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1. 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 ...

2. 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 ...

3. 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 ...

4. 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 ...

5. 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 ...

6. 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 ...

7. 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 ...

8. 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 ...

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

10. 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, ...

11. 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 ...

12. 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 ...

13. 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 ...

14. 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 ...

15. 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.

16. 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. ...

17. 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.

18. 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 ...

19. 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.

20. 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 ...

21. 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 ...

22. 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 ...

23. 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 ...

24. 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 ...

25. 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 ...

26. Migrant children and education: a challenge for EU education systems
According to both international and national data, many migrant children in the European Union suffer from educational disadvantage in comparison to their native peers: early ...

27. 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 ...

28. 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 ...

29. 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 ...

30. 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 ...

31. 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 ...

32. 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 ...

33. 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 ...

34. 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 ...

35. 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 ...

36. 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 ...

37. 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 ...

38. 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 ...

39. 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 ...

40. 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 ...

41. 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 ...

42. 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, ...

43. 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.

44. 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 ...

45. 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 ...

46. 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 ...

47. 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 ...

48. 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 ...

49. Higher Education in Northern Ireland: A Report on Factors Associated with Participation and Migration
This project is designed to examine the views of school pupils towards progressing towards further and higher education. The study is divided into four main sections. The first ...

50. 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 ...

51. Challenging Barriers to Employment for Refugees and Asylum Seekers in London
This report reflects work undertaken with respect to two of the seven themes, namely ‘race and ethnicity’ and ‘religious and political belief’. ...

52. Recognising Migrants’ Skills and Qualifications: A Transnational Perspective
In recent times the EU has experienced unprecedented levels of migration. Many migrants arrive desperate to put their skills into use but find themselves either unemployed or in ...

53. 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 ...