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1. Employer Investment in Learning at National Qualifications Framework Level 4 - 8: A report to HEFCE and LSC by GHK Consulting
This report looks at the question of how much employers are investing in higher-level skills and at the types of training and skills development being provided by employers. It ...

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evel-4-8-a-report-to-hefce-and-lsc-by-ghk-consulting/

2. PISA 2006: Technical Report
The PISA 2006 Technical Report describes the methodology underlying the PISA 2006 survey. It examines additional features related to the implementation of the project at a ...

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3. Report to Foundation Degree Forward on the Impact of Foundation Degrees on Students and the Workplace
The study was undertaken during May 2007 and February 2008 and aimed to cover issues relating to the impact of Fds as follows: Student perspective: exploration of the factors that ...

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s-on-students-and-the-workplace/

4. Adult learning in the workplace: creating formal provision with impact (research brief)
Our project was a longitudinal one, and explored the impact on both learners and their organisations of government-funded workplace programmes designed to increase the ...

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research-brief/

5. Older People and Lifelong Learning: choices and experiences (research brief)
In spite of the ageing of the population, little is known about older people’s experiences of learning over the course of their lives, the factors that might influence ...

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ief/

6. Putting Knowledge to Work: Integrating work-based and subject-based knowledge in intermediate-level qualifications and workforce upskilling (Research Brief)
The aim has been to improve practice in work-based learning by researching how the subject-based and work-based aspects of a curriculum or learning programme can articulate ...

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wledge-in-intermediate-level-qualifications-and-workforce-upskilling-research-br
ief/

7. 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/

8. An evaluation of post-18 offender learning in Wales
This remit report identifies for example how effective assessment methods and systems are for the diagnosis of individual learning difficulties and disabilities; the quality ...

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9. Global Productivity Report
Companies in the UK are spending less time training their staff than those in any other country. This is a finding of Proudfoot Consulting's latest survey on global productivity ...

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10. New Approaches to Engaging Youth: Understanding the problems and implementing the solutions
The Engaging Youth Enquiry was set up in September 2007 to listen to the voices of 16-18 year olds classified as being Not in Education, Employment or Training - ...

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enting-the-solutions/

11. 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/

12. 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/

13. 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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14. Workforce Development and Employment Practices in the North West : A Final Report by Regeneris Consulting
The North West Workforce Development and Employment Practices study was jointly commissioned by the Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA), the North West LSCs, ACAS ...

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al-report-by-regeneris-consulting/

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. 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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19. 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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20. 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/

21. Employee Skills Survey: A research report
The objectives of this study were to ‘improve understanding of the level of qualifications held, hard skills obtained and learning and development conducted across all ...

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22. Employers’ Survey 2007: Research Study Conducted for Government Skills and the Central Office of Information
This report presents the key findings of a research project conducted by the Ipsos MORI Social Research Institute on behalf of Government Skills, the Sector Skills Council for ...

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nd-the-central-office-of-information/

23. 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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24. National Evaluation of Diplomas
The introduction of Diplomas for 14-19 year olds is a central part of the government’s reform of 14-19 education and represents a major innovation in educational ...

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25. The Employability Challenge: Case Studies
This document is intended to accompany The Employability Challenge, which is based on the contributions of just over 200 organisations active in developing the employability ...

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26. The Employability Challenge: Full Report
The purpose of this document is to set out an unequivocal challenge to practitioners and policy-makers, to raise the status of employability skills, improve practice in ...

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27. The Impact of Entrepreneurship Training and Small Business Experience on Future Entrepreneurial Activity in the UK
In this paper, I consider three basic questions: Who gets enterprise training or work experience in small businesses, does this make a difference to future entrepreneurial ...

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on-future-entrepreneurial-activity-in-the-uk/

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. Higher Education Student Enrolments and Qualifications Obtained at Higher Education Institutions in the UK, 2007/08
This Statistical First Release (SFR) has been produced by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) in collaboration with statisticians from the Department for ...

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her-education-institutions-in-the-uk-200708/

31. Skills for Life: Progress in Improving Adult Literacy and Numeracy (Third Report of Session 2008-09)
Although the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills, and its predecessor, the Department for Education and Skills, spent around £5 billion on basic skills ...

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d-report-of-session-2008-09/

32. The Annual Report of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales 2007-2008
The report is designed to present an overview of the progress being made across almost all sectors of education and training in Wales. It draws primarily on the evidence of the ...

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ining-in-wales-2007-2008/

33. 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/

34. 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/

35. 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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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. Sharing Good Practice in Developing Pupils' Literacy Skills
In September 2008, Estyn hosted a conference on literacy for over a 100 representatives from schools, local authorities, teacher training establishments, the Welsh Assembly ...

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38. The 2007 Sector Skills Almanac for the UK
The Sector Skills Almanac for the UK (2007) is designed to provide a clear statement of the state of skills in the UK using robust and consistent official national sources of ...

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39. 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/

40. Activity Agreements Evaluation Synthesis Report
Activity Agreements (AA) are designed to encourage young people who have been not in education, employment or training (NEET) for some time back into learning or help them get a ...

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41. Child Development in the First Three Sweeps of the Millennium Cohort Study
Children’s development in the early years has been shown to be related to their success in later life in a range of areas including: education, employment, crime and early ...

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tudy/

42. Determinants and Pathways of Progression to Level 2 Qualifications: Evidence from the NCDS and BHPS
Our understanding of the characteristics and motivations of individuals who participate in level 2 courses is limited. While their demographic features are wellknown, few ...

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dence-from-the-ncds-and-bhps/

43. Harnessing Technology Review 2008: The role of technology and its impact on education, Full report
This report draws together findings from large-scale surveys and research studies and identifies emerging issues and challenges for ICT in education.

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t-on-education-full-report/

44. Harnessing Technology: Next Generation Learning 2008-14
There is a significant agenda for change for the education and skills system over the coming years. For our country to compete in the future we need to significantly improve our ...

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45. Level 2 National Vocational Qualifications: the characteristics of those who obtain them, and their impact on employment and earnings growth
Through the Skills Strategy, the government is committed to ensuring that adults have a first, full Level 2 qualification (most often a National Vocational Qualification) as a ...

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e-who-obtain-them-and-their-impact-on-employment-and-earnings-growth/

46. Perceptions and Use of NVQs: A Survey of Employers in England
Introduced in the late 1980s, NVQs were intended to reduce the complexity inherent in the vast numbers of qualifications then available to certificate vocational learning. ...

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47. 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/

48. Stepping higher: Workforce development through employer-higher education partnership
This report and the UUK-CBI partnership signal that universities and business are aware of the need to collaborate and communicate better to achieve joint goals - to produce ...

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n-partnership/

49. Taking Stock: CBI Education and Skills Survey 2008
Our first Education and Skills Survey 2008 provides a comprehensive analysis of business' priorities for education and skills issues. The survey, completed by board-level ...

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50. 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/

51. Post-16 Education: Learner participation and outcomes in England 2007/08
This Statistical First Release (SFR) provides final 2006/07 and provisional 2007/08 estimates of Learning and Skills Council (LSC) funded participation and achievement for ...

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52. Who learns at work? Employees' experiences of workplace learning: Survey report
It is universally accepted that the acquisition of workplace skills is a major driver of national economic success. The current government has sought to redefine and promote a ...

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report/

53. Accountability and children’s outcomes in high-performing education systems
The study aimed to provide an international perspective for policy makers and strategic planners involved in reviewing the types and uses of child outcome indicators as part of ...

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tems/

54. 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/

55. Towards a NEET Solution: Tackling Underachievement in Young People
Young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) cost the UK millions of pounds every year. Being NEET is damaging for young people themselves, but also has adverse ...

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56. 21st Century Schools: A World-Class Education for Every Child
The Children's Plan sets out the Government's ambition to make England the best place in the world for children and young people to grow up. World class schools, and world class ...

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57. 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/

58. Demand for Higher Education to 2029
This is the fifth report on demand for higher education that HEPI has published, updated each year in the light of the most recent information. Last year's report extended the ...

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59. Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship (ESDGC) - A Strategy for Action - Updates
This document is an updated version of the ESDGC - A Strategy for Action. The original document was derived from the results of a recent consultation on ESDGC. It is intended to ...

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trategy-for-action-updates/

60. Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship (ESDGC) - In the Further Education Sector in Wales
This is an information document to aid delivery of ESDGC in FE colleges. The ‘Themes’ identified in the ‘Common Understanding for schools’ document ...

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the-further-education-sector-in-wales/

61. England's Achievement in TIMSS 2007 (Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study)
TIMSS (Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study) is a worldwide research project, taking place every four years and providing data about trends in mathematics and ...

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-and-science-study/

62. Pupils Leaving Full-Time Education with No Qualifications, 2007/08
Statistics on pupils aged 15 leaving education without a recognised qualification include data Wales for the period 2004/05 to 2007/08. The latest release updates the ...

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63. Framework for Children’s Learning for 3 to 7-year-olds in Wales
This document sets out the Welsh Assembly Government’s requirements for the Foundation Phase for 3 to 7-year-olds in Wales. It is issued pursuant to the powers contained ...

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64. National exemplar framework for religious education for 3 to 19-year-olds in Wales
This document sets out the Welsh Assembly Government’s proposals for a national exemplar framework for religious education in Wales. It is issued pursuant to the powers ...

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lds-in-wales/

65. Personal and social education framework for 7 to 19-year-olds in Wales
This document sets out the Welsh Assembly Government’s requirements for personal and social education for 7 to 19-year-olds in Wales. It is issued pursuant to the powers ...

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66. Skills framework for 3 to 19-year-olds in Wales
This publication is a key part of the revised, more learner-centred and skills-focused curriculum in Wales to be implemented from September 2008. It provides guidance about ...

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67. 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/

68. UK approaches to Skill Needs Analysis and Forecasting: Lessons fot the Czech Republic
In order to ensure a better understanding of changing skills needs and their future development, the Czech Republic (CR) is exploring the approaches to these issues in other ...

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czech-republic/

69. Education and Training Statistics for the United Kingdom: 2008
This is the twelfth edition of Education and Training Statistics for the United Kingdom and is the third to be released via internet only. It provides statistics relating to ...

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70. Examination Results in Wales, 2007/08
This Statistical Release gives results of external examinations taken by pupils aged 15 or 17 at the beginning of the academic year, in schools in Wales in 2007/08. It updates the ...

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71. Further Education, Work-Based Learning and Community Learning in Wales: 2007/08 (provisional)
This Statistical First Release summarises provisional information on learners in post-16 education and training excluding those at Higher Education institutions and ...

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200708-provisional/

72. NEET Statistics Quarterly Brief (November 2008)
This note sets out the definitive available statistics on young people Not in Employment, Education or Training (NEET) and young people Not in Education and Training (NET). The ...

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73. Pre-school, School and Family Influences on Children's Development during Key Stage 2 (Ages 7-11): Final Report from the Primary Phase
EPPE 3-11 is a large study of the developmental trajectories of approximately 2800 children in England from age 3 to 11 years. This report focuses on the primary school phase, ...

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g-key-stage-2-ages-7-11-final-report-from-the-primary-phase/

74. Qualifications at a local level for adults: England 2007 and reweighted estimates for earlier years
These tables are based on the Annual Population Survey (APS) for 2007, 2006 and 2005 and the Local Labour Force Survey for earlier years. This is an update of Qualifications and ...

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-estimates-for-earlier-years/

75. The Levels of Highest Qualification held by Working Age Adults in Wales, 2007
This Statistical Bulletin presents key statistics on the highest qualification held by adults of working age a in Wales, according to their age at the start of the academic year. ...

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s-2007/

76. 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/

77. The Annual Report of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills 2007/08
This Annual Report presents evidence from the first full year of inspection and regulation undertaken by the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and ...

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ns-services-and-skills-200708/

78. From Competence and Competition to the Leitch Review: The utility of comparative analyses of skills and performance
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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mparative-analyses-of-skills-and-performance/

79. Origins and Consequences of Changes in Labour Market Skill Needs
In the framework of the social dimension of the Lisbon Strategy, the European Council identified the future of European Labour Markets as one of the crucial drivers of social ...

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80. National Learner Satisfaction Survey: Learning Difficulties report
This report presents the findings for 2,441 learners with learning difficulties within the further education system. These learners were surveyed as part of the 2007 National ...

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81. National Learners Satisfaction Report 2007: Learners with Disabilities report
This report presents the findings from interviews conducted with 2,109 disabled learners in the further education (FE) system. These learners were surveyed as part of the 2007 ...

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report/

82. Patterns and Trends in Part-Time Adult Education Participation in relation to UK nation, Class, Place of participation, Gender, Age and Disability 1998-2003: Working Paper from Exeter
The question of who participates in formal adult education or training is an important one, not least because adult education is seen as a ‘second chance’ ...

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tion-to-uk-nation-class-place-of-participation-gender-age-and-disability-1998-20
03-working-paper-from-exeter/

83. 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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84. 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/

85. Guidance for School Information Management Systems
This guidance document has been designed to help mainstream and special schools and Local Education Authorities (LEAs) to collect and record accurate and consistent ...

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86. 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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87. What is the impact of the Foundation Learning Tier?
This report presents key findings from a study involving 1,000 telephone interviews conducted in February and March 2008 with learners who completed an Entry Level or Level 1 NVQ ...

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88. 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/

89. Where are they now? The long term impact of Further Education on adult Level 2 and Level 3 London learners
This report presents the findings of a study involving re-contacting learners originally interviewed in December 2006 / January 2007 in order to assess the longer term impact of ...

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level-2-and-level-3-london-learners/

90. World-Class Comparisons: Research Report
The Learning and Skills Council (LSC) commissioned the Policy Research Institute at Leeds Metropolitan University to conduct research to establish what has worked well in ...

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91. 14-19 Implementation Plan
In this document we set out in detail how we will implement 14-19 Education and Skills and how, in doing so, we will create a system capable of offering a new set of curriculum and ...

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92. 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/

93. 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/

94. Delivering 14-19 Reform: Next Steps
This is an update to the 14-19 Implementation Plan published in 2005. It brings together all the changes, looks at progress since 2005, and sets out the next steps and timetable to ...

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95. Local authority placements of pupils with additional learning needs in independent special schools with linked 52-week residential provision
Estyn produced this report at the request of the National Assembly for Wales. The report focuses on pupils with additional learning needs1 placed by local authorities in ...

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96. Simplification of Skills in England: Expert advice to government on simplification of the English post-compulsory skills system for employers
Over the last ten years, skills have risen in significance for government, businesses and trade unions. Employer surveys have increasingly placed skills at the top of the ...

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plification-of-the-english-post-compulsory-skills-system-for-employers/

97. Wasted talent? Attrition rates of high-achieving pupils between school and university
The study allows us for the first time to quantify the numbers and proportions of pupils who are among the best academic performers at some point during their schooling, but who do ...

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and-university/

98. 14-19 education and training and young disabled people: Working draft of ideas
The purpose of this paper is to explore the issues relating to 14-19 education and training and young disabled people. It considers issues that relate to definitions of ...

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f-ideas/

99. A Rhythmic View of Reading From word recognition to reading comprehension
One in five children leave primary school without being able to read. Based on her own research in schools, Marion Long has proposed a new rhythm-based scheme to improve reading ...

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ion/

100. Engaging Youth Enquiry Briefing Paper 2: The Life Circumstances of Young People
A better understanding is urgently needed of the young people who are the ‘targets’ of the current policy to reduce the socalled ‘NEET’ figures. This ...

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g-people/

101. Engaging Youth Enquiry: Final Report
This report presents the findings of the Engaging Youth Enquiry (EYE) into young people who are classified as ‘NEET’, and opens the Rathbone/Nuffield Review Open ...

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102. GCE/VCE A/AS and Equivalent Examination Results in England, 2007/08 (Provisional)
This Statistical First Release (SFR) provides the earliest information on the overall achievements of young people in GCE, VCE and Applied examinations and other equivalent ...

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ional/

103. GCSE and Equivalent Results in England, 2007/08 (Provisional)
This Statistical First Release (SFR) provides the earliest information on the overall achievements of young people in GCSE examinations and other qualifications approved ...

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104. Science and mathematics education, 14 - 19: A ‘state of the nation’ report on the participation and attainment of 14 - 19 year olds in science and mathematics in the UK, 1996 - 2007
This report examines and evaluates key trends in 14 - 19 science and mathematics education across the UK from 1996 to 2007. It shows that education in the UK is failing to provide the ...

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n-the-participation-and-attainment-of-14-19-year-olds-in-science-and-mathematics
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105. The impact of a thinking skills approach (CAME) on students' mathematical ability
The Cognitive Acceleration in Mathematics (CAME) project was developed in response to concerns among practitioners about the mismatch between students’ ability to ...

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106. Work-based learning for young people: Flexibility or structure?
This paper discusses adjustments and reforms over the last 40 years aimed at transforming work-based learning for young people. It argues that there has been oscillation ...

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107. Children’s Reading and Math Skills: The Influence of Family Caring
The paper investigates the influence of two distinct family attributes on children’s test scores in reading and mathematics. One is the family’s resources - its ...

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108. CLS Briefings: The returns to education
This briefing paper illustrates several ways in which educational data from the 1958 and 1970 birth cohort studies have been used for investigating the returns to education. ...

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109. Education at a Glance 2008: OECD Indicators
The OECD has published its latest "Education at a Glance" (2008) briefing note, in which it contrasts key findings for the United Kingdom with global trends among OECD countries, ...

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110. 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/

111. Future Skill Needs In Europe: Focus on 2020
Future skill needs are high on Europe’s policy agenda. The relaunched Lisbon strategy and other policy documents stress the need for Europe to do more to anticipate ...

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112. 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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113. Raising Education Achievement and Breaking the Cycle of Inequality in the UK
This OECD Working Paper is based on its own 2007 Economic Survey of the UK. The paper proposes a number of avenues for encouraging a higher level of educational attainment, without ...

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the-uk/

114. Rapid Review of Apprenticeships
The review draws together the findings from a range of research reports, both commissioned research and academic; whilst considering evaluations and policy papers from ...

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115. The Education of Gypsy Traveller Learners 2004-2005: A survey of provision made by schools and local authorities to meet the needs of Gypsy Traveller learners
This document reports the findings from Estyn’s survey of provision made by schools and local authorities to meet the needs of Gypsy Traveller learners. The report also ...

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ion-made-by-schools-and-local-authorities-to-meet-the-needs-of-gypsy-traveller-l
earners/

116. 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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117. Learning and Development 2020: Three scenarios
Training Journal has been running a project with the Institute for Employment Studies (IES) looking at the future of Learning & Development, with a time horizon of 2020. The ...

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118. The Safe Learner: the impact of individual differences and workplace environment on attitudes to health and safety training
The main intention underlying introduction of the Safe Learner blueprint is to influence learners’ safety behaviours in work as well as in the learning situation, by ...

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vironment-on-attitudes-to-health-and-safety-training/

119. 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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120. Good Practice in Assess-Train-Assess Approaches to Workforce Development
The term ‘Assess-Train-Assess’ (ATA) refers to the approach to development in which there is an initial assessment of any skills gap, followed by training provision ...

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nt/

121. Literature Review of Evidence on e-Learning in the Workplace
Although there has been much research on e-learning in the educational context, far less has been written about e-learning in the workplace (Macpherson, 2003). There is, ...

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122. 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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123. 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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124. Training Participation by Age Amongst Unemployed and Inactive People
This project examines the evidence relating to training by age amongst people who are currently unemployed or economically inactive. The focus is on all adults aged between 16 ...

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125. Vocational Education and Training in the UK: Strategies to overcome skill gaps in the workforce
This paper presents an overview of recent literature concerning skill gaps and vocational training in the UK. There is considerable employer influence in the market-led UK ...

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ll-gaps-in-the-workforce/

126. How can we encourage employers to become involved in education?
The Edge Foundation is working with the National Education Business Partnership Network and Business in the Community to examine ways of making it easier for more employers to ...

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127. Incentives and Barriers to Training in the Electrotechnical Industry
In early 2007, ECA Education and Training commissioned studies by the Institute for Employment Studies (IES) around the issue of training amongst companies within the ...

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128. The impact of learning on unemployed, low-qualified adults: A systematic review
The report presents the findings of a systematic review of the impact of learning on low-qualified, out-of-work adults. It also discusses the methodology adopted and the ...

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129. A systematic review of interventions aimed at improving the educational achievement of pupils identified as gifted and talented
The main aim of this review was to focus on studies that investigated effective outcomes from methods of classroom-based teaching and practice for gifted and talented pupils. ...

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l-achievement-of-pupils-identified-as-gifted-and-talented/

130. Citizenship Education Longitudinal Study (CELS): Sixth Annual Report
The 6th Annual Report of the Citizenship Education Longitudinal Study (CELS) was published on 25 September 2008 by the Department for Education and Skills (DCSF). This report ...

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131. Continuing Vocational Training Survey 3 (CVTS3)
This report presents the findings from the Continuing Vocational Training Survey 2005 (CVTS3). Throughout this report Continuing Vocational Training (CVT) is defined as ...

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132. ESOL in the post-compulsory learning and skills sector: an evaluation
This survey evaluates the quality of provision of English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) offered in the post-compulsory learning and skills sector and reports on the ...

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133. Recruitment and Training Among Large National Employers: Final Report
This report presents the results of a survey of 201 large national employers, including 60 member companies of the National Employer Service (NES), and follow-up case study ...

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134. 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/

135. Assessment in post-14 education: The implications of principles, practices and politics for learning and achievement
Across the European Union, assessment of learning outcomes through a framework of qualifications has become the main political lever for changing educational practice, ...

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es-and-politics-for-learning-and-achievement/

136. Consultation on the Right to Request Time to Train for Employees in Wales
This consultation paper seeks views on a proposal to introduce a right to request time to train for employees in Wales.

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137. Delivering Skills that Work for Wales: A new approach to Adult Community Learning
This consultation presents proposals for the strategic development of adult community learning.

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y-learning/

138. Developing Entrepreneurial Graduates: Putting entrepreneurship at the centre of higher education
This report shows that entrepreneurship is not for business alone. Addressing the major social challenges of our century requires public bodies and social ventures to recruit ...

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entre-of-higher-education/

139. 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/

140. 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/

141. Learning outside the classroom
At a time when the government is actively promoting learning outside the classroom, this report evaluates the importance of such learning in primary and secondary schools and ...

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142. Nuffield Review Annual Report 2005-06
This year’s Annual Report of the Review, whose lead director is Professor Richard Pring from the University of Oxford, was launched at the Royal Society of Arts in London ...

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143. The academic experience and outcomes of students with vocational level 3 qualifications
In January 2007 HEPI produced a report "Vocational A levels and university entry: is there parity of esteem?" that considered whether students with different level 3 ...

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144. 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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145. Examination Results in Wales, 2007/08 (Provisional)
This Statistical Release provides the earliest results of external examinations taken by pupils aged 15 or 17 in schools in Wales in 2007/08. Schools are currently checking this ...

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146. 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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147. Nuffield Review: Detached Youth Work and Democratic Education.
This paper sets out to support a better understanding of the contribution youth work can make to young people’s education and, particularly, education for democracy. It ...

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148. 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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149. The role of adult learning in community renewal: Neighbourhood Learning in Deprived Communities programmes
This survey report evaluates aspects of adult and community learning and its impact on community renewal. Between September and December 2007, inspectors visited 21 adult and ...

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150. Work-based learning futures: Proceedings from the Work-based Learning Futures Conference
The Buxton Work-based Learning Futures conference was held on 19 and 20 April 2007. It was organised by Learning through Work at the University of Derby (winner of the 2006 Times ...

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utures-conference/

151. FE Colleges: Models for Success
This document sets out the range of levers and mechanisms available to the FE college sector, to enable it to respond to and meet the needs of learners, employers and the wider ...

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152. Time to Train: Consulting on a new right to request time to train for employees in England
In this document, we are setting out and seeking views on a new right to request time to train, which we believe will spark the skills revolution we need. ...

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mployees-in-england/

153. Choosing to Learn: Improving participation after compulsory education (Executive Summary)
The government has made increasing participation in post-16 education and training a high priority. Yet it is doubtful whether it will be able to reach the very ambitious targets ...

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154. Education for sustainable development and global citizenship in adult community-based learning and youth work in Wales (Welsh Assembly Government Response)
The purpose of this report is to provide the Welsh Assembly Government with a position statement on the work currently delivered to adult community-based learners and young ...

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community-based-learning-and-youth-work-in-wales-welsh-assembly-government-respo
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155. Excellence in Supporting Applied Learning: A Report for LLUK and TDA 2007
Lifelong Learning UK (LLUK), on behalf of the wider 14-19 workforce development partnership, commissioned this report to highlight best practice in leading, teaching and ...

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156. Foundation Stage Profile Results in England, 2007/08
The SFR provides information at both national and Local Authority level on achievement outcomes at the end of the Foundation Stage in 2008. The Foundation Stage curriculum is a ...

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157. Impact Review for the lifelong learning workforce
Assessing the impact of demand for learning and skills on the lifelong learning workforce.

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158. Learning for Life: A new framework for adult skills (Executive summary)
New Labour made an early commitment to ‘lifelong learning’, and has significantly increased the resources allocated to further education. Despite this, adult ...

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159. Proskills Sector Skills Agreement Stage 1 Report
This Sector Skills Agreement (SSA) Report Stage 1 provides the conclusions, analysis and evidence from an extensive research programme into the business and skills issues in ...

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160. Proskills Sector Skills Agreement Stage Two Report - An Assessment of Current Provision
This Sector Skills Agreement (SSA) Report Stage 2 provides an assessment of current training provision in the process and manufacturing sector1 throughout the UK. ...

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rrent-provision/

161. Sector Skills Agreements, Stage 1 for Lifelong Learning Sector
Lifelong Learning UK is one of twenty-five Sector Skills Councils which make up the UK’s Skills for Business network, and we occupy a unique position within it. It is ...

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162. Sector Skills Agreements, Stage 2 for Lifelong Learning Sector
Lifelong Learning UK is one of twenty-five Sector Skills Councils which make up the UK’s Skills for Business network, and we occupy a unique position within it. It is ...

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163. Sector Skills Agreements, Stage 3 for Lifelong Learning Sector
Stage 3 identified the gaps between the skills issues (raised in Stage 1) and the availability of training (identified in Stage 2), with the objective of understanding the gaps ...

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164. Sector Skills Agreements, Stage 5 for Lifelong Learning Sector
This report presents stage five of the sector skills agreement for the lifelong learning sector in England. The sector skills agreement has been developed by Lifelong Learning ...

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165. SitW Thematic Report: Confusion in the Marketplace
This report addresses the ‘Confusion in the Marketplace’ theme, which emerged during the early stages of the evaluation as a matter of potential concern because of ...

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166. SitW Thematic Report: The Adoption of Skills in the Workplace by Different Industrial Sectors
This report addresses the ‘Adoption of Skills in the Workplace by Different Industrial Sectors’ theme. The key issues here were identified as being of interest ...

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167. Skills for Care and Development Sector Skills Agreements
The SSA will set out how partners will work together to secure the necessary supply of learning and development to meet skills needs and will be designed to ensure that 'the skills ...

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168. Skills for Life Strategy 2007 - 2010
This strategy outlines the Skills for Life needs of the adult social care sector, and the actions that Skills for Care will take to address them.

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169. The Furniture, Furnishings and Interiors Industry: Labour Market Intelligence and Skills Analysis
This report has been designed to provide updated labour market information about the Furniture, Furnishings and Interiors (FFI) industry. The research has been carried out by ...

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gence-and-skills-analysis/

170. The Learning Coaches of Wales Summary Document
This summary document presents detailed research investigation involving the first cohort of the Learning Coaches in Wales.

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171. Working Futures 2004-2014 Sectoral Report
This is an extract from the Institute of Employment research report. It provides data for Proskills Industries on Industry change, employment levels, and forecasts of demand up ...

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172. 14-19 Engineering Diploma - Work Related Learning Guide
This document is designed for employers wishing to work with schools and colleges to provide work-related learning opportunities for young people and/or teacher placements ...

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173. 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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174. 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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175. Foundation degrees for the passenger transport sector
Report on the project to identify higher level skill needs for the passenger transport sector and to review the role of foundation degrees in meeting these skills needs. ...

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

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177. Government skills and Welsh Assembly Government action plan for Wales
This document is the Action Plan to support the Government Skills’ Skills Strategy for Government (which represents the Sector Skills Agreement between partners in Wales ...

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178. Government Skills Annual Report 2007-08: Building Professional Skills for Government
Government Skills is the Sector Skills Council (SSC) for central government. Like other SSCs we are governed by a board with members drawn from across the sector. Our overall ...

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or-government/

179. 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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180. Investigating Basic Skills in the Passenger Transport Sector
GoSkills commissioned ORC International to undertake a research project to provide insight on any skills gaps that exists across the various passenger industries across ...

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181. 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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182. National Employers Skills Survey 2007 Analysis for GoSkills
The National Employers Skills Survey is now into its 4th year and the latest version involved interviewed some 79,000 employers from across England about skills and training. ...

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183. 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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184. Skills Development in the Hackney Carriage & Private Hire Vehicle industry - First year Report
This report is a comprehensive assessment of the skills issues facing the Hackney and PHV industry in England and Wales and how these match with the requirements of the travelling ...

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185. Skills Development in the Hackney Carriage & Private Hire Vehicle industry - interim report
This interim report provides an update of activities against the defined milestones and shows how the project is progressing with regard to identifying and achieving ...

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ry-interim-report/

186. 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/

187. 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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-employers-and-the-role-of-schools-and-colleges-in-delivering-young-people-with-
the-right-skills-for-the-workplace/

188. 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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189. 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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190. SkillsActive Annual Report 2005-06
The main focus for SkillsActive this year has been the development of our Sector Skills Agreement. Following detailed consultation with employers, training providers and ...

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191. 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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192. 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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193. 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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194. 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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195. An analysis of Labour Force Survey data on levels of qualifications and training amongst those working in the retail sector
This analysis highlights the significant patterns regarding the highest level of qualifications held by people in the retail sector, the likelihood of their studying toward ...

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d-training-amongst-those-working-in-the-retail-sector/

196. 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/

197. 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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198. 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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199. 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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200. 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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201. 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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202. 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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203. 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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204. 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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205. 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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206. Sector Skills Agreement for Retail industries
To support the Sector Skills Agreement, Skillsmart Retail has developed summary documents for the nine English regions indicating potential market opportunities. Each ...

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207. 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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208. 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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209. 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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210. 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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211. Specialist IT User Skills for Manufacturing, Processing and Logistics
The purpose of this project is to conduct research into specialist IT user skills issues within UK manufacturing, processing and logistics, and to design and run small-scale ...

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212. 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/

213. 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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214. 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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215. Wales Sector Skills Agreement Stage 5 Report
Skillsmart Retail has adopted a whole sector approach to its analysis of skills needs within the sector. The two factors of size and location of enterprise are important in ...

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216. 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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217. 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/

218. 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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219. An investigation into gender differences in achievement, Phase 2: School and classroom strategies
Whilst not all researchers agree about the level and extent of the ‘problem’ of boys’ underachievement or even, (see Gorard, 2001), whether the ...

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220. Influences on Children’s Development and Progress in Key Stage 2: Social/behavioural Outcomes in Year 5
The Effective Pre-school and Primary Education Project 3-11 (EPPE 3-11) is a large scale longitudinal study of the influence of pre-school and primary school on ...

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behavioural-outcomes-in-year-5/

221. Promoting quality in learning: Does England have the answer?
When it comes to judging the progress of the nation’s education system the media tends to focus on rankings provided by international educational surveys such as the Third ...

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222. Raising achievement through group work
What can teachers do to improve pupils’ communication skills? How can we make sure that group work encourages, includes and values contributions from everyone? To shed ...

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223. Strategies for improving pupils’ writing skills
Concerns about pupils’ achievements in literacy in England are not new. (For example, the recent PIRLS comparative assessment showed England falling behind in ...

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224. The Effective Provision of Pre-School Education (EPPE) Project: Technical Paper 12 - The final report.
The Effective Provision of Pre-school Education (EPPE) project investigated the effects of preschool education and care on children’s development for children aged 3-7 ...

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225. Inclusion Development Programme Supporting children with speech, language and communication needs: Guidance for practitioners in Early Years Foundation Stage
The focus of this Early Years section of the Inclusion Development Programme (IDP) is supporting children with speech, language and communication needs. It is relevant to all ...

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ge-and-communication-needs-guidance-for-practitioners-in-early-years-foundation-
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226. Teaching effective vocabulary: What can teachers do to increase the vocabulary of children who start education with a limited vocabulary?
Vocabulary is more than a list of words, and although the size of one’s vocabulary matters, it is knowing how to use it which matters most. The best comparison is to an ...

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abulary-of-children-who-start-education-with-a-limited-vocabulary/

227. Offenders Learning and Skills - Taking the Next Step
A programme of work is set out in this document which aims to arrive at an effective, needs-based service. This document sets out the processes and timescales needed to work ...

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228. Evaluation of Learning Community Accounts
This report presents the findings, distinguishing between the two pilots that ran in organisations and the three pilots that were set up as new projects. ...

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229. Effective Strategies for Learners to Achieve Key Skills within Qualifications Frameworks
The advice was commissioned by the Business and Skills Division of DCELLS. This is to identify the strategies that work based learning providers are using to improve ...

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cations-frameworks/

230. Playing for success: an evaluation of its long term impact
This study investigated whether there was evidence of longer term changes in pupils’ performance in maths and English associated with attending Playing for Success ...

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231. 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 ...

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232. Welsh language skills audit: the Welsh language and bilingual skills of staff in further education, higher education, adult community learning and work based learning sectors in Wales
Survey theory suggests that staff and organisations that took part in the audit were probably more likely to have Welsh language skills, be involved in Welsh medium provision or ...

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233. English for Speakers of Other Languages: the impact of increased demand (Welsh Assembly Government Response)
This advice was commissioned by the Learning and Network Development Division of DCELLS to evaluate the extent to which the recent rapid increase in learners in English for ...

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234. Prosperity for all in the global economy - world class skills: Final Report
The Review has found that fundamental changes underway in the global economy mean that the future prosperity of advanced economies increasingly depends on their skills bases. ...

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235. Comparison of Literacy Progress of Young Children in London Schools: A Reading Recovery Follow up Study
This study assessed the impact of Reading Recovery (RR) on the poorest six year old readers in 42 schools across five London boroughs at least a year after receiving the ...

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reading-recovery-follow-up-study/

236. 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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237. Developing Skills Through Talent Management
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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238. 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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239. 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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240. 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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241. Youth Cohort Study and Longitudinal Survey of Young People in England: The Activities and Experiences of 16 Year Olds: England 2007
This is the first publication of official statistics from LSYPE and covers the period 2004 to 2007. It also updates for 2007 a regular Statistical First Release (SFR) on the ...

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the-activities-and-experiences-of-16-year-olds-england-2007/

242. Educating Difficult Adolescents - An Evaluation of 'Quality Protects'
There were two parts to the study. The first explored councils’ responses to the educational objectives of Quality Protects through in-depth interviews with senior ...

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243. Effective strategies for learners to achieve key skills within qualification frameworks
Between May 2006 and December 2007, inspectors visited 17 work-based learning providers. These included providers where recent Estyn inspection found evidence of good ...

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244. 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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245. 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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246. Meeting the learning needs of children and young people who offend
This report sets out the role of local authorities in meeting the education and training needs of children and young people who offend and how well authorities meet these ...

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247. 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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248. 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/

249. 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/

250. Permanent and Fixed Period Exclusions from Schools in England 2006/07
This Statistical First Release (SFR) provides information about permanent and fixed period exclusions from primary, secondary and special schools and exclusion appeals in ...

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251. Pupils with Statements of Special Educational Needs January 2008
The latest National Statistics on Pupils with Special Educational Needs produced by the Welsh Assembly Government were released on 18 June 2008 according to the arrangements ...

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252. Segmentation of Adults by Attitudes Towards Learning and Barriers of Learning
Meeting the government’s stated intention for the UK to become a world leader in skills requires large numbers of adults to upgrade their qualifications. To encourage ...

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253. Special Educational Needs in England: January 2008
This Statistical First Release (SFR) brings together the information available on Special Educational Needs (SEN) and related information about special schools in England. ...

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254. 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/

255. 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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256. 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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257. Schools in Wales: Examination Performance 2007
Schools in Wales: Examination Performance 2007 was published on 29th May 2008. It provides a detailed historical analysis of Key Stage assessments and GCSE/A level results as ...

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258. Further Education: Raising Skills, Improving Life Chances
Our economic future depends on our productivity as a nation. That requires a labour force with skills to match the best in the world. This is a huge challenge, because there are some ...

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259. 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/

260. Quality of nursery education provision
This page has statistics for the quality of nursery education in England. This includes all providers offering nursery education, for which funding is provided. The March 2005 ...

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261. A revised strategy for Literacy and Numeracy in Wales
This paper provides background briefing on the Welsh Assembly Government’s revised strategy for raising standards of literacy and numeracy in Wales. The strategy Words ...

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262. Numeracy in Wales - Latest research (January 2006)
This paper outlines the Welsh Assembly Government's revised strategy for raising standards of numeracy, the current advertising campaign to increase adult numeracy, ...

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263. Performance indicators in higher education in the UK 2002-2006
This is an annual publication providing Performance Indicators (PIs) relating to higher education (HE). It is based on data submitted to the Higher Education Statistics Agency ...

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264. arly Years Education: An International Perspective
The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) has responsibility in England to monitor and evaluate the early years curriculum and as part of this programme commissioned ...

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265. Developing young children’s creativity: what can we learn from research?
How is creativity defined and what are the implications for staff working in early childhood settings? In this article, Caroline Sharp considers evidence from research and ...

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266. Monitoring and Evaluation of the effective implementation of the Foundation Phase (MEEIFP) Project Across Wales
The Foundation Phase (FP) is a Welsh Assembly Government, national reform covering the combined ages of 3-5 Early Years and 5-7 Key Stage 1 provision.

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267. Quality and standards in primary education: international evidence
This review was specially commissioned for the Primary Review and examines international survey evidence on the performance of English children of primary school age in ...

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268. 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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269. Readers and Reading: the National Report for England 2006 (PIRLS: Progress in International Reading Literacy Study)
The Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) is a comparative study of the reading attainment of ten-year-olds. The study is on a five-yearly cycle; this is the ...

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270. 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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271. ‘Known unknowns: the demand for higher level skills from business’
Today, CFE publishes research report ‘Known unknowns: the demand for higher level skills from business’.The new research has found that policymakers and higher ...

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272. Education and Training Statistics for the United Kingdom 2007
This is the eleventh edition of Education and Training Statistics for the United Kingdom and is the second to be released via internet only. It provides an integrated overview of ...

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273. Raising Expectations: enabling the system to deliver
Raising Expectations: enabling the system to deliver outlines wide-ranging reforms to the provision of skills and training to young people and adults, including details of ...

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274. 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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275. 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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276. Framework for excellence: a comprehensive performance assessment framework for the further education system
This document is the first in a series of publications that supports the development of a new Framework for Excellence (the Framework) for the post-16 learning and skills sector. ...

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ork-for-the-further-education-system/

277. Identifying and Managing Underperformance - Part 2 (Technical Support Annexes)
This document provides additional information for the operation of minimum levels of performance and Notices to Improve in the FE system for the 2006/07 academic year, and the ...

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exes/

278. National Survey of Post-16 Learning Providers: Gathering and Using Learner Views in LSC-Funded Provision
This report by RCU was commissioned in March 2006 by the Learning and Skills Council to research current practice in the collection and use of learner satisfaction information by ...

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279. 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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280. 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/

281. Children's Well-Being in Primary School: Pupil and School Effects Research Information
This secondary analysis of the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) examined three aspects of childrens well-being at the ages of 8 and 10: mental health; ...

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ch-information/

282. Delivering world class skills in a demand led system
The further education White Paper Further Education: Raising Skills, Improving Life Chances (March 06) set out the commitment to develop a new approach to funding for 14-19 ...

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283. Identifying and managing underperformance: Part 1
This document is part 1 of 2. It outlines the operation of minimum levels of performance and Notices to Improve in the further education system for the 2006/07 academic year, and ...

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284. 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/

285. Parenting Early Intervention Pathfinder Evaluation: Additional Study of the Involvement of Extended Schools Research Information
The Parenting Early Intervention Pathfinder (PEIP) aims to increase support for parents of children and young people (aged 8-13 years old) at risk of negative outcomes ...

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286. Schools and pupils in England, January 2007 (Final)
This Statistical First Release (SFR) reports information about schools and pupils for the academic year 2006/07, collected in January 2007. It updates provisional ...

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287. Statistical first releases (SFRs) published by the LSC on post-16 education
This section contains information on Statistical First Releases (SFRs) published by the LSC on post-16 education. Further Statisical First Releases on education are ...

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288. 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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289. Activity and Learning Agreement Pilots Evaluation Programme Theory Evaluation: Working Paper 1- Incentivising Participation in Activity Agreements 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 study investigated the theory ...

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luation-working-paper-1-incentivising-participation-in-activity-agreements-resea
rch-information/

290. Activity and Learning Agreement Pilots Evaluation Programme Theory Evaluation: Working paper 2-Signing Up to a Learning Agreement Research Information
This study investigated the theory that In LA pilot areas where there is no financial incentive, it is the support, advice and guidance provided by the Connexions worker that will ...

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luation-working-paper-2-signing-up-to-a-learning-agreement-research-information/

291. Deployment and Impact of Support Staff in Schools and the Impact of the National Agreement (Strand 2, Wave 1 - 2005/06) Research Information
This is the third report from a five year study (2004-09) providing information on the types, characteristics and deployment of support staff in schools in England and Wales and ...

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e-national-agreement-strand-2-wave-1-200506-research-information/

292. Education Inequality and Juvenile Crime - An Area Based Analysis Research Information
This report considers the relationship between educational inequality within Local Authority areas and juvenile crime. Using data on Key Stage 3 maths attainment and ...

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h-information/

293. Further Education (FE) Book of Facts
Welcome to the Further Education (FE) Book of Facts. It contains time series information about FE learners, colleges, workforce, funding and success rates (updates added in ...

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294. GCE/VCE A/AS and Equivalent Examination Results in England, 2006/07 (Revised)
This Statistical First Release (SFR) provides revised information on the overall achievements of young people in GCE, VCE and Applied A/AS examinations in 2007. This updates ...

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295. In Your Area
This web site allows users to access key facts and local information about education and skills based on postcodes. The data available within the site offers comparisons between ...

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296. National Curriculum Assessments at Key Stage 2 in England, 2007 (Revised)
This Statistical First Release will provide revised 2007 Key Stage 2 National Curriculum assessment results for all pupils in all schools in England. These revised figures are ...

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297. National Curriculum Assessments at Key Stage 3 in England, 2006/07 (Revised)
This Statistical First Release provides the updated information on overall achievements in the 2007 Key Stage 3 (KS3) National Curriculum tests. The information incorporates ...

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ed/

298. 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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299. Awards of Key Skills Qualifications: 2006/07
This Statistical First Release updates the figures presented in ‘Awards of Key Skills Qualifications: 2005/06’ -SFR14/2007, published on 19 April 2007. ...

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300. Foundation Stage Profile Results in England, 2006/07
The SFR provides information at both National and Local Authority level on achievement outcomes at the end of the Foundation Stage in 2007. The SFR also provides figures that help ...

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301. 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/

302. 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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303. Estyn Press Releases
Press releases are listed in date order

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304. Update on inspecting education for sustainable development and global citizenship in schools
In carrying out the work for this survey, we analysed a number of inspection reports and identified the following situation: references to ESDGC are more prominent in primary ...

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citizenship-in-schools/

305. An evaluation of the effectiveness of WJEC national INSET programmes
The purpose of this advice is to provide the Welsh Assembly Government with information on the effectiveness of WJEC’s national training programmes for Welsh language and ...

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306. Post-16 Basic Skills Provision Basic Skills Initial Assessment, Support and Monitoring Systems
The purpose of this report is to evaluate: the implementation and effectiveness of basic skills initial assessment carried out by post-16 education and training providers; and ...

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307. Supplementary guidance for inspecting bilingualism in further education institutions
The aim of this document is to provide guidance on inspecting bilingualism. In this context, bilingualism relates to Welsh and English. These guidelines should be used in ...

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n-institutions/

308. The quality of education and training provision for young people in the youth justice system
Estyn’s remit from the Welsh Assembly Government for 2004-2005 included a request for advice on the quality of educational and training provision for young people in the ...

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e-youth-justice-system/

309. A survey of procedures for vetting school staff and other adults
Estyn arranged for inspection visits to be made at short notice (in most cases, one hour) to 28 schools. Inspectors visited at least one school in every local education authority ...

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310. Academic Achievement by Pupil Characteristics, 2005-2007
This Statistical Bulletin uses pupil level data from the National Pupil Database (NPD), which links data on pupil characteristics from the Pupil Level Annual School Census ...

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311. Education in children's homes
The report describes the working practices in independent schools that cater mainly for "looked-after" children.

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312. Nuffield Review Documents
The Nuffield Review is thorough and critical, embracing every aspect of education and training 14-19. The Nuffield Review works through the commissioning of papers from ...

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313. Nuffield Review of 14-19 Education and Training, England and Wales: Issue paper 2
This Issues Paper examines emerging forms of 14-19 partnership development in England and considers the question, 'What are the main dimensions of a system of governance and ...

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314. Nuffield Review of 14-19 Education and Training, England and Wales: Issue paper 4
This Issues Paper asks: ‘What are the challenges that need to be addressed in order to assure high-quality apprenticeships under current labour market conditions?’ ...

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315. Nuffield Review of 14-19 Education and Training, England and Wales: Issue paper 5
Appropriate guidance is seen to be essential to the support given to young people as they progress through an increasingly flexible yet complex system of courses leading to ...

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e-paper-5/

316. Nuffield Review of 14-19 Education and Training, England and Wales: Issue paper 6
The question, which the Review has posed from the beginning, is: What are the qualities, attitudes, understandings and capacities which, in different degrees, an educated 19 ...

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e-paper-6/

317. 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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318. An evaluation of the contribution of the Basic Skills Quality Mark award to the standards and quality of literacy and numeracy in primary and secondary schools in Wales
The National Assembly for Wales asked Estyn to evaluate the contribution of the Basic Skills Quality Mark (BSQM) award to the standards and quality of literacy and numeracy in ...

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rd-to-the-standards-and-quality-of-literacy-and-numeracy-in-primary-and-secondar
y-schools-in-wales/

319. Guidance on the inspection of education and training in HM custodal establishments in Wales
This guidance is intended for inspectors and will apply the Common Inspection Framework to the provision of education and training in custodial settings. The Common Inspection ...

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tablishments-in-wales/

320. Participation of children and young people (3-11 year olds) in local decision-making issues that affect their lives.
This report aims to identify and evaluate the position in relation to the participation of young learners, mailnly in the context of schools.

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321. The Annual Report of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales Independent 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-independent-schools-2004-2005/

322. The Annual Report of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales Youth justice system 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-youth-justice-system-2004-2005/

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

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

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325. 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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326. Careers Wales: Annual Review 04/05
Careers Wales Annual Report 04/05

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327. 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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328. 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/

329. 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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330. 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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331. Further Education White Paper: TUC response to Further Education White Paper � Further Education: Raising Skills, Improving Life Chances
The TUC welcomes the opportunity to comment on the new Further Education White Paper, 'Further Education: Raising Skills, Improving Life Chances', published on 27 February ...

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paper-further-education-raising-skills-improving-life-chances/

332. 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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333. 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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334. 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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335. 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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336. Sector Skills Development Agency Operating Plan 2006-2007
Our mission, shared with Sector Skills Councils (SSCs), is to create a workforce with world-class skills, contributing to the highest levels of business performance in all ...

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337. Sector Skills Development Agency: Annual report and financial statements 2004-2005
This report covers activities of the Sector Skills Development Agency during 2004/2005

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s-2004-2005/

338. 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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339. 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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340. Strategic plan for unionlearn 2006-2009
This plan sets out the overarching strategic goals that unionlearn will help to achieve in its first three years of operation. It builds on TUC and union success, and assumes that ...

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341. 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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342. Train to Gain
Train to Gain is the name of a new national skills programme that will be introduced across England during 2006. It will be closely based on the Employer Training Pilots (ETP) which ...

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343. 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/

344. 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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345. Excellence Wales: Case Study Greater Gwent Authorities
WLGA August 2006. The Gwent Visual Impairment Service (GVIS) is a regional specialist educational advisory and support service for children and young people with visual ...

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346. 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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347. 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/

348. 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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349. 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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350. 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/

351. 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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352. 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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353. Third sector provision of Basic Skills Learning
WCVA has recently completed research into basic skills activity in the sector, which compliments the work currently being undertaken by Flintshire Local Voluntary Council ...

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354. 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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355. 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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356. 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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357. Excellence Wales: Case Study Ceredigion County Council
Ceredigion CC believe that developing individuals to be effective and independent lifelong learners is a challenge that must begin the earliest stages of education. ...

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358. Excellence Wales: Case Study Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council
The Lifelong Learning Service has developed, adapted and improved its services to support adult community learning and disaffected young people.

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359. School College Partnerships
This document is a celebration of the many partnerships that have flourished between schools and colleges across Wales. It also illustrates the desire of the FE sector to embrace ...

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360. Shaping Up For The Future: The Business Vision For Education And Skills
Education and skills are at the top of the business and the government's agenda. Lord Leitch's report makes clear the UK has a long way to go on skills if we are to remain competetive ...

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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. Doubts Over Success of Apprenticeships
Apprenticeships, a cornerstone of ministers’ strategy to encourage more teenagers to remain in education, present only “limited prospects for growth” in ...

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364. 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/

365. Post-16 Provision for Learners with Learning Difficulties and/or Disabilities: Consultation on Proposals for a Common Funding System
This circular seeks institutions’ and stakeholders’ views on proposals for a single funding system for post-16 provision for learners with learning difficulties ...

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lities-consultation-on-proposals-for-a-common-funding-system/

366. 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/

367. Welsh Assembly Government's Response to Key Recommendations in Estyn Report on Improving the learning and Teaching of Early Reading Skils
The advice was commissioned by the Performance and Improvement Division of the Department for Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills for a study into the teaching and learning ...

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port-on-improving-the-learning-and-teaching-of-early-reading-skils/

368. Words Talk, Numbers Count: Post - 16 Basic Skills PLASC Arrangements.
Screening and assessment arrangements in context of the Welsh Assembly Government’s Strategy to improve literacy and numeracy standards in Wales, and the Pupil Level ...

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369. Work-Based Training for Young People and Work-Based Learning for Adults, at June 2004 - Revised
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-june-2004-revised/

370. Further Education, Work-Based Learning and Community Learning in Wales Statistics: 2003/04
This volume is the first in a new series providing statistics about the post-16 learning sector (excluding higher education and sixth forms) in Wales. The main purpose of the ...

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statistics-200304/

371. Higher Education, Further Education And Training Statistics in Wales: 2002/03
This volume of statistics is the eighth of an annual series which is now being published jointly by the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW) and National Council for ...

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0203/

372. Literacy Resources from The Basic Skills Agency
This publication lists the literacy resources which are available from the Basic Skills Agency.

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373. Pupils Leaving Education with No Qualifications, 2007
This Statistical First Release presents the results of the annual survey of schools in Wales. The survey was established to monitor progress against targets set by the Welsh ...

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374. The Extent of the Problem: Basic Skills in Wales
This publications looks at the extent of the basic skills problem in Wales, how Wales compares with other countries, how many adults are in programmes to improve their basic ...

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375. Welsh in schools 2007
This Statistical Bulletin presents a variety of statistics related to the use of the Welsh anguage in schools in Wales. The statistics are derived from analyses of the Pupil Level ...

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376. 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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377. EAL: More than Survival
Many children, young people and adults face real challenges in learning to understand and communicate in English because English is not their first language or the language of ...

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378. Effective Practice in Writing at Key Stage 2
This report looks at good pratice in developing writing at Key Stage 2 by studying schools where the gap between attainment in reading and attainment in writing is not as wide as it ...

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379. How to..
These publications provide useful tips for secondary school teachers, and support the Basic Skills Agency Quality Mark for Secondary Schools.

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380. Improving Boys' Literacy: a survey of effective practice in secondary schools
This report indicates ways to improve the achievement of boys in literacy in secondary schools.

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hools/

381. 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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382. Offender Learning and Skills Service: News
A4e's publishes a quarterly newsletter that contains news, developments and comment on the Offender Learning and Skills Service.

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383. Primary Quality Mark - Case Study Guides
Over the last year both the Director, Alan Wells, and myself have visited more than 300 schools who have gained the Agency’s prestigious Primary Quality Mark award. ...

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384. Primary Quality Mark - Information
Information about the Primary Quality Mark.

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385. Primary Quality Mark Additional Guidance for Early Years Practitioners
We launched our Basic Skills Quality Mark for Primary Schools in late 1997. Before we launched it we piloted it extensively with 63 Local Education Authorities (LEAs) and some of ...

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386. Primary Quality Mark Booklet
Our Basic Skills Quality Mark for Primary Schools was developed with the help of Local Education Authorities (LEAs) and primary schools from throughout England and Wales. We ...

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387. Proposals for a Learning and Skills (Wales) Measure 2008
John Griffiths, the Deputy Minister for Skills has today launched a consultation document on the Welsh Assembly Government's proposals for a Learning and Skills (Wales) ...

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388. Renewing the Primary Quality Mark
The Basic Skills Agency is the national development agency for basic skills in England and Wales and is funded mainly by the Government. However, we are an independent ...

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389. Securing Boys' Literacy:a survey of effective practice in primary schools
This report by Graham Frater is a primary school companion to Improving Boys' Literacy. Its findings are drawn from a survey on schools where high achievements or improvements in ...

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390. Basic Skills and Financial Exclusion
In April 2001, the Basic Skills Agency commissioned MORI to conduct a survey which involved the administration of five basic literacy and five basic numeracy tasks, along with ...

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391. Basic Skills Awareness Raising Pack for Wales
This pack provides a session plan and a set of materials to enable you to deliver a half day interactive session to raise awareness of basic skills – literacy, numeracy and ...

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392. Bridges for Literacy: A Survey of Emerging Practice at Key Stages 2 and 3
Clear evidence has been seen of a dip in aspects of English in the early years of secondary school. As pupils transfer from Key Stage 2 to Key Stage 3 there are initial understandable ...

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393. Confident Consumer
This pack is intended to support the delivery of consumer education programmes. The materials are aimed at young adults who have literacy and/or numeracy learning needs, and who ...

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394. 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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395. 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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396. National standards for adult numeracy
Literacy and numeracy are the fundamental skills that every adult needs to be able to function and progress at work and in society in general. This publication presents the ...

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397. 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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398. The Basic Skills Employer Pledge: Introductory booklet
The Employer Pledge has been developed in Wales to address basic skills issues in the workplace. It is part of the Welsh Assembly Government’s National Basic Skills ...

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399. The National Survey of Adult Basic Skills in Wales (2004)
In 2004 the Basic Skills Agency commissioned BMRB to undertake a survey of the literacy and numeracy skills - in English - of adults aged 16 to 65 in Wales. Survey findings are based ...

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400. Adult Financial Capability Framework
The Adult Financial Capability Framework is a document which covers a broad range of money management and consumer issues. It is for all those involved in financial capability ...

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401. 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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402. Baseline Survey of Workplace Basic Skills Programmes in Wales - Executive Summary
At least 28% of adults in Wales have poor literacy skills. Around 32% have poor numeracy skills. This means they struggle with the basic skills we expect an 11-year-old to have ...

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403. 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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404. Continuing Professional Development in Basic Skills Teaching (Schools)
In 2004, the Basic Skills Agency commissioned a survey of literacy and numeracy skills of adults aged 16 to 65 in Wales. The survey indicated that: 25% of adults had literacy skills ...

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405. Evaluation of the training of learning support assistants: Recommendations for effective practice
This work was undertaken to assess the effectiveness of the training provided for learning support assistants within the Strategic Intervention Grants programme and to make ...

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406. The long tail of low skills in Wales and the UK - a review of the evidence
Objective: To review existing research to quantify the extent to which the UK and Wales are unusual in having a long 'tail' of people with relatively few, or no, qualifications. ...

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407. Mapping Qualifications and Training for the Children and Young People’s Workforce Short Report 5 Training and qualifications issues, needs and gaps
In December 2004 DfES commissioned Sheffield Hallam University to produce a mapping of qualifications and training developments across the children and young people’s ...

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408. Evaluation of Skills for Business (SfB) and Skills for Employment (SfE) ESF-Supported Programmes
This report gives the findings from an evaluation designed to: * Establish whether the programmes have met key milestone and outputs * Establish the impact on employers and ...

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409. Evaluation of the ReACT Programme (Phase II) - April 2005
This evaluation report is a follow-on from the first evaluation report of the ReACT Programme, as published in September 2004. The evaluation continues to explore and assess how ...

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410. Annual Learning and Skills Assessment 2005 - 2006 - June 2005
Lifelong learning is at the heart of the Assembly Government’s objectives for creating social justice and economic success. Yet, while the post-16 sector delivers some ...

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411. Auditing the Supply of Learning - February 2005
In the Spring of 2004, CRG Research Ltd - in association with Miller Research UK Ltd and Dateb was commissioned by the former National Council for Training and Education for Wales ...

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412. Cardiff Catering Scoping Study - June 2004
The hospitality sector accounts for approximately 4% of GDP across the UK, employing a total of more than 1.6 million people. In Cardiff alone, it is estimated that there are more ...

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413. Construction Skills in Mid Wales - March 2004
In March 2004 Miller Research (UK) Ltd was commissioned by ELWa, a former Assembly Sponsored Public Body (ASPB) whose functions are now part of the Department for Education, ...

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414. North West Wales Construction - Learning Network Project - August 2005
CRG Research Ltd. was commissioned by the former National Council for Education and Training for Wales (ELWa) at the end of 2004 to undertake a review of the provision of learning ...

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415. Future Skills Issues affecting Industry Sectors in Wales Aerospace Sector Executive summary report
This document is one of a series commissioned by the Future Skills Wales Research Forum. The overall project aims to extend and complement the work begun by the original Future ...

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416. Future Skills Issues affecting Industry Sectors in Wales Aerospace Sector Full report
This document is one of a series commissioned by the Future Skills Wales Research Forum. The overall project aims to extend and complement the work begun by the original Future ...

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417. Future Skills Issues affecting Industry Sectors in Wales Agriculture and Farm Enterprise Sector Executive summary report
The agriculture and farm enterprise sector is critical tthe economic and social survival of rural communities throughout Wales. The sector is well represented in Wales ...

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418. Future Skills Issues affecting Industry Sectors in Wales Agriculture and Farm Enterprise Sector Full report
The agriculture and farm enterprise sector is critical to the economic and social survival of rural communities throughout Wales. The sector is well represented in Wales ...

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419. Future Skills Issues affecting Industry Sectors in Wales Automotive sector Executive summary report
This report covers only the manufacturing aspects of automotive related activity; retailing and aftercare are not covered. The Automotive Manufacturing sector in Wales has ...

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420. Future Skills Issues affecting Industry Sectors in Wales Automotive sector Full report
This report covers only the manufacturing aspects of automotive related activity; retailing and aftercare are not covered. The Automotive Manufacturing sector in Wales has ...

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421. Future Skills Issues affecting Industry Sectors in Wales Electronics Sector Executive summary report
It is anticipated that the electronics sector in Wales needs to position itself in the higher value-added ‘knowledge-based’ sub-sector, “the Welsh ...

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422. Future Skills Issues affecting Industry Sectors in Wales Electronics Sector Full report
It is anticipated that the electronics sector in Wales needs to position itself in the higher value-added ‘knowledge-based’ sub-sector, “the Welsh ...

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423. Future Skills Issues affecting Industry Sectors in Wales Financial and Business Services Sector Executive summary report
The financial and business services sector is diverse, including the provision of services to businesses and individuals in banking, finance, insurance, professional and ...

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424. Future Skills Issues affecting Industry Sectors in Wales Financial and Business Services Sector Full report
The financial and business services sector is diverse, including the provision of services to businesses and individuals in banking, finance, insurance, professional and ...

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425. Future Skills Issues affecting Industry Sectors in Wales Food Processing Sector Executive summary report
Food processing is a growing and important sector for the Welsh economy. The natural advantage in some subsectors of being located close to the agriculture sector provides ...

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426. Future Skills Issues affecting Industry Sectors in Wales Food Processing Sector Full report
Food processing is a growing and important sector for the Welsh economy. The natural advantage in some subsectors of being located close to the agriculture sector provides ...

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427. Future Skills Issues affecting Industry Sectors in Wales Management and IT Issues
The Future Skills Wales report highlights the importance management and IT skills to Wales. They are of importance across all sectors, but needs will vary depending on the nature ...

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428. Future Skills Issues affecting Industry Sectors in Wales Management and IT Skills Issues Full Report
The Future Skills Wales report highlights the importance management and IT skills to Wales. They are of importance across all sectors, but needs will vary depending on the nature ...

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429. Future Skills Issues affecting Industry Sectors in Wales Media and New Media Sector Executive summary report
The video/film part of the sector has been strong in relation to the size of the Welsh economy, due to demand from the major broadcasters, S4C, BBC Wales and HTV Wales. But the ...

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430. Future Skills Issues affecting Industry Sectors in Wales Media and New Media Sector Full report
The video/film part of the sector has been strong in relation to the size of the Welsh economy, due to demand from the major broadcasters, S4C, BBC Wales and HTV Wales. But the ...

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431. Future Skills Issues affecting Industry Sectors in Wales Social Care Sector Executive summary report
The social care workforce of 70,000 (full-time and part-time) represents 4% of the total workforce in Wales, employing a similar number to the business and finance sector. ...

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432. Future Skills Issues affecting Industry Sectors in Wales Social Care Sector Full report
The social care workforce of 70,000 (full-time and part-time) represents 4% of the total workforce in Wales, employing a similar number to the business and finance sector. ...

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433. Future Skills Issues affecting Industry Sectors in Wales Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure Sector Executive summary report
Future employment in the sector is forecast to increase, with approximately 15,000 new jobs anticipated by the year 2003 and up to 20,000 by 2010. However, with decreasing ...

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434. Future Skills Issues affecting Industry Sectors in Wales Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure Sector Full report
Future employment in the sector is forecast to increase, with approximately 15,000 new jobs anticipated by the year 2003 and up to 20,000 by 2010. However, with decreasing ...

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435. Future Skills Wales - Generic Skills Survey 2003 GoSkills
6,020 establishments were interviewed between February and April 2003 and a total of 261 interviews were conducted with employers in the Goskills sector. All sectors in the ...

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436. Future Skills Wales - Generic Skills Survey 2003 Lantra
6,020 establishments were interviewed between February and April 2003 and a total of 295 interviews were conducted with establishments covered by the Lantra footprint. All ...

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437. Future Skills Wales - Generic Skills Survey 2003 SEMTA
6,020 establishments were interviewed between February and April 2003 and a total of 212 interviews were conducted with employers in the SEMTA sector. All sectors in the economy ...

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438. Future Skills Wales - Generic Skills Survey 2003 Skills for Care
6,020 establishments were interviewed between February and April 2003 and a total of 209 interviews were conducted with establishments in the Skills for Care sector. All ...

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439. Future Skills Wales - Generic Skills Survey 2003 Skills for Health
6,020 establishments were interviewed between February and April 2003 and a total of 170 interviews were conducted with establishments in the Skills for Health sector. All ...

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440. Future Skills Wales - Generic Skills Survey 2003 Skills for Logistics
6,020 establishments were interviewed between February and April 2003 and a total of 172 interviews were conducted with employers in the Skills for Logistics sector. All ...

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441. Future Skills Wales - Generic Skills Survey 2003 SkillsActive
6,020 establishments were interviewed between February and April 2003 and a total of 139 interviews were conducted with employers in the SkillsActive sector. All sectors in the ...

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442. Future Skills Wales - Generic Skills Survey 2003 Skillsmart
6,020 establishments were interviewed between February and April 2003 and a total of 966 interviews were conducted with establishments in the Skillsmart sector. All sectors in ...

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443. Future Skills Wales Generic Skills Survey 2003 SummitSkills
6,020 establishments were interviewed between February and April 2003 and a total of 132 interviews were conducted with establishments in the SummitSkills sector. All sectors ...

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444. Alternative Skills Scenarios to 2020 for the UK Economy A report for the Sector Skills Development Agency, as a contribution to the Leitch Review of Skills
This report sets out the findings of the study examining Alternative Skills Scenarios to 2020 for the UK Economy undertaken by Cambridge Econometrics and the Institute for ...

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445. Employers� skill needs: now and in future
Establishments required high levels of understanding customer needs, communication, ability to follow instructions, showing initiative, team working and adaptability/ ...

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446. Future Skills Wales - Generic Skills Survey 2003 AssetSkills
Background to the Future Skills Wales survey Future Skills Wales 2003 Generic Skills Survey is a study comprising an Employer Survey and Household Survey, auditing the skill ...

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447. Future Skills Wales - Generic Skills Survey 2003 Automotive Skills
6,020 establishments were interviewed between February and April 2003 and a total of 227 interviews were conducted with establishments in the Automotive sector. All sectors in ...

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448. Future Skills Wales - Generic Skills Survey 2003 ConstructionSkills
6,020 establishments were interviewed between February and April 2003 and a total of 616 interviews were conducted with employers in the ConstructionSkills sector. Employers ...

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449. Future Skills Wales - Generic Skills Survey 2003 e-skills UK
6,020 establishments were interviewed between February and April 2003 and a total of 149 interviews were conducted with establishments in the e-skills UK sector. All sectors in ...

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450. Future Skills Wales - Generic Skills Survey 2003 Financial Services
6,020 establishments were interviewed between February and April 2003 and a total of 111 interviews were conducted with establishments in the Financial Services SSC sector. ...

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451. Future Skills Wales 2003 Generic Skills Survey: ESF Areas Report
The Future Skills Wales 2003 Generic Skills Survey is a study comprising an Employer Survey and Household Survey, auditing the skill needs of employers in Wales and the skills ...

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452. Future Skills Wales 2003 Generic Skills Survey: Mid Wales Regional Report
The Future Skills Wales 2003 Generic Skills Survey is a study comprising an Employer Survey and Household Survey, auditing the skill needs of employers in Wales and the skills ...

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453. Future Skills Wales 2003 Generic Skills Survey: North Wales Regional Report
The Future Skills Wales 2003 Generic Skills Survey is a study comprising an Employer Survey and Household Survey, auditing the skill needs of employers in Wales and the skills ...

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454. Future Skills Wales 2003 Generic Skills Survey: South East Wales Regional Report
The Future Skills Wales 2003 Generic Skills Survey is a study comprising an Employer Survey and Household Survey, auditing the skill needs of employers in Wales and the skills ...

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455. Future Skills Wales 2003 Generic Skills Survey: South West Wales Regional Report
The Future Skills Wales 2003 Generic Skills Survey is a study comprising an Employer Survey and Household Survey, auditing the skill needs of employers in Wales and the skills ...

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456. Investigating the Use of Regional Economic Forecasting Models in Wales Executive Summary of Report Prepared for the Future Skills Wales (FSW) Partnership
The Future Skills Wales (FSW) Partnership commissioned London Economics to examine their use of regional forecasts and regional forecasting models, and make recommendations ...

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457. Policy issues INTRODUCTION
This chapter draws on the findings from the Future Skills Wales Generic Skills Survey 2003 to suggest some key issues for policy. Where appropriate, the findings are related to ...

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458. Prosperity for all in the global economy - world class skills December 2006 Final Report
In the 19th Century, the UK had the natural resources, the labour force and the inspiration to lead the world into the Industrial Revolution. Today, we are witnessing a different ...

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459. Skills in the UK: The long-term challenge Interim Report
At the end of last year, I was asked by the Government to consider what the UK's long-term ambition should be for developing skills in order to maximise economic prosperity and ...

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460. Skills supply-demand mismatches
Hard-to-fill vacancies and skills shortages have become less of an issue between the earlier Employer Survey (1998) and the latest (2003) – likely to be the result of a ...

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461. Skills Needs Analysis - Stage 1 - Wales
The research undertaken for Stage 1 of the Sector Skills Agreement adopted a mixture of quantitative and qualitative methods, drawing on a range of existing secondary data ...

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462. Time to Tackle the Training Divide
'Time to tackle the training divide' - analyses the latest available official data for training take up in the UK to show that last year 41 per cent of graduate employees took part in ...

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463. FSW 2003 Summary Report
Welcome to the summary report of the Future Skills Wales (FSW) 2003 Generic Skills Survey. The survey is far reaching and is based on information gathered from no fewer than 6,000 ...

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464. Future Skills Wales 2003 Generic Skills Survey
Future Skills Wales 2003 Generic Skills Survey is a study comprising an Employer Survey and Household Survey, auditing the skill needs of employers in Wales and the skills ...

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465. Future Skills Wales 2003 Generic Skills Survey (Word Document)
Future Skills Wales 2003 Generic Skills Survey is a study comprising an Employer Survey and Household Survey, auditing the skill needs of employers in Wales and the skills ...

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466. Future Skills Wales 2003 Generic Skills Survey - Section 1
As a background to the Future Skills Wales 2003 Generic Skills Survey, chapter 1 focuses on the changes in the Welsh economy in the period between 1998 and 2003, including ...

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467. Future Skills Wales 2003 Generic Skills Survey - Section 4
This chapter looks at the potential for residents in Wales to engage in learning and training and the workforce. It considers the desire of residents to participate in learning ...

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468. Future Skills Wales 2003 Generic Skills Survey - Section 6
This chapter draws on the findings from the Future Skills Wales Generic Skills Survey 2003 to suggest some key issues for policy. Where appropriate, the findings are related to ...

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469. Shaping up for the future: the business vision for education and skills
This report sets out the CBI's vision for how employers, employees and government can best achieve the improvement in skills levels so urgently needed. This means choosing the ...

470. A SECTOR SKILLS AGREEMENT FOR THE LIFELONG LEARNING SECTOR STAGE 1 - SKILLS NEEDS ASSESSMENT (SNA)
This executive summary, along with the full report and associated annexes, represent the main outputs of an extensive programme of both primary and secondary research ...

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471. A SECTOR SKILLS AGREEMENT FOR THE LIFELONG LEARNING SECTOR STAGE 1 – SKILLS NEEDS ASSESSMENT (SNA) WALES
This executive summary, along with the full report and associated annexes, represent the main outputs of an extensive programme of both primary and secondary research ...

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472. A SECTOR SKILLS AGREEMENT FOR THE LIFELONG LEARNING SECTOR STAGE 2 – AN ASSESSMENT OF CURRENT TRAINING PROVISION
The research formed the second stage of the SSA process - the assessment of current provision for the lifelong learning sector - and was guided by findings from the identification ...

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473. Demand for Skills in the UK Food and Drink Manufacturing Sector Stage 1 of the Sector Skills Agreement Demand Drivers
The UK faces a major skills challenge. Many employers cannot get enough people with the skills and attributes they are looking for. Many adults are held back from achieving their ...

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474. Gap Analysis and Market Testing - annexes C&D
This section summaries the engagement with stakeholders across the UK, by Nation and by Region as of 20th November 2006

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475. Go Skills Analysis of Provision Sector Skills Agreement Stage II Full Report
Introduction This Sector Skills Agreement (SSA) will assist the creation of the skilled workforce that employers in the passenger transport sector need. It is based on detailed ...

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report/

476. Go Skills Analysis of Provision Sector Skills Agreement Stage II Wales
This Sector Skills Agreement (SSA) will assist the creation of the skilled workforce that employers in the passenger transport sector need. It is based on detailed evidence ...

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477. Go Skills Skills Needs Assessment Sector Skills Agreement Stage 1 Executive Summary
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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utive-summary/

478. Go Skills Skills Needs Assessment Sector Skills Agreement Stage I
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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479. The Sector Skills Council for the environmental and land-based sector The Sector Skills Agreement Wales
Getting the right people with the right skills at the right time has been the driving force behind the work of the Sector Skills Agreement (SSA). The agreement is a collaboration ...

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the-sector-skills-agreement-wales/

480. The Skills Bill: Analysis of skills needs in UK financial services
This report, The Skills Bill: Analysis of skills needs in UK financial services, and its companion volume, The Skills Bill: Assessment of education and training provision in UK ...

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481. The Skills Bill: Assessment of education and training provision in UK financial services
This report, The Skills Bill: Assessment of education and training provision in UK financial services and its companion volume, The Skills Bill: Analysis of skills needs in UK ...

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inancial-services/

482. A Gap Analysis for the Nuclear Industry: An investigation into gaps in provision based on current and predicted future skills needs.
The nuclear industry is currently at a crossroads, its future direction dependent on Government decisions on: the future sourcing of electricity supplies to meet the needs of UK ...

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provision-based-on-current-and-predicted-future-skills-needs/

483. A Skills Needs Assessment of the Chemical Industry
This document is an Executive Summary of the Skills Need Assessment, (SNA), for the Chemicals industry, the first phase of the Sector Skills Agreement, (SSA), which culminates ...

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484. A Skills Needs Assessment of the Nuclear Industry
Phase One of this research is summarised in this document, it is a "here and now" snapshot of skills needs in this industry. Future skills needs will be explored in the next stage of ...

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485. A Skills Needs Assessment of the Petroleum Industry
Phase One of this research is summarised in this document, it is a "here and now" snapshot of skills needs in this industry. Future skills needs will be explored in the next stage of ...

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486. A Skills Needs Assessment of the Polymer Industry Working to assess and quantify the skills challenges facing the UK polymer industry through its Sector Skills Agreement Process (SSA).
Phase One of this research is summarised in this document, it is a "here and now" snapshot of skills needs in this industry. Future skills needs will be explored further in the next ...

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d-quantify-the-skills-challenges-facing-the-uk-polymer-industry-through-its-sect
or-skills-agreement-process-ssa/

487. Altogether Stronger: Skills Needs Analysis for construction Executive Summary
The purpose of the Skills Needs Analysis is to provide the evidence base to demonstrate what the industry skill needs are and whether or not they are being satisfactorily met by ...

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ummary/

488. Automotivate The Sector Skills Agreement for the Downstream Motor Industry Sector Skills Agreement - Stage 3 Gap Analysis and Market Testing United Kingdom Report
This publication covers the whole of the United Kingdom (UK) and there are reports for each of the home nations published separately. The UK report summaries some of the key issues ...

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stry-sector-skills-agreement-stage-3-gap-analysis-and-market-testing-united-king
dom-report/

489. Automotivate The Sector Skills Agreement for the Downstream Motor Industry Sector Skills Agreement - Stage 3 Gap Analysis and Market Testing Wales Report
This report forms part of the third group of reports produced from the development and moderation of Stage 3 of the sector skills agreement (SSA) for the motor industry downstream ...

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stry-sector-skills-agreement-stage-3-gap-analysis-and-market-testing-wales-repor
t/

490. Automotivate The Sector Skills Agreement for the Downstream Motor Industry Sector Skills Agreement Stage 5 – Action Plans Wales
This report represents the culmination of a process that began in the late summer of 2005 comprising a series of five stages. These stages encompassed the gathering of evidence to ...

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stry-sector-skills-agreement-stage-5-action-plans-wales/

491. Automotivate The Sector Skills Agreement for the Motor Industry Sector Skills Agreement - Stage 1 - Skills Needs Assessment Wales Final Draft Report
Automotive Skills launched Automotivate - the sector skills agreement for the motor industry - in the late summer of 2005. This report provides a detailed examination of the ...

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-skills-agreement-stage-1-skills-needs-assessment-wales-final-draft-report/

492. Automotivate The Sector Skills Agreement for the Motor Industry Sector Skills Agreement - Stage 2 - Assessment of Current Provision UK Final Draft Report
The Assessment of Current Provision is stage two in the five stage Sector Skills Agreement process led by Automotive Skills on behalf of the sector. Broadly, the Sector Skills ...

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-skills-agreement-stage-2-assessment-of-current-provision-uk-final-draft-report/

493. Automotivate The Sector Skills Agreement for the Motor Industry Sector Skills Agreement - Stage 2 - Assessment of Current Provision Welsh Final Draft Report
This is the Welsh national report of a UK-wide study carried out for Automotive Skills, titled ‘Assessing Education and Training Provision for the Retail Automotive ...

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rt/

494. Cogent Sector Skill Needs Assessment - DRAFT for consultation Sector Skills Council for the Chemical, Nuclear, Oil and Gas, Petroleum and Polymer Industries
Sector Skills Agreements are being produced for every sector which is supported by a Sector Skills Council including Cogent, which covers chemicals, nuclear, oil and gas, ...

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lls-council-for-the-chemical-nuclear-oil-and-gas-petroleum-and-polymer-industrie
s/

495. Energy & Utility Skills Sector Skills Agreement Stage 1 Report
For the Sector Skills Agreement (SSA) process to justify the time, effort and expenditure involved it must have a very clear purpose. For Energy & Utility Skills (EU Skills) it was ...

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496. Gap Analysis An investigation into gaps in provision based on current and predicted future skills needs: The Chemical Industry
A great deal of research has been carried out, looking to the future of the Chemicals industry in the UK. At a national level, the DTI-sponsored Chemicals Innovation and Growth ...

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and-predicted-future-skills-needs-the-chemical-industry/

497. Gap Analysis An investigation into gaps in provision based on current and predicted future skills needs: The Petroleum Industry
The petroleum industry, commonly referred to as the downstream industry, consists of three distinct sub-groups: Stabilising, refining and manufacture, storage, blending ...

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and-predicted-future-skills-needs-the-petroleum-industry/

498. Gap Analysis An investigation into gaps in provision based on current and predicted future skills needs: The Polymer Industry
The UK polymer industry consists of a grouping of related sub-industries, namely Composites, Sign Making, Rubber Manufacture and Plastics Manufacture. It can be further ...

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and-predicted-future-skills-needs-the-polymer-industry/

499. Key Skills Challenge: Stepping up the Quality of Qualified New Recruits
Construction needs half a million new entrants to step up to the challenges of working in the industry by 2010, ensuring those entering have ambition and a commitment to succeed. ...

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500. Sector Skills Agreement Stage 2 Report Executive Summary
I am pleased to introduce this research report on training provision for our footprint. It is the outcome of our Stage 2 work.

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501. Skill Needs Assessment - UK wide - Stage 1 Executive Summary
I am pleased to introduce you to the first published research report arising from our Sector Skills Agreement (SSA) work.

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502. Skills Needs Analysis for the Construction Industry
The purpose of the Skills Needs Analysis is to provide the evidence base to demonstrate what the industry skill needs are and whether or not they are being satisfactorily met by ...

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503. Automotivate The Sector Skills Agreement for the Motor Industry Sector Skills Agreement – Stage 1 – Skills Needs Assessment UK Final Draft Report
Automotive Skills launched Automotivate – the sector skills agreement for the motor industry – in the late summer of 2005. This report provides a detailed ...

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-skills-agreement-stage-1-skills-needs-assessment-uk-final-draft-report/

504. Leitch Review of Skills – Call for Evidence May 2005 Contribution from the Sector Skills Development Agency
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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he-sector-skills-development-agency/

505. Sector Skills Agreement Stage Three UK wide report
Asset Skills is one of 25 Sector Skill Councils (SSCs) that have been established by government to tackle the skills and productivity needs of their sector throughout the UK. SSCs ...

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506. Sector Skills Agreement Summary of key issues and proposals for Wales
Asset Skills is one of 25 Sector Skill Councils (SSCs) that have been established by government to tackle the skills and productivity needs of their sector throughout the UK. SSCs ...

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507. Skills Needs Assessment for the UK
The main purpose of this Skill Needs Assessment is to set out the results of a comprehensive research programme which has sought to assess the skill needs facing businesses within ...

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508. Skills Needs Assessment for Wales
The purpose of this report is to set out the skill needs facing Welsh businesses within the Asset Skills sector, which covers the Housing, Property, Facilities Management and ...

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509. The Leitch review Summary
This is a interpretive précis of the Leitch Review, designed to offer an informative overview.

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510. Working on the Three Rs Employers’ Priorities for Functional Skills in Maths and English
This report explores the ways in which literacy and maths skills are used in the workplace and the shortfalls in these skills that employers experience. It presents the results of ...

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maths-and-english/

511. Excellence Wales - Case Study: Our Future: Ceredigion County Council: New Learning Network
Ceredigion County Council believes that developing individuals to be effective and independent lifelong learners is a challenge that must begin at the earliest stages of ...

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earning-network/

512. Excellence Wales - Case Study: Our Future: Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council: New Learning Network
The Lifelong Learning Service has developed, adapted and improved its services to support adult community learning and disaffected young people. This has been achieved ...

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h-council-new-learning-network/

513. A report addressing the future skill needs of Wales 1998-2007 : main report for North Wales.
A report produced by MORI Research and Business Strategies Ltd for a partnership of organisations in Wales

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ort-for-north-wales/

514. A report addressing the future skill needs of Wales 1998-2007 : main report for West Wales.
A report produced by MORI Research and Business Strategies Ltd for a partnership of organisations in Wales

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ort-for-west-wales/

515. A report addressing the future skill needs of Wales : 1998-2007 : main report for all Wales.
"A report produced by MORI Research and Business Strategies Ltd for a partnership of organisations in Wales"

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ort-for-all-wales/

516. A report addressing the future skill needs of Wales : main report for Mid Wales.
A report produced by MORI Research and Business Strategies Ltd for a partnership of organisations in Wales

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d-wales/

517. A Report Addressing the Future Skill Needs of Wales: main report for South East Wales.
"A report produced by MORI Research and Business Strategies Ltd for a partnership of organisations in Wales"

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uth-east-wales/

518. ASSET SKILLS: FUTURE SKILLS WALES
The Welsh research programme, Future Skills Wales (FSW) has been influenced by two main factors: The desire to produce a common measure of skills deficiencies which is ...

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519. AUTOMOTIVE SKILLS: FUTURE SKILLS WALES
The Welsh research programme, Future Skills Wales (FSW) has been influenced by two main factors: The desire to produce a common measure of skills deficiencies which is ...

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520. COGENT: FUTURE SKILLS WALES
The Welsh research programme, Future Skills Wales (FSW) has been influenced by two main factors: The desire to produce a common measure of skills deficiencies which is ...

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521. CONSTRUCTION SKILLS: FUTURE SKILLS WALES
The Welsh research programme, Future Skills Wales (FSW) has been influenced by two main factors: The desire to produce a common measure of skills deficiencies which is ...

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522. CREATIVE AND CULTURAL SKILLS: FUTURE SKILLS WALES
The Welsh research programme, Future Skills Wales (FSW) has been influenced by two main factors: The desire to produce a common measure of skills deficiencies which is ...

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523. ENERGY AND UTILITY SKILLS: FUTURE SKILLS WALES
The Welsh research programme, Future Skills Wales (FSW) has been influenced by two main factors: The desire to produce a common measure of skills deficiencies which is ...

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524. FINANCIAL SERVICES: FUTURE SKILLS WALES
The Welsh research programme, Future Skills Wales (FSW) has been influenced by two main factors: The desire to produce a common measure of skills deficiencies which is ...

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525. FSW 1998 Survey Report - All Wales: Future Skills Wales Project Summary Report for Wales 1998 - 2007
In 1998, the Future Skills Wales (FSW) research project was undertaken in order to establish the current and future generic skills needs throughout Wales. The survey report was ...

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eport-for-wales-1998-2007/

526. FSW 1998 Survey Report - Mid Wales: Future Skills Wales Project Summary Report for Mid Wales (Ceredigion, Meirionnydd and Powys) 1998 - 2007
In 1998, the Future Skills Wales (FSW) research project was undertaken in order to establish the current and future generic skills needs throughout Wales. This report is for Mid ...

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eport-for-mid-wales-ceredigion-meirionnydd-and-powys-1998-2007/

527. FSW 1998 Survey Report - North Wales: Future Skills Wales Project Summary Report for North Wales 1998 - 2007
In 1998, the Future Skills Wales (FSW) research project was undertaken in order to establish the current and future generic skills needs throughout Wales. This report is for ...

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-report-for-north-wales-1998-2007/

528. FSW 1998 Survey Report - South East Wales: Future Skills Wales Project Summary Report for South East Wales 1998 - 2007 FSW
In 1998, the Future Skills Wales (FSW) research project was undertaken in order to establish the current and future generic skills needs throughout Wales. This report is for ...

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mmary-report-for-south-east-wales-1998-2007-fsw/

529. FSW 1998 Survey Report - South West Wales: Future Skills Wales Project Summary Report for West Wales 1998 - 2007
In 1998, the Future Skills Wales (FSW) research project was undertaken in order to establish the current and future generic skills needs throughout Wales. This report is for West ...

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mmary-report-for-west-wales-1998-2007/

530. Future Skills Issues Affecting Industry Sectors in Wales: Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure Sector: Full report
This project aims to extend and complement the work begun by the original Future Skills Wales project, which forecast future generic skills needs across Wales using forecasting ...

531. Future Skills Issues Affecting Industry Sectors in Wales: Automotive sector (1): Full report
This project aims to extend and complement the work begun by the original Future Skills Wales project, which forecast future generic skills needs across Wales using forecasting ...

/resource/future-skills-issues-affecting-industry-sectors-in-wales-automotive-se
ctor-1-full-report/

532. Future Skills Issues Affecting Industry Sectors in Wales: Electronics Sector: Full report
This project aims to extend and complement the work begun by the original Future Skills Wales project, which forecast future generic skills needs across Wales using forecasting ...

533. Future Skills Issues Affecting Industry Sectors in Wales: Farm Enterprise Sector: Full report
This project aims to extend and complement the work begun by the original Future Skills Wales project, which forecast future generic skills needs across Wales using forecasting ...

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se-sector-full-report/

534. Future Skills Issues Affecting Industry Sectors in Wales: Financial and Business Services Sector: Full report
This project aims to extend and complement the work begun by the original Future Skills Wales project, which forecast future generic skills needs across Wales using forecasting ...

535. Future Skills Issues Affecting Industry Sectors in Wales: Food Processing Sector: Full report
This project aims to extend and complement the work begun by the original Future Skills Wales project, which forecast future generic skills needs across Wales using forecasting ...

536. Future Skills Issues Affecting Industry Sectors in Wales: Media and New Media Sector: Full report
This project aims to extend and complement the work begun by the original Future Skills Wales project, which forecast future generic skills needs across Wales using forecasting ...

537. Future Skills Issues Affecting Industry Sectors in Wales: Social Care Sector: Full report
This project aims to extend and complement the work begun by the original Future Skills Wales project, which forecast future generic skills needs across Wales using forecasting ...

538. GO SKILLS: FUTURE SKILLS WALES
The Welsh research programme, Future Skills Wales (FSW) has been influenced by two main factors: The desire to produce a common measure of skills deficiencies which is ...

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539. IMPROVE: FUTURE SKILLS WALES
The Welsh research programme, Future Skills Wales (FSW) has been influenced by two main factors: The desire to produce a common measure of skills deficiencies which is ...

/resource/improve-future-skills-wales/

540. LANTRA: FUTURE SKILLS WALES
The Welsh research programme, Future Skills Wales (FSW) has been influenced by two main factors: The desire to produce a common measure of skills deficiencies which is ...

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541. LIFELONG LEARNING: FUTURE SKILLS WALES
The Welsh research programme, Future Skills Wales (FSW), for Lifelong Learning UK (Sector: Employers who deliver and/or support the delivery of lifelong learning) has to date ...

/resource/lifelong-learning-future-skills-wales/

542. PEOPLE 1ST: FUTURE SKILLS WALES
The Welsh research programme, Future Skills Wales (FSW) has been influenced by two main factors: The desire to produce a common measure of skills deficiencies which is ...

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543. PROSKILLS: FUTURE SKILLS WALES
The Welsh research programme, Future Skills Wales (FSW) has been influenced by two main factors: The desire to produce a common measure of skills deficiencies which is ...

/resource/proskills-future-skills-wales/

544. SEMTA: FUTURE SKILLS WALES 2005 SECTOR SKILLS SURVEY
The Welsh research programme, Future Skills Wales (FSW) has been influenced by two main factors: The desire to produce a common measure of skills deficiencies which is ...

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545. SKILLFAST-UK: FUTURE SKILLS WALES
The Welsh research programme, Future Skills Wales (FSW) has been influenced by two main factors: The desire to produce a common measure of skills deficiencies which is ...

/resource/skillfast-uk-future-skills-wales/

546. SKILLS FOR CARE AND DEVELOPMENT: FUTURE SKILLS WALES
The Welsh research programme, Future Skills Wales (FSW) has been influenced by two main factors: The desire to produce a common measure of skills deficiencies which is ...

/resource/skills-for-care-and-development-future-skills-wales/

547. SKILLS FOR HEALTH: FUTURE SKILLS WALES
The Welsh research programme, Future Skills Wales (FSW) has been influenced by two main factors: The desire to produce a common measure of skills deficiencies which is ...

/resource/skills-for-health-future-skills-wales/

548. SKILLSACTIVE-UK: FUTURE SKILLS WALES
The Welsh research programme, Future Skills Wales (FSW) has been influenced by two main factors: The desire to produce a common measure of skills deficiencies which is ...

/resource/skillsactive-uk-future-skills-wales/

549. SKILLSMART RETAIL: FUTURE SKILLS WALES
The Welsh research programme, Future Skills Wales (FSW) has been influenced by two main factors: The desire to produce a common measure of skills deficiencies which is ...

/resource/skillsmart-retail-future-skills-wales/

550. SUMMIT SKILLS: FUTURE SKILLS WALES
The Welsh research programme, Future Skills Wales (FSW) has been influenced by two main factors: The desire to produce a common measure of skills deficiencies which is ...

/resource/summit-skills-future-skills-wales/

551. E-SKILLS UK: FUTURE SKILLS WALES
The Welsh research programme, Future Skills Wales (FSW), for e-skills UK (Sector: Information Technology and Telecommunications and the lead body for Contact Centres on ...

/resource/e-skills-uk-future-skills-wales/

552. Future Skills Wales 2005 sector skills survey main report
The Welsh research program, Future Skills Wales (FSW) has to date consisted of three surveys (in 1998, 2003 and 2005) commissioned by the FSW partnership. The focus of the first ...

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553. FUTURE SKILLS WALES 2005 SECTOR SKILLS SURVEY SUMMARY REPORT
The Summary Report of the Future Skills Wales (FSW) 2005 Sector Skills Survey. The survey is far reaching and is based on information gathered from 6,719 organisations across ...

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554. SKILLS FOR LOGISTICS: FUTURE SKILLS WALES
The Welsh research programme, Future Skills Wales (FSW), for Skills for Logistics (Sector: Freight logistics industry) has to date consisted of three surveys (in 1998, 2003 and ...

/resource/skills-for-logistics-future-skills-wales/

555. Employers' Skill Needs Survey 2003
Provides information and identifies existence of skill shortages/gaps by occupation, sector and geographical area in the construction industry so CITB-ConstructionSkills ...

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556. Future Skills Wales - Asset Skills Employers Skills Survey 2003
Study comprising an Employer Survey and Household Survey, auditing the skill needs of employers in Wales and the skills offered by the people who live there. ...

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557. Academic Achievement by Pupil Characteristics, 2005-2008
This statistical bulletin uses pupil level data from the National Pupil Database (NPD), which links data on attainment and examination information at Key Stages 1 to 4 to pupil ...

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558. Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill: apprenticeship & training provisions
The Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill was presented on 4 February 2009 and the House of Commons Second Reading is scheduled for 23 February. The Bill would ...

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ing-provisions/

559. Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill: provisions for children, education and learners
The Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill was presented in the House of Commons on 4 February 2009 and is due to have its second reading debate on 23 February 2009. ...

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ren-education-and-learners/

560. British Chambers of Commerce: Lost Talent - Not in Education, Employment or Training
The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has published a report that looks at the problem of the significant number of young people in the UK who are not in education, employment or ...

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r-training/

561. Closing the gender skills gap: A National Skills Forum report on women, skills and productivity
This report proposes ways to close the gender skills gap and remove the barriers faced by many women who wish to develop or fully utilise their skills. Increasing the range and ...

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skills-and-productivity/

562. Estyn Inspection Reports: Department for Work and Pensions funded training programmes
The purpose of the programme is to identify good features and shortcomings in order that the provider may improve the quality of programmes offered and raise the standards ...

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ing-programmes/

563. Estyn Inspection Reports: Pupil Referral Units
The purpose is to identify good features and shortcomings in schools in order that they may improve the quality of education offered and raise the standards achieved by their ...

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564. Estyn Inspection Reports: Special schools
The purpose is to identify good features and shortcomings in schools in order that they may improve the quality of education offered and raise the standards achieved by their ...

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565. Estyn Inspection Reports: Youth support services
Estyn carries out inspections of young people’s partnerships in accordance with the requirements of the Learning and Skills Act, 2000. For the inspection of youth ...

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566. National Employers Skills Survey 2007: Main Report
The National Employers Skills Survey 2007 (NESS07) is the fourth national employers skills survey commissioned by the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) together with the ...

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567. 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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568. Quality and Effectiveness Framework for post-16 learning in Wales: Delivering Skills that Work for Wales
This document sets out our plans for developing the new QEF and our planned timetable for its implementation. Our stakeholders will have the opportunity to discuss the proposals ...

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569. 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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570. The Effect of Lifelong Learning on Intra-generational Social Mobility: Evidence from Longitudinal Data in the United Kingdom
This report seeks to assess whether life long learning enables individuals to move up the social class hierarchy as measured by the prestige of their occupation ...

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evidence-from-longitudinal-data-in-the-united-kingdom/

571. The Skills Paradox: Confronting inequality in adult learning
A new report by the think tank Demos tackles the problem that those with the least skills are least likely to train. It argues for Governments to use subsidies, support, incentives ...

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572. Workforce Skills in Lifelong Learning: An analysis of the National Employers Skills Survey in England 2007, including UK wide comparisons
Lifelong Learning UK has produced an analysis of the National Employers Skills Survey data from 2007, which covers recruitment, skills and training issues reported by ...

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573. 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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