together to boost engineering student numbers
A new industry initiative to help combat the skills shortfall in electrical and electronic engineering was launched today, as engineering graduate numbers hit crisis point. ...

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221. Learning for Living and Work Assessment Framework: Guidance notes
This publication is designed to help practitioners work together to assess the support needs of young people with learning difficulties and/or disabilities ...

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222. Minority Ethnic Pupils in the Longitudinal Study of Young People in England (LSYPE)
There has been concern for some time about the educational attainment and progress of children from minority ethnic groups in the UK. Recent analyses of national test data by the ...

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gland-lsype/

223. Minority Ethnic Pupils in the Longitudinal Study of Young People in England: Extension Report on Performance in Public Examinations at Age 16
The mean score in the KS3 national tests in English, mathematics and science for Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Black Caribbean and Black African groups were all substantially below ...

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gland-extension-report-on-performance-in-public-examinations-at-age-16/

224. Participation in Education, Training and Employment by 16-18 Year Olds in England (Update)
This Statistical First Release (SFR) provides provisional end 2007 estimates of participation in education, training and employment and those who are not in education, ...

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in-england-update/

225. Record number of entries to Apprenticeship Awards as Government urges more individuals to undertake Apprenticeships
Today the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) announces record entries to the fifth national Apprenticeship Awards as the Government urges employers to offer Apprenticeship ...

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more-individuals-to-undertake-apprenticeships/

226. Research Report 08-14 - Gender Gaps in Higher Education Participation: An Analysis of the Relationship between Prior Attainment and Young Participation by Gender, Socio-Economic Class and Ethnicity
Historically, women had been under-represented in Higher Education. By 1992, however, the Age Participation Index suggested that young women’s participation rates in ...

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y-gender-socio-economic-class-and-ethnicity/

227. Secondary Analysis of the Labour Force Survey to Map the Numbers and Characteristics of Occupations Working within Social Care, Childcare, Nursing and Education
This report maps some of the key features of the ‘care workforce’ - defined as Social care and Childcare workers. They are contrasted with four other occupational ...

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haracteristics-of-occupations-working-within-social-care-childcare-nursing-and-e
ducation/

228. Supporting Parents in Promoting Early Learning: The Evaluation of the Early Learning Partnership Project
It is now accepted that the link between disadvantage and achievement is cumulative: when poorer children enter primary school, despite early indications of potential, they ...

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arly-learning-partnership-project/

229. The Pathways Advisory Service: Placing employment advisers in GP surgeries
This report presents findings from evaluation research to explore the impact and effectiveness of a pilot project commenced in 2006 to locate employment advisers from ...

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ies/

230. The Small Business Act for Europe
The importance of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) for the EU economy is now well recognized and a comprehensive EU SME policy was put in place in 2005 as an integral part ...

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231. Flexible working: the right to request and the duty to consider
The right to request flexible working was introduced in 2003 for parents of young and disabled children, and the scope of the law was extended to carers of certain adults with ...

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232. Floodgates or turnstiles? Post-EU enlargement migration flows to (and from) the UK
To mark the fourth anniversary of the enlargement of the European Unionin 2004, ippr has undertaken a major study that aims to provide as definitive a picture of post-enlargement ...

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om-the-uk/

233. Hard Work, Hidden Lives
This report exposes a hidden Britain. It shows that employment practices attacked as exploitative in the nineteenth century are still common today. It reveals that vulnerable ...

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234. Higher Education at Work - High Skills: High Value
In this document, we set out our aims - that we need: more, and more employable, graduates; and to raise the skills and capacity for innovation and enterprise of those already in the ...

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235. Inwardness: The rise of meaningful work
The paper argues that while thinkers and writers have long wondered at the value of work to human beings beyond providing a living, the notion of 'meaningful work' is a relatively ...

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236. Life Chances: Supporting people to get on in the labour market. An analytical discussion paper March 2008
This paper reviews the evidence relating to helping adults to progress in work. It also highlights ambiguities and gaps in this evidence and suggests issues for further ...

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tical-discussion-paper-march-2008/

237. The Economic Impact of Immigration, Volume I: Report
Immigration has become highly significant to the UK economy: immigrants comprise 12% of the total workforce-and a much higher proportion in London. However, we have found no ...

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238. Young People in Jobs without Training in South West England: Not Just ‘Dead-end Kids in Dead-end Jobs’: Summary Report
Young people in jobs without training (JWT) have been identified as a ‘problem’ group who need encouraging into formal education and training. Yet very little is ...

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ead-end-kids-in-dead-end-jobs-summary-report/

239. Key Economic Statistics - June 2008
The latest bulletin on Key Economic National Statistics produced by the Welsh Assembly Government was released on 11 June 2008 according to the arrangements approved by the UK ...

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240. Welsh in Higher Education Institutions, 2006/07
The latest statistical bulletin on Welsh in Higher Education produced by the Welsh Assembly Government was released on 17 June 2007 according to the arrangements approved by the ...

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241. New Deal Statistics for Wales: Figures to February 2008 / November 2007
The latest National Statistics on New Deal produced by the Department for Work and Pensions were released on 14 May 2008 according to the arrangements approved by the UK ...

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242. Key Economic Statistics - May 2008
The bulletin includes latest information from a range of sources and covers a variety of time periods. This bulletin updates the statistics previously released on 18 April 2008. ...

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243. Further Education: Raising Skills, Improving Life Chances. Race Equality Impact Assessment
The REIA has eight chapters, reflecting the structure of Further Education: Raising Skills, Improving Life Chances. The first chapter summarises the reform programme as a ...

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impact-assessment/

244. Race equality in further education: a report by HMI
A survey of a wide range of colleges and inspection reports was carried out by Ofsted and the Adult Learning Inspectorate (ALI) between May 2004 and June 2005. The main purpose of ...

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245. Work-related learning: the story so far
This report examines the lessons that might be learned in England from a limited survey of vocational education and training for 14 to 19 year olds in Denmark, the Netherlands and ...

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246. Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education Institutions: Longitudinal Survey of the 2002/03 cohort
Amongst the results of the first ever HESA Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education (DLHE) Longitudinal Survey were that three and a half years after graduation only 2% of ...

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l-survey-of-the-200203-cohort/

247. Graduates in the workplace - Does a degree add value?
This report examines the views of graduates across the subject spectrum about the benefits of their university education, attitudes to work, and impact of student debt on their ...

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248. Higher level learning: Universities and employers working together
This report describes ways in which HE is working with employers to develop business-focused degrees and enhance graduate employability. One of the areas considered is sport ...

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249. International Competitiveness: Businesses Working with UK Universities, Summary and Recommendations
This report offers a business perspective on the important roles UK higher education plays in furthering the international competitiveness of the UK and the multinational ...

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summary-and-recommendations/

250. Learning through work placements and beyond
This report, by Brenda Little and Lee Harvey, focused on the effects as perceived by students themselves, of work experience placements as well as employablility. ...

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251. What Do Graduates Do 2008? Career planning for Higher Education and Beyond
The latest 'What Do Graduates Do?' report tracks the initial career destinations of the 2006 first degree graduating cohort across employment market, type of work and subject of ...

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252. What Do Masters Graduates Do? 2007
This document looks at the destinations of Masters graduates from 2005, and examines the outcomes of this group of university leavers in comparison to those of 2004. NB: The ...

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253. Employability Skills Initiatives in Higher Education: What Effects Do They Have On Graduate Labour Market Outcomes?
This paper makes use of detailed information gathered at university department level, combined with graduate survey data, to assess the impact of different kinds of ...

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hey-have-on-graduate-labour-market-outcomes/

254. Entrepreneurship Skills for Graduates
The Higher Education Academy’s (formerly the LTSN Generic Centre) Employability Team managed a programme of activity to encourage the development of entrepreneurial ...

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255. Degrees of Skill: Student Employability Profiles: A Guide for Employers
Developed in partnership with the Higher Education Academy and Graduate Prospects, this document offers profiles of 52 honours degree subjects evidencing the employability ...

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256. Enhancing employability, recognising diversity: Making links between higher education and the world of work
In this report, published in July 2002, Universities UK and the HECSU (formerly CSU) seek to inform employers, prospective students and the public in general about graduate ...

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her-education-and-the-world-of-work/

257. Graduate Employability: What do employers think and want?
This report highlights the findings from a pilot survey of 233 employers and shows that there is a need for action by universities, employers, students and government to address ...

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258. How Much Does Higher Education Enhance the Employability of Graduates?
This study investigates universities' efforts to enhance graduate employability and the extent to which they are successful. It provides evidence on how HE courses seek to ...

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259. Raising the achievement of bilingual learners in primary schools: evaluation of the pilot/programme
NFER carried out an evaluation of a pilot/programme that was introduced in 2004 to help raise the achievement of bilingual learners in primary schools. Within participating ...

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ation-of-the-pilotprogramme/

260. Workforce Development: how much engagement do employers have with higher education?
This report brings together the evidence on employer demand for higher level workforce development. As such it highlights the challenges faced by businesses and higher ...

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r-education/

261. Narrowing the gap in outcomes for vulnerable groups: overview and analysis
This research aims to provide an overview and analysis of nationally available datasets relevant to the ECM (Every Child Matters) outcomes for vulnerable groups. ...

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sis/

262. Raising the participation age in education and training to 18: review of existing evidence of the benefits and challenges
From 2015, all young people will be required to participate in some form of education or training until they reach the age of 18. A review of national and international research ...

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f-existing-evidence-of-the-benefits-and-challenges/

263. Economic & Labour Market Review - May 2008 Edition
Economic & Labour Market Review (ELMR) draws together expert research and analysis to build an up-to-date, comprehensive, and unique, statistical picture of the UK economy and ...

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264. National Curriculum Assessments, GCSE and Equivalent Attainment and Post-16 Attainment by Pupil Characteristics, in England 2005/06
This Statistical First Release (SFR) provides information on Key Stage National Curriculum assessments, GCSE and equivalent attainment and Post-16 achievements of young ...

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t-16-attainment-by-pupil-characteristics-in-england-200506/

265. Outcome Indicators for Children Looked After, Twelve months to 30 September 2007 - England
This Statistical First Release provides summary information that has been derived from statistical data supplied by the 150 local authorities in England. It covers all ...

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mber-2007-england/

266. University is Not Just for Young People - Working Adults' Perceptions of and Orientation to Higher Education Published
This study explores the attitudes and intentions towards higher education (HE) amongst working adults in England. The research involved 1,401 individuals in a 20 minute ...

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and-orientation-to-higher-education-published/

267. Key Economic Statistics - April 2008
The bulletin includes latest information from a range of sources and covers a variety of time periods. This bulletin updates the statistics previously released on 21 March 2008. ...

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268. Young participation in higher education
In this report, patterns of young participation are set out in detail together with measures of the experiences of young people before, during and after their time in higher ...

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269. From Elitism to Inclusion: Good Practice in Widening Access to Higher Education
This report has been produced in response to growing concern about the persistent social class imbalance in higher education. The sponsoring organisations share a commitment ...

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ducation/

270. Post-16 Education and Disabled Learners: A guide for schools, colleges and for information, advice and guidance workers.
This guide aims to bridge the gap between school and further and higher education by providing you with information about the support available for disabled students in further ...

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nd-for-information-advice-and-guidance-workers/

271. Potential employment in the UK economy
This article discusses a range of factors that may shift the level of UK potential employment that is, the amount of labour that can be sustainably employed by UK companies to ...

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272. Better skills Better jobs Better lives - Our Statement of Priorities
The Learning and Skills Council’s priorities and key actions for 2008/09 to 2010/11

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273. Delivering learning and skills: progress report 2006
This report pulls together a range of key information, from reports, statistical data releases and wider research data, into a single document that details the extent and nature ...

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274. Disability equality scheme
This is the LSC’s first Disability Equality Scheme. It describes how we will meet our statutory duties to promote equality of opportunity and avoid discrimination as set ...

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275. Labour market statistics - April 2008
This month's figures show an increase in both the number of people in employment and the employment rate. The number of unemployed people, the unemployment rate and the claimant ...

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276. Race equality in employment standard 2006
The Race Equality Employment Standard (RESS) offers LSC delivery partners a simple and coherent framework for embedding good race equality practice into employment and Human ...

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277. Raising our game: our annual statement of priorities
This document sets out the Learning and Skills Council's priorities, including key actions for 2007/08. The document discusses each priority and explains these within the ...

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278. Regional Labour Market Statistics
These data have been produced following a review of the publication of first releases for monthly regional labour market statistics. These first releases will now be published ...

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279. Activity and Learning Agreement Pilots Evaluation: Year One Report Research Information
Learning Agreements (LA) are for 16-17 year olds in jobs with no accredited training (JWT), to support and encourage them back into learning. This report is based on the process ...

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arch-information/

280. Economic & Labour Market Review - April 2008 Edition
Economic & Labour Market Review (ELMR) draws together expert research and analysis to build an up-to-date, comprehensive, and unique, statistical picture of the UK economy and ...

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281. Employer Engagement in Course Development: Student and Employer Perceptions of its Impact - A Review of Research
The aim of the research was to improving understanding of employers' engagement in Higher Education and identify its impact. In particular, the review looked at engagement by ...

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ions-of-its-impact-a-review-of-research/

282. Higher Education for the Workforce: Barriers and Facilitators to Employer Engagement Research Information
This research explores links between academic and employer workforce agendas within Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and suggests ways of developing the Departments ...

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er-engagement-research-information/

283. Learning for Living and Work: Improving Education and Training Opportunities for People with Learning Difficulties and/or Disabilities
This report concerns the Learning and Skills Council commitment to learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities.

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ities-for-people-with-learning-difficulties-andor-disabilities/

284. Participation in education, training and employment by 16-18 year olds in England (1999-2006)
These Statistical First Releases (SFR) provide provisional estimates of participation in education, training and employment and those who are not in education, employment or ...

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in-england-1999-2006/

285. The Framework For Entry To Employment Programmes: isssue 2
This document provides an overview to the Entry to Employment (E2) programme, which aims to provide high quality learning, at the pre-apprenticeship stage superseding the ...

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286. People and the Bottom Line Research Information
This report presents findings and analysis from People and the Bottom Line, the third part of a research project exploring the link between the way employees are managed and ...

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287. Further Education, Work-Based Learning, Train to Gain and Adult Safeguarded Learning - Learner Numbers in England: October 2007
This SFR presents statistics on LSC-funded post-16 learning, including Further Education, Train to Gain and Adult Safeguarded Learning learner numbers and Apprenticeship ...

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ded-learning-learner-numbers-in-england-october-2007/

288. Vocational Qualifications in the UK: 2006/07
This Statistical First Release (SFR) updates the information presented in the Statistical First Release ‘Vocational Qualifications in the UK: 2005/06’, SFR ...

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289. Population Trends 131 - Spring 2008
The 2006-based national population projections, carried out by the Office for National Statistics in consultation with the devolved administrations, show the population of ...

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290. Schedule for the publication of national statistics: April 2008 to March 2009
This Statistical First Release (SFR) announces the planned schedule for the publication of statistics by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) for the ...

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h-2009/

291. Secondary School Applications and Offers
Local Authority level data on secondary school places and offers received by parents on National Offer Day 2008.

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292. Attracting Talent: Extended analysis of internal migration patterns in Wales
In a recent presentation of the findings from the Attracting Talent study to the Economic Research Advisory Panel (ERAP), it was noted that the data provided by Experian appeared ...

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wales/

293. Attracting Talent: The spatial patterns and composition of migration in Wales
In stage 1 of this study we investigated the various data sources related to migration, both internal and international. The aim of this case study is to delve deeper into ...

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294. Pupil Destinations from Schools in Wales, 2007
The annual survey of school leavers undertaken by Careers Wales on behalf of the Welsh Assembly Government, continues to provide a useful snapshot of pupil destinations which ...

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295. The impact of migration: a review of the economic evidence
This report has been commissioned by The National Assembly for Wales, on behalf of the Welsh Assembly Government to (i) to provide a comprehensive review of the economic ...

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296. Estyn Annual Reports
The Annual Report of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector presents the findings from inspections in almost every aspect of education and training in Wales. It focuses on what students ...

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297. Estyn Press Releases
Press releases are listed in date order

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298. Review of the revised National Professional Qualification for Headship
The focus of this advise is the quality of the training programme and how well it prepares participants for headship. This advise will form the basis of a further investigation ...

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299. The impact of the induction and early professional development programme on teachers' job satisfaction and retention Autumn 2006 - Spring 2007
The Welsh Assembly Government asked Estyn as part of the 2006 - 2007 remit for advice on the impact of the induction and early professional development programme on teachers' job ...

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me-on-teachers-job-satisfaction-and-retention-autumn-2006-spring-2007/

300. Cwricwlwm Cymreig Phase 2
In April 2005, Estyn evaluated the progress made by schools in implementing the Qualifications, Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales (ACCAC) guidance on the ...

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301. Supplementary guidance on the inspection of workload and remodelling issues, including the introduction of planning, preparation and assessment (PPA) time
This supplementary guidance gives information about: the changes associated with the national agreement since 2003; how schools are responding to these; and how inspectors ...

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ssues-including-the-introduction-of-planning-preparation-and-assessment-ppa-time
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302. Skills in the Workplace Evaluation
Skills in the Workplace (SitW) builds on the previous ‘Skills for Business’ and ‘Skills for Employment’ (SfB/ SfE) projects promoted by ELWa which ran in ...

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303. The Bulletin: Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education (DLHE) in Wales: Longitudinal Survey (2002/03 Cohort)
This bulletin provides information from the Higher Education Statistics Agency's Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education (DLHE) survey, three and a half years after ...

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es-longitudinal-survey-200203-cohort/

304. Future skill needs in Europe: medium-term forecast
This publication presents for the first time a consistent and comprehensive medium-term forecast of employment and skill needs across the whole of Europe. It develops ...

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305. Key Economic Statistics - February 2008
This bulletin is a compendium publication used to bring together the latest key statistics relating to the Welsh economy and labour market, mainly in the context of the UK economy ...

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306. Learning and Labour Market Intelligence for Wales: 2007 Reports
Successful economies are adapting to the increasingly competitive international environment by shifting production towards higher value-added products and economic ...

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307. The Annual Report of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales Pupil referral units 2004 - 2005
Education and training have a vital role in making a difference to the lives and futures of individuals and communities in Wales. This annual report describes the progress made in ...

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ining-in-wales-pupil-referral-units-2004-2005/

308. The Annual Report of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales Special schools (including independent special schools) 2004 - 2005
Education and training have a vital role in making a difference to the lives and futures of individuals and communities in Wales. This annual report describes the progress made in ...

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ining-in-wales-special-schools-including-independent-special-schools-2004-2005/

309. A Youth Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Strategy for Wales
This Strategy provides a common model of entrepreneurship learning and a delivery framework that will enable young people in Wales to be entrepreneurially aware and active. ...

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310. Annual Review 2003/4
Careers Wales Annual Report 03/04

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311. Careers Wales Annual Review 06/07
Careers Wales Annual Report 06/07

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312. Careers Wales Online � What�s that?
It’s a great website, packed full with advice, tips and fun games to help you plan your future and present yourself brilliantly.

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313. Developing a New Education Business Strategy Consultation Final Report
This report presents the findings of a consultation exercise carried out at the behest of the Welsh Assembly Government and Careers Wales to develop a new education business ...

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314. Pupil destinations from schools in Wales 2003
The annual survey of school leavers undertaken by Careers Wales on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales, continues to provide a useful snapshot of pupil destinations which ...

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315. The annual report of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales 2005-2006
Estyn is the office of Her Majesty’s Inspector for Education and Training in Wales. It is independent of, but funded by, the National Assembly for Wales under Section 104 of ...

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ining-in-wales-2005-2006/

316. Employer Skills Surveys: 2003
The reports present findings from the National Employers Skills Survey conducted in England in 2003 and the Future Skills Wales Generic Skills Survey 2003 on a SSC basis. ...

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317. Employers Skills Surveys: 2005
Employers Skills Surveys took place in Wales, England and Northern Ireland in 2005. The survey in Wales is being conducted through Future Skills Wales and data will be available ...

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318. Getting the best out of the employment experience
The DRC has published guidance for trade unions on supporting members with mental health problems to resolve workplace issues, in partnership with the TUC, Sainsbury Centre for ...

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319. In Search of High Value Added Production: How Important are Skills? Investigations in the Plastics Processing, Printing, Logistics and Insurance Industries in the UK
In this report we have investigated the conditions for high value added production to succeed by carrying out detailed comparisons of samples of ‘high value added’ ...

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stigations-in-the-plastics-processing-printing-logistics-and-insurance-industrie
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320. Lessons from abroad
This series of short papers, each written by a recognised expert in their field, is designed to provoke debate on crucial skill and productivity issues. Each issue of SSDA ...

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321. Market failure in skills
This series of short papers, each written by a recognised expert in their field, is designed to provoke debate on crucial skill and productivity issues. Each issue of SSDA ...

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322. Pursuing Excellence: An Outline Improvement Strategy for Consultation
The TUC welcomes the opportunity to comment on ‘Pursuing Excellence: An Outline Improvement Strategy for Consultation' (the Improvement Strategy). Pursuing ...

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323. Qualitative evaluation of the women and work sector pathways initiative: Interim report
The Policy Research Institute at Leeds Metropolitan University has been commissioned by the Sector Skills Development Agency (SSDA) to undertake a qualitative evaluation of ...

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e-interim-report/

324. Raising Expectations: Staying on in education and training post-16
TUC Submission to DFES Consultation. The TUC welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the Department for Education and Skills consultation paper ‘Raising ...

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325. Raising Performance Through Skills: Strategic Plan 2003/2006
This document is a Strategic Plan for the Sector Skills Development Agency and is a potential framework for each Sector Skills Council to develop and deliver its own strategy. ...

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326. Skills in England 2007: Volume 1-4
Volume 1 presents the key messages and an overview of the research findings contained in the other three volumes.Volume 2 is the main research report. It contains separate ...

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327. SSDA submission for the Leitch Review
This paper forms the evidence submission from the Sector Skills Development Agency (SSDA). It is intended to feed into the HMT led Leitch Review examining what skills profile the ...

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328. The Leitch Review of Skills TUC Submission
There is an urgent need for more employers to “raise their game” and add value to their products and services through enhancing the skills of their workforce. Striking ...

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329. Train to Gain Protocol: Trades Union Congress and the Learning and Skills Council
This protocol sets out clear parameters at a national level for the relationship between Train to Gain and Trade Unions, setting a platform for the development of additional ...

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ls-council/

330. Academy Exchange Magazine
Academy Exchange, our magazine, is published three times a year and encourages the exchange of ideas, practices, news and support on learning and teaching issues. With each ...

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331. Developing a new Teacher Qualifications Framework for Wales (TQFW)
Following the publication of the New Overarching Professional Standards for Teachers, Tutors and Trainers in the Lifelong Learning sector in Wales, LLUK has been invited to ...

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332. Employees in the East Midlands are missing out on £4,160 a year
A total of 321,000 employees are working unpaid overtime in the East Midlands, according to a new analysis of official statistics published by the TUC today (Friday). ...

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333. Excellence Wales: Case Study Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council
WLGA January 2007. Over the last two years, Blaenau Gwent CBC, has set in place a number of cutting edge teaching and learning activities in its primary schools. ...

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334. Excellence Wales: Case Study Monmouthshire County Council
WLGA December 2006. In 2001, Monmouthshire County Council embarked on a 10 year Strategic Review of Primary Education in the county.

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335. Excellence Wales: Case Study Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council
WLGA August 2006. Genesis means “New Beginnings” and this is exactly what the project offers to hundreds of parents throughout Rhondda Cynon Taff. ...

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336. Extending rights to all: TUC response to DTI consultation on employment status
This report is the TUC response to the DTI consultation on employment status. The submission calls on the Government to modernise employment law to ensure that all workers ...

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337. House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee Inquiry Employment and Training Opportunities for Low-Skilled Young People – TUC Evidence
TUC submission to Economic Affairs Committee on Employment and Training Opportunities for Low-Skilled Young People.

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ing-opportunities-for-low-skilled-young-people-tuc-evidence/

338. Information sheet: Identifying training and development needs
This information sheet is the first in a series of three (No’s D1, D2, D3) that will give you some ideas and information on how to take training and development forward! ...

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339. Information sheet: Meeting training and development needs
This information sheet is the second in a series of three (No’s D1, D2, D3) that will give you some ideas and information on how to take training and development forward! ...

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340. Learning and Employabilitity Series 2: Employability and doctoral research postgraduates
This publication is one in a series of publications on ‘Learning and Employability’. It is for anyone who is engaged in running doctoral research degree programmes, ...

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rch-postgraduates/

341. Learning and Employabilitity Series 2: Work-related learning in higher education
This Guide is aimed at those in Higher Education in the UK who are involved in the planning and provision of the formal curriculum and the co-curriculum (eg through careers advice ...

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education/

342. Learning And Employability Series 2: Ethics and employability
In this publication I aim to show how ethics, far from being antithetical to business, or an optional add-on to any description of employability, is central to both. To do that I ...

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343. Learning And Employability Series 2: Part-time students and employability
This guide considers the issue of employability from the perspective of part-time students on undergraduate programmes. It builds on other guides in this series – in ...

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ty/

344. Migrant workers in the Midlands need extra help staying safe, says TUC
Problems with language and a poor understanding of the culture in British workplaces means that migrant workers may need extra help from employers and unions to stay safe at work, ...

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345. More people are working this Christmas than ever before says TUC
As many workplaces prepare to shut down today (Friday) for the Christmas break and thoughts turn to family and friends, mince pies and presents under the tree, the TUC is urging ...

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346. NMW penalties, fair arrears, and Employment Agency Standards
The Trade Union Congress is the national trade union centre. We have 59 affiliated unions representing 6.5 million people. This paper sets out the TUC's response to the DTI's ...

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347. Ready, willing and able: Employment opportunities for older people
This report follows The Eighty Percent Solution, published last year, which looked at the implications of the government’s hopes for eventually achieving an employment ...

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348. Sustainable development in higher education: report for employers, unions and the professions
The purpose of this document is to encourage a debate with employers, trade unions and the professions about the current state of a project that aims to develop higher education ...

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s-and-the-professions/

349. The economics of migration: Managing the impacts
This paper addresses five key questions which regularly arise in debates about the economic consequences of immigration to the UK.

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350. The good employment code
Wales Council for Voluntary Action (WCVA) and Wales TUC have developed this code to help ensure high standards of employment practice and would like to see it adopted throughout ...

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351. TUC Response to ‘Delivering World Class Skills in a Demand Led System’
TUC response to the joint Department for Education and Skills (DFES) and Learning and Skills Council (LSC) consultation document.

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352. TUC Submission to Skills Strategy Equality Impact Assessment
The TUC welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the Department for Education and Skills/Learning and Skills Council Skills Strategy Equality Impact Assessment ...

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353. Unpaid overtime increases across the West Midlands – employees are missing out on £4,489 a year
The number of employees working unpaid overtime in the West Midlands increased by 19,000 in 2007, bringing the total to 407,000, according to a new analysis of official ...

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ng-out-on-4489-a-year/

354. Asylum Seekers and Migrant Workers
This Report has been prepared to inform and update members on issues relating to asylum seeker children and migrant workers in Wales following a request for further information ...

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355. Bringing Learning Closer to Communities, Western Mail Supplement
A survey undertaken by fforwm, the association of FE colleges in Wales, demonstrates the integral role played by further education colleges in tackling social exclusion, and ...

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356. Collaborating on skills: a guide for directors
A wide range of business benefits can be achieved when employers work together on skills. This report gives a brief overview for directors of the business benefits, objectives ...

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357. Collaborating on skills: a guide for HR practitioners
A wided range of business benefits can be achieved when employers work together on skills. This CBI project aims to disseminate the messages and provide inspiration, guidance ...

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358. Key Facts in Employment Law
The following statistics and facts were gained from the FSB Employment Survey, which was carried out using an online questionnaire on the FSB website. Members were alerted to the ...

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359. The future is bright for Welsh graduates
A major new study has revealed that graduates in Wales earn over 46% more than those qualified to A level - and that most of them work in graduate jobs. ...

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360. Time well spent: Embedding Employability in Work Experience (full report)
This report explains our thinking on the attributes, skills and knowledge that together make up ‘employability’. Our central theme is the need to put these centre ...

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361. WLGA Annual Report 2004-05
WLGA Annual Report 2004-05

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362. WLGA Annual Report 2005-2006
The WLGA’s primary purposes are to promote a better local government, its reputation and to support authorities in the development of policies and priorities which will ...

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363. Basic Skills Policy and Screening and Assessment Guidance for Learning Providers (Revised - 20th July 2005)
This circular disseminates ELWa’s Basic Skills Policy and the actions related to it.

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-providers-revised-20th-july-2005/

364. Destinations of Students Gaining Qualifications from Higher Education Institutions, 2005/06
This bulletin provides information on the destinations of UK domiciled students gaining higher education qualifications from Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in the UK ...

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institutions-200506/

365. Equal Opportunities Annual Report 2002-03
This section outlines specific equal opportunities activities which the National Council undertook during 2002-03 and where relevant what the National Council intended to ...

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366. Ethnicity Statistics for the Post-16 Learning Sector in Wales
This Release provides benchmark ethnicity information which may be used in the context of monitoring the effect of ethnic equality and diversity policies on ethnic minority ...

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367. Moving Forward: Survey on Adult Participation in Learning in Wales 2003
This second substantive all Wales survey on adult participation in learning describes the current position in Wales in 2003 and enables comparison with the benchmark data ...

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368. Participation Of Young People In Education And The Labour Market 2002/03 - Revised
This statistical bulletin provides information on the learning activities and labour market status of young people (aged 16 to 24) in Wales in 2002/03 and earlier years. The ...

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369. Participation of Young People in Education and the Labour Market 2003/04
This statistical bulletin provides information on the learning activities and labour market status of young people (aged 16 to 24) in Wales in 2003/04 and earlier years. The ...

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370. Participation of Young People in Education and the Labour Market, Year End 2005
This release provides information on the learning activities and labour market status of young people (aged 16 to 24) in Wales at year end 2005. The information is drawn from a ...

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end-2005/

371. Quality and Standards in the Careers Service in Wales Inspection of: Careers Wales Cardiff and Vale January/February 2005
This report is one of a series on the quality and standards of careers guidance and advice in Wales.

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reers-wales-cardiff-and-vale-januaryfebruary-2005/

372. Quality and Standards in the Careers Service in Wales Inspection Report: Careers Wales West February 2003
This report is one of a series on the quality and standards of careers guidance and advice in Wales.

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t-careers-wales-west-february-2003/

373. The Achievement of ethnic minority pupils in Wales
The findings and recommendations of this study are intended to inform the decisions of the Welsh Assembly Government, Local Education Authorities, schools and other ...

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374. The effectiveness of the Careers Wales Companies in supporting young people in making a successful transition from education to employment
This survey looks at the services that companies provide for clients at three stages: before they leave education; when they have registered with a careers company; and once they ...

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eople-in-making-a-successful-transition-from-education-to-employment/

375. The Levels of Highest Qualification held by Working Age Adults, 2002
This Statistical Bulletin present key statistics on the highest qualification held by adults of working age in Wales. It provides further detail on the information presented in ...

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376. Welsh Assembly Government's Response to Key Recommendations in Estyn Post-16 Basic Skills Provision Basic Skills Initial Assessment, Support and Monitoring System
The advice was commissioned by the Skills, Business and Employability Division of DELLS to consider the implementation and effectiveness of basic skills initial assessment ...

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st-16-basic-skills-provision-basic-skills-initial-assessment-support-and-monitor
ing-system/

377. Welsh Local Labour Force Survey 2003-04
Results from the Welsh Local Labour Force Survey 2003-04 are available on the National Statistics website. These data are the third year of results from a partnership project ...

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378. Work-Based Learning At June 2004 (Final Data)
This Statistical First Release presents a final update of data from ELWa on Government Supported Training in Wales up to June 2004. It represents the end of the quarterly series ...

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379. Work-Based Training for Young People and Work-Based Learning for Adults, at December 2003
This statistical First Release presents key summary information on Government Supported Training in Wales. The information is provided by The National Council for Education ...

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s-at-december-2003/

380. Work-Based Training for Young People and Work-Based Learning for Adults, at September 2003
This statistical First Release presents key summary information on Government Supported Training in Wales. The information is provided by The National Council for Education ...

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s-at-september-2003/

381. Civilian Workforce Jobs by Industry, 2003
This bulletin brings together data from three different sources on employee jobs, self-employed jobs and government supported trainees to provide a single measure of civilian ...

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382. Economic Inactivity in Wales, 2003
This bulletin gives detailed analyses of inactivity for 2003-04 using the Welsh Local Labour Force Survey and also analyses trends in economic inactivity between 1984 and 2004 ...

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383. Key Economic Statistics - February 2004
This bulletin is a compendium publication used to bring together the latest key statistics relating to the Welsh economy and labour market, mainly in the context of the UK economy ...

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384. Key Economic Statistics - January 2004
This bulletin is a compendium publication used to bring together the latest key statistics relating to the Welsh economy and labour market, mainly in the context of the UK economy ...

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385. Living in Wales 2004 - Employment and Economic Activity
The Living in Wales Survey (LiW Survey) is a major continuous household survey for Wales commissioned by the Welsh Assembly Government. This Release is part of a series that looks ...

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386. The Levels of Highest Qualification held by Working Age Adults, 2006
This Statistical Bulletin present key statistics on the highest qualification held by adults of working age in Wales. The statistics provided are taken from the Annual ...

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387. Workplace Employment by Industry in Wales, 2001 to 2005
This bulletin is based on statistics from three different sources that are already in the public domain, and provides estimates of workplace employment (or total jobs) in Wales. ...

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388. English Language at Work: Work-based English for speakers of other languages
The UK has a long tradition of migration, and both recent migrants and people from settled communities play a key role in the economy. CBI surveys indicate continuing strong ...

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uages/

389. Further Education, Work-based Learning and Community Learning in Wales Statistics 2004/05
This volume is the second in a series providing statistics about the post-16 learning sector (excluding higher education institutions and sixth forms) in Wales. ...

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statistics-200405/

390. Managing Change: Practical ways to reduce long hours and reform working practices
One of the biggest strengths underpinning the UK’s abour market is the high level of flexible working patterns which enable employers to meet variable customer demands and ...

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391. An A4e Submission 'Partnerships for Effective Delivery of Public Services'
Public Service Partnerships are key to improved value for money in public services and A4e has highlighted the effective delivery of public services through partnerships, as ...

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es/

392. Jobseekers guide to communicating with potential employers
This guide is one of a series that will help you search for a job. It shows you how you can communicate effectively with prospective employers.

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393. One Wales A progressive agenda for the Government of Wales
As leaders of our respective parties, we are proud to endorse this agreement which delivers a progressive, stable and ambitious programme for government over this Assembly ...

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394. Skills and Employment Action Plan for Wales 2005
This document is a new Skills and Employment Action Plan. The actions take forward and build upon the work already emanating from the Skills and Employment Action Plan 2002, ...

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395. Skills That Work for Wales: A skills and employment strategy
This document consults on a skills and employment strategy to raise skills levels and increase the economic activity rate in Wales.

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396. The Learning Country: Vision into Action
When we published ‘The Learning Country’ in 2001 our intention was to provide a ten-year strategy that would embody vision and action, so that we might transform ...

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397. Employer Pledge Pack
The pack contains information about all a company needs to do to sign up to the Employer Pledge. The Pledge has been developed as part of the National Strategy to reduce the number of ...

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398. Making it Happen: Improving the basic skills of the workforce in Wales
This booklet highlights some basic skills and workplace issues, looks at the cost to employers of poor basic skills, and identifies how organisations and employers can identify ...

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399. Post-16 Resources from the Basic Skills Agency
This publication lists the post-16 resources which are available from the Basic Skills Agency.

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400. The Basic Skills Employer Pledge: Resource Pack to help implement the Employer Pledge
The Employer Pledge is a vital strand of Words Talk–Numbers Count, the Welsh Assembly Government’s allage National Basic Skills Strategy for Wales. The Basic Skills ...

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mployer-pledge/

401. The demand for labour in areas of low economic activity
The Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) commissioned Experian Business Strategies to undertake a review of the demand for labour, particularly unskilled labour, in areas of low ...

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402. Words Talk-Numbers Count In
Key words, phrases and abbreviations for different workplaces.

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403. An Evaluation of the Regional Support Centre for Adult and Community Learning
This evaluation report provides an assessment of a pilot exercise launched in 2006 to expand the remit of the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) Regional Support Centre ...

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earning/

404. Barriers to Learning Amongst Selected Communities: Final Report
This research study investigates the barriers to learning amongst four selected communities. The four selected communities are the Pakistani; Bangladeshi; Somali and ...

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405. Baseline Survey of Workplace Basic Skills Programmes in Wales - Full Report
The Basic Skills Agency commissioned Newidiem to undertake a survey of employers and relevant organisations across the whole of Wales to establish the nature and extent of ...

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ort/

406. ILA Wales Fourth Main Evaluation Report
The evaluation of the ILA programme has continued across the first four years of the programme, since it went live in 2003. The evaluation programme has involved consultations, ...

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407. Creative success :a strategy for the creative industries in Wales
Stimulate growth in the creative industries in Wales, both by encouraging more inward investment, and encouraging more business to Wales Whilst the strategy’s initial ...

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408. Should I Stay or Should I Go? Rural youth transitions
Young people today face complex decisions about their future lives, particularly at the point where they leave compulsory education and embark on the transition into ...

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409. Summary of Consultation Responses to Wales: A Vibrant Economy
The consultation sought to engage the individuals, businesses, organisations and communities in Wales that will ultimately drive economic growth, in order to influence our ...

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410. Wales: A Better Country
Wales is starting the 21st century with new potential as well as some old challenges. Unemployment is currently at low levels - 4.6% on the international standard count - lower ...

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411. Welsh Graduates and their Jobs Employment and Employability in Wales
The overall aim of this study has been to provide the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW) with an up-to-date and comprehensive set of research evidence on trends ...

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412. Maternal Employment and Overweight Children: Does Timing Matter?
Recent literature has shown consistent evidence of a positive relationship between maternal employment and children’s excess body weight. These studies have largely ...

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413. Wales: A Vibrant Economy
Our vision is of a vibrant Welsh economy delivering strong and sustainable economic growth by providing opportunities for all. Our approach for realising this vision is built ...

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414. Learner Satisfaction Provider Workshop Report
The National Learner Satisfaction Survey for Wales 2003 generated a vast amount of information about individuals’ views of their experiences of learning in Work Based ...

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415. Explaining earnings, inactivity, and unemployment differences between Wales and the rest of the UK 1972 - 2003
Many changes have taken place in the Welsh economy over the past three decades and the industrial and occupational structure is very different to that in the 1970s ...

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les-and-the-rest-of-the-uk-1972-2003/

416. Students and low skilled jobs
In this project we undertook a survey of a sample of undergraduate students at the University of Wales Swansea and also a survey of their employers using the Swansea Careers ...

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417. Career development learning and employability
The Learning and Employability series is primarily intended for staff in higher education institutions who are considering the enhancement of student employability. The ...

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418. Embedding employability in the context of widening participation
The Learning and Employability series is primarily intended for staff in HE institutions who are considering the enhancement of student employability. The publications will ...

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419. Employer and University Engagement in the Use and Development of Graduate Level Skills Main Report
This study addresses a number of research questions relating to the engagement of employers with higher education institutions (HEI).

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ate-level-skills-main-report/

420. Personal development planning and employability
The Learning and Employability series is primarily intended for staff in higher education institutions who are considering the enhancement of student employability. The ...

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421. Understanding Young People in Jobs without Training
This report contains findings from qualitative research carried out between November 2005 and February 2006 with 68 young people in jobs without training (JWT) and who in the ...

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422. Evaluation of Skill Build: Refine or Refocus - August 2005
In January 2005, York Consulting Limited (YCL) in partnership with MRUK Research Wales, was commissioned to undertake an evaluation of Skill Build and Skill Build+, two of the ...

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423. Embedding employability into the curriculum
The Learning and Employability series is primarily intended for staff in higher education institutions who are considering the enhancement of student employability. The ...

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424. Employability and work-based learning
The Learning and Employability series is primarily intended for staff in higher education institutions who are considering the enhancement of student employability. The ...

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425. Employability in higher education: what it is - what it is not
The Learning and Employability series is primarily intended for staff in higher education institutions who are considering the enhancement of student employability. The ...

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426. Employability: judging and communicating achievements
The Learning and Employability series is primarily intended for staff in higher education institutions who are considering the enhancement of student employability. The ...

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427. Entrepreneurship and higher education: an employability perspective
The Learning and Employability series is primarily intended for staff in higher education institutions who are considering the enhancement of student employability. The ...

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428. Pedagogy for Employability The Pedagogy for Employability Group
The Learning and Employability series is primarily intended for staff in higher education institutions who are considering the enhancement of student employability. The ...

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429. Responsiveness of the South Wales Valleys labour market to inward investors and other large employers.
Although the consultation was undertaken on a somewhat ad hoc basis, it indicated that, as the labour market has tightened, an increasingly large proportion of those not in work ...

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stors-and-other-large-employers/

430. Summary of Welsh graduate data (6th June 2006)
This brief analysis is based on 1999-2000 data that shows the initial destination of students after graduation.

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431. The gender pay gap: summary of evidence.
This study looks at the size and causes of the gender pay gap.

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432. Community Groups as Employers - March 2003
The voluntary and community sectors are an integral, important part of the economy in Wales. This research looks at the training needs of community/voluntary groups and their ...

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433. Disability Issues for Post-16 Learning Provision - August 2005
This report was commissioned by the former National Council for Education and Training for Wales (ELWa) as a contribution to the ongoing exploration of the extent to which ...

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434. Ethnic Minority Research May 2006
This piece of research explored the experiences of learners from a black and minority ethnic (BME) background and gain a better understanding of the motivations, aspirations ...

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435. Learning Insight - Asylum Seekers & Refugees - July 2005
In December 2004, the Welsh Assembly Government issued their annual remit letter to the former National Council for Education and Training for Wales (ELWa) asking for continued ...

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436. Learning Insight: Males Aged 16-24 - September 2005
This section looks to detail the key findings that can be found within this Learning Insight. The points contained here should provide a clear indication of the core themes to be ...

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437. Mentoring for Business in Wales: Learning from Good Practice
The aim of this report was to develop a number of options for demand-led mentoring programmes for businesses in Wales based on research into best practice. The options we have ...

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438. Review of Adult Continuing Education Delivered Through Local Authorities in Wales - May 2003
Features of good practice in adult and community learning have been identified by the Community Education Development Centre. They identified five key areas that should be ...

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es-in-wales-may-2003/

439. Review of Provision of Management Development and Leadership - June 2004
This report, compiled by Cardiff Business School on behalf of ELWa, a former Assembly Sponsored Public Body (ASPB) whose functions are now part of the Department for Education, ...

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440. The dynamics of secondary school attainment of minority ethnic students in Wales October 2006
This study investigates how educational attainment changes for minority ethnic students as they progress through state secondary schools in Wales. The recent development and ...

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s-in-wales-october-2006/

441. Future Skills Wales 2003 Equal Opportunities
The Future Skills Wales 2003 report on Equal Opportunities has been generated using evidence gained from the 2003 Household Survey, auditing the skills needs of people in Wales. ...

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442. Future Skills Wales 2003 Occupational Analysis
Future Skills Wales 2003 Occupational Analysis has been generated using evidence gained from the 2003 Employer Survey, auditing the skills needs of employers in Wales. A total ...

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443. WALES ANNUAL PAY SURVEY 2002
This is the first all-Wales Annual Pay and Conditions Survey following a collaboration between ACAS (Wales) and Cardiff Business School. Previous pay surveys by both ...

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444. Action for Carers and Employment (ACE National): An Evaluation, Final Report
This executive summary relates to the evaluation of the Carers UK led Action for Carers and Employment (ACE National) project, completed by the Centre for Social Inclusion in ...

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rt/

445. An Evaluation of the impact of the MCCH KEEP Project: FINAL REPORT
In October 2003, MCCH secured funding, as part of the KEEP Action 3 bid to EQUAL , to carry out an evaluation of their part of the KEEP project. Helen Lockett, a Health and Social Care ...

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446. EVALUATION DIGEST PRODUCED BY LIFEWORLD LTD FOR THE WEST LONDON EQUAL DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP
The West London Equal Development Partnership (WLEDP) has had a major impact on employability and learning. Take for instance employers and businesses in the West London ...

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development-partnership/

447. External evaluation of the CLiP EQUAL project Action 2 2002-4
CLiP generally realised its numerical objectives, and in this context was more successful than many comparable projects. Individual partners advanced their aims through the ...

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448. Final Evaluation Report of the ACORN Project
This evaluation report of the ACORN report comprises reflections on some key aspects of the project with a view to informing project mainstreaming in Action 3 of the EQUAL ...

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449. Medway Council, Evaluation of Project OASES, Final Report
OASES provides tailored short course training to small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in the engineering and manufacturing sectors. The project began in October 2002 and ...

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450. Accessing Education: effectively widening participation
Equality and social justice were the prime objectives of the first access courses. but the government's current lifelong learning policy has shifted the position of access ...

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451. Equality Matters - Summer 2007
Bulletins for NASUWT's Equality Officers provide up-to-date information and useful background information on issues like changes to the law, as well as details of the ...

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452. Changing lives through learning
A guide to Midlands unionlearn. Includes regional functions, information on the regional team, promoting partnership and more

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453. e-learning in the workplace - a union negotiation and implementation guide
This guide is aimed mainly at union negotiators, and others in the trade union movement who have a stake in work-based learning. It provides information and advice to help them ...

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de/

454. Innovation through EQUAL
Innovation is at the heart of the EQUAL project whether pursuing new models of support for Union Learning Reps or developing new tools to benefit learners. Through these ...

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455. Paid Time Off to Learn - A Guide for Union Learning Reps
This TUC booklet promotes the range of skills initiatives that Union Learning Reps can access to promote paid time off to learn in the workplace. The booklet highlights the key ...

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456. Research Paper 1 - Union learning, union recruitment and organising
This research paper presents the findings of a national union survey conducted by the Working Lives Research Institute on the dynamic between union learning and recruitment and ...

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457. Research Paper 2 - Organising to learn and learning to organise
This research paper by the Scottish Centre for Employment Research examines the relationship between learning and union organising in three very different workplaces. ...

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458. Research Paper 4: Training, union recognition and collective bargaining
Findings from the 2004 Workplace Employment Relations Survey by Mark Stuart and Andrew Robinson; Centre for Employment Relations, Innovation and Change University of Leeds ...

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459. Research Paper 5 - From voluntarism to post-voluntarism
The emerging role of unions in the vocational education and training system. The paper is a revised version of the chapter "From Spear Holders to Stakeholders: The Emerging Role ...

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460. Right directions - quality IAG in union learning projects
Good information, advice and guidance is central to the development of workplace learning projects. It is what ensures learners find the course best suited to them; start at the ...

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461. Sector Skills Councils: a toolkit for trade unionists
This toolkit is aimed at all trade unionists with any involvement in the sector skills agenda and it draws heavily on the experiences of those who have been involved with SSCs since ...

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462. Supporting EQUAL opportunities
Equality of opportunity is central to the Equal programme and is one of its six key themes. As a flagship equality programme, EQUAL seeks to set the standard with its projects in ...

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463. The Learning Rep magazine - Summer 2007
Contents; Sectors and unions skill together partnerships with the Sector Skills Councils (SSC) and learndirect Speaking out for ESOL Campaign for Learning TUC Black Workers' ...

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464. The Quiet Revolution - the rise of the Union Learning Representative
This publication which has now been updated sets out the role and achievements of union learning rep. They have now been given statutory backing and the present 7,500 reps got ...

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465. The union learning Climbing Frame
An information leaflet on the Climbing Frame (an electronic tool to help learners and promote learning in the workplace).

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466. Trades Union Congress and Learning and Skills Council Protocol
The TUC and LSC have set out the shared priorities of the organisations, and the ways in which they work together. This relationship is important at all levels - local, regional and ...

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467. Union Learning Representative Research Report (North West Region)
This is the most extensive piece of research that has been done on Union Learning Representatives (ULRs) in the North West. In commissioning the research we and the North West ...

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468. Workplace training: race for opportunity
This report reveals the challenge facing us if we are to achieve race equality in training at work. The report highlights the training gap between black and white workers. It also ...

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469. A Different Place, a Different Language: The Impact of Geography and Language on Employment in North West Wales
INTRODUCTION This executive summary is based on the research findings of the SEQUAL project team based at the department of Lifelong Learning, University of Wales Bangor. The ...

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guage-on-employment-in-north-west-wales/

470. Excellence Wales - Case Study: Our Future: Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council: New Learning Network
Over the last two years, Blaenau Gwent CBC, has set in place a number of cutting edge teaching and learning activities in its primary schools. The aim to raise the standards of ...

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uncil-new-learning-network/

471. Charities and the 'New Deal': Compact relations?
Charities are playing a significant role in the implementation of the government's New Deal programme. From providing advice on local employment issues to administrative ...

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472. DESTINATIONS OF STUDENTS GAINING QUALIFICATIONS FROM HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS: WALES 2004/05
This bulletin provides information on the destinations of UK domiciled students gaining higher education (HE) qualifications from Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in ...

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institutions-wales-200405/

473. EDUC0039 Staff at Welsh Higher Education Institutions by gender, activity, grade and mode of employment
These data provide information on staff employed by Higher Education Institutions in Wales. The data are collected by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) directly ...

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ty-grade-and-mode-of-employment-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-
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474. EDUC0039 Staff at Welsh Higher Education Institutions by gender, activity, grade and mode of employment
These data provide information on staff employed by Higher Education Institutions in Wales. The data are collected by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) directly ...

475. EDUC0039 Staff at Welsh Higher Education Institutions by gender, activity, grade and mode of employment
These data provide information on staff employed by Higher Education Institutions in Wales. The data are collected by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) directly ...

476. EDUC0047: Industry of employed qualifiers from Welsh HEIs
The Destination of Leavers from Higher Education (DLHE) survey was introduced by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) for qualifiers from the 2002/03 academic year ...

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477. EDUC0050 Geographical destination of qualifiers by country of original domicile
The Destination of Leavers from Higher Education (DLHE) survey was introduced by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) for qualifiers from the 2002/03 academic year ...

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-domicile/

478. EDUC0051 Geographical destination of qualifiers by country of study
The Destination of Leavers from Higher Education (DLHE) survey was introduced by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) for qualifiers from the 2002/03 academic year ...

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479. Guidance on The Gender Equality Duty for the FE sector April 2007
Researched and developed on behalf of the LSC, this report was designed to support providers, particularly those in further education (FE) and adult community learning (ACL), ...

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480. The Basic Skills Employer Pledge Packs (English/Welsh)
The pack contains all the information that a company needs in order to sign up to the Employer Pledge. The Pledge has been developed as part of the National Strategy to reduce the ...

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481. Pushed Out or Pulled In? Self-employment among Ethnic Minorities in England and Wales
High rates of self-employment among ethnic minorities in England and Wales are investigated using a framework in which the self-employment decision is influenced by ...

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land-and-wales/

482. Building local jobs: Ensuring local communities gain employment from regeneration
This report draws on written and oral evidence received during the inquiry from regional development agencies, urban regeneration companies, local authorities, developers, ...

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generation/

483. Economic & Labour Market Review - March 2009 Edition
An essential resource for all users of UK economic and labour market statistics, Economic & Labour Market Review (ELMR) draws together the expert research and analysis and range ...

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484. Estyn Inspection Reports: Jobcentre Plus Programmes
In 1999, Employment Services (now Jobcentre Plus), under a memorandum of understanding, invited Estyn to inspect the quality and standards of the provision of the New Deal in ...

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485. Future fit: Preparing graduates for the world of work
There are significant benefits for universities, employers and students themselves through increased collaboration. This report identifies steps which both universities ...

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486. Key Economic Statistics - March 2009
The employment rate in Wales, as estimated by the Labour Force Survey, was 70.0 per cent of those of working age during November 2008 to January 2009, below the peak in mid 2003, but ...

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487. Labour market statistics: March 2009
The number of unemployed people, the unemployment rate and the claimant count have increased. There are fewer vacancies. Growth in average earnings, including and excluding ...

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488. Profile and skills issues in the youth service workforce in Wales
In 2007 Lifelong Learning UK (LLUK) was commissioned by the Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) to collect data on workforce characteristics and employer skills needs from the ...

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489. Profile of the Welsh archives workforce 2008
In early 2008 LLUK undertook a survey to investigate the archives and records management workforce in Wales. The report is available in both English and Welsh and presents ...

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490. Strengthening the older workforce: an evaluation of the ReGrow Project in the South East Region
The ReGrow project piloted the delivery of Information Advice and Guidance (IAG1), Mentoring and Training to people over 50 in employment in the South East Region. This is the ...

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in-the-south-east-region/

491. The Graduate Market in 2009
This report is based on a study of graduate recruitment at the organisations named as The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers 2008 in a poll of more than 15,000 final year students to ...

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492. The Impact of Immigration on the Labour Market in Britain
Market The Centre for Educational Sociology has produced a briefing on an ESRC-funded research project that investigates the labour market impact of immigration in Britain. It ...

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493. The impact of the recession on migrant labour
This paper examines the effect that the current economic downturn is likely to have on migrant labour in the UK. It then goes on to examine which are known to be sicnificant ...

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494. Women in the labour market
To mark International Women’s Day on 8 March 2009, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has used recently published statistics to show women’s experiences in ...

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495. Working in 21st Century Rural England: A Scoping Study
This scoping study was commissioned by the Commission for Rural Communities (CRC) as part of its work on rural disadvantage, access to services, and rural economies. It informs ...

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