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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. 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/

3. 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/

4. 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/

5. 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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6. 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/

7. 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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8. 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/

9. Workforce Training in England 2006
The IFF were commissioned by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES), the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) and the Sector Skills Development Agency (SSDA) to undertake ...

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10. 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/

11. 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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12. 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/

13. Skills for the Workplace: Employer Perspectives, Evidence Report 1
This report provides analysis from a major survey of employers across the UK, exploring their experiences and perceptions of key aspects of the skills system across the UK. This ...

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14. 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/

15. 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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16. 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/

17. 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/

18. 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/

19. 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/

20. 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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21. 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/

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

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ptember-2009-dcsf/

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

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ptember-2009-dius/

24. 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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25. 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/

26. 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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27. 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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28. 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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29. 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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30. 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/

31. 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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les/

32. 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/

33. 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/

34. 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/

35. 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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36. 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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37. Serctor Skills Agreements: Executive Summary - Wales
The executive summary for Wales outlines the key facts, figures and statistics from the Sector Skills Agreement for the country.

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38. 2006/7 Labour Market Survey of GB Engineering Sectors
The aim of the project is to understand the employment, skills and training issues of the Engineering Sectors in the GB. The objectives are to provide a GB wide picture of ...

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39. 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/

40. 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/

41. 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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42. 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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43. 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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44. Apprentice employment in independent garages
This report illustrates findings from a telephone survey of the independent garage sector on apprentice employment and training designed to examine current attitudes. ...

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45. The Retail Motor Industry: Annual Benchmark Report 2005/2006
This report sets out a set of annual benchmarks for learners who started learning in the year 2005/06 defined as the period from 1 August 2005 to 31 July 2006. ...

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46. The Retail Motor Industry: Annual Benchmark Report 2006/2007
This report sets out a set of annual benchmarks for learners who started learning in the year 2006/07 defined as the period from 1 August 2006 to 31 July 2007. ...

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

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f-the-measurable-impacts/

48. Outcomes from institutional audit, second series Work-based and placement learning, and employability
This second series of Outcomes... papers is based on the 59 institutional audit reports published by August 2006, and the titles of papers are in most cases the same as their ...

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nt-learning-and-employability/

49. National Comparators for Further Education and Work Based Learning, 2006/07
The release presents information on learner outcomes at further education (FE) institutions and work based learning (WBL) providers in Wales for 2006/07. Data has been sourced ...

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607/

50. CIPD Survey on Coaching in the Workplace
Coaching is increasingly popular as a means of promoting learning and development, according to this year’s learning and development survey, from the Chartered ...

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51. Engaging Small Employers in Continuing Training: An International Review of Policies and Initiatives. Research Report 30
The SSDA commissioned this study in order to identify experiments and experiences from overseas that might inform UK policy-makers. It is concerned with continuing vocational ...

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w-of-policies-and-initiatives-research-report-30/

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

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53. 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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cation-frameworks/

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

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more-individuals-to-undertake-apprenticeships/

55. Further Education, Work-based Learning and Community Learning in Wales, 2006/07
This Statistical First Release summarises final data on learner numbers in post-16 education and training for the academic year 2006/07. The release contains information on ...

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200607-1/

56. 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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57. Increased Flexibility Programme at Key Stage 4: interim report
The Increased Flexibility Programme (IFP) was formed as a result of policy described in the White Paper, Schools: achieving success, published in July 2001. It provides funding ...

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58. Increased Flexibility Programme at Key Stage 4: the first two years
The Increased Flexibility Programme (IFP) supports partnerships of schools, further education colleges and providers of work-based learning in efforts to improve ...

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

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

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

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

62. Framework for Excellence: Raising Standards and Informing Choice
This document presents the Framework for Excellence policy, which has been developed by the Learning and Skills Council, in close partnership with Ofsted, the Quality ...

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

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in-england-1999-2006/

65. 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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ion/

66. 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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67. 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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68. 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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69. Further Education, Work-Based Learning, Train to Gain and Adult Safeguarded Learning - Learner Numbers in England: October 2007
This SFR presents statistics on LSC-funded post-16 learning, including Further Education, Train to Gain and Adult Safeguarded Learning learner numbers and Apprenticeship ...

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

70. Developing a reflective capacity within undergraduate education: the role of work-based placement learning
This research project sought to investigate the development of a reflective capacity within undergraduate education. In particular, the role of work-based placement ...

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le-of-work-based-placement-learning/

71. Primary Initial Teacher Training: Intake targets 2008/09
This circular sets out institutional primary initial teacher training intake targets for 2008/09.

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72. W08/09HE: Secondary Initial Teacher Training: Intake targets 2008/09 Summary
This circular sets out institutional secondary initial teacher training intake targets for 2008/09.

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ry/

73. 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/

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

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75. 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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76. Estyn Press Releases
Press releases are listed in date order

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77. Guidance on the inspection of initial teacher training September 2007
This guidance explains how inspectors will apply the Estyn Common Inspection Framework for education and training in Wales to initial teacher training (ITT). ...

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78. Her Majesty’s Inspectorate for Education and Training in Wales (Estyn) Evaluation of inspection arrangements
Our findings are based on a survey of perceptions. They were gathered in a combination of individual interviews with providers, HMI and registered inspectors, a focus group with ...

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aluation-of-inspection-arrangements/

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

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

80. Understanding inspections in providers of work-based learning and the Department for Work and Pensions funded training programmes
Guidance notes for training staff and management committees

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department-for-work-and-pensions-funded-training-programmes-1/

81. Understanding inspections in providers of work-based learning and the Department for Work and Pensions funded training programmes: Guidance notes for learners and parents
This leaflet is to inform learners and parents about how the inspection process works in work-based learning providers.

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department-for-work-and-pensions-funded-training-programmes-guidance-notes-for-l
earners-and-parents/

82. 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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-and-monitoring-systems/

83. Staff Development for Lifelong Learning: Continuing professional development in further education, work-based learning and adult community-based learning
The Welsh Assembly Government asked Estyn for advice on ‘Continuing professional development for further education staff’ as part of its remit for 2005-2006. Many ...

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pment-in-further-education-work-based-learning-and-adult-community-based-learnin
g/

84. Supplementary guidance for inspecting bilingualism in youth support services
The aim of this document is to enable inspectors and providers to understand the meaning, implications and challenge of reporting on, and grading bilingualism within youth ...

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rvices/

85. Survey of Teacher Induction and Early Professional Development 2005-2006
This survey builds on the work already done on statutory induction including ‘Early Professional Development. Newly Qualified Teachers’ (Estyn 2002) and ...

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06/

86. Skills in the Workplace Evaluation
Skills in the Workplace (SitW) builds on the previous ‘Skills for Business’ and ‘Skills for Employment’ (SfB/ SfE) projects promoted by ELWa which ran in ...

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87. 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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88. Nuffield Review of 14-19 Education and Training, England and Wales: Issue paper 3
This Issues Paper asks: ‘To what extent will the apprenticeship route contribute to the desired increase in post-16 participation in England?’ It is one of three ...

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e-paper-3/

89. 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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e-paper-4/

90. Further education, work-based learning and community learning in Wales statistics: 2005/06
This volume is the third in a series providing statistics about the post-16 learning sector (excluding higher education institutions and sixth forms) in Wales. ...

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statistics-200506/

91. 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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92. The added value of work experience placements provided for young people aged 14-19
Estyn was asked by the Wales Assembly Government to undertake this review, which examines the current organisation and delivery of work experience for 14-19 year olds and ...

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e-aged-14-19/

93. The Annual Report of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales Teacher training courses 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-teacher-training-courses-2004-2005/

94. The Annual Report of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales Work-based learning 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-work-based-learning-2004-2005/

95. The Annual Report of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales 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-2004-2005/

96. Careers Wales Gwent destination information: Gwent and individual authorities, Years 11, 12 & 13
Destination of Year 11 Pupils - 2004

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rities-years-11-12-13/

97. 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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98. Destinations of students from schools in Powys 2004
This booklet provides a summary of the destinations of students who left Year 11(statutory school leaving age) and Years 12 and 13 of high schools in the county of Powys in 2004. The ...

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99. Destinations of Year 11 Pupils 2004 West Wales
Pupil Destinations 2004

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100. Destinations of Year 11 Pupils 2005 West Wales
Pupil Destinations 2005

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

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102. Mid Glamorgan and Powys School Leaver Destinations 2006 Years 11-14
On behalf of Careers Wales Mid Glamorgan and Powys I am pleased to issue the destination report and analysis of pupils who in 2006 left year 11, 12, 13 and 14 of schools within the ...

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103. Mid Glamorgan and Powys school leavers destinations 05
On behalf of Careers Wales Mid Glamorgan and Powys I am pleased to issue the destination report and analysis of pupils who in 2005 left year 11, 12, 13 and 14 of schools within the ...

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104. North East Wales destinations 04
Every year C.W.N.E. conducts a survey of the first destinations of leavers in years 11,12 and 13. The company acknowledges the help of schools, colleges, parents and guardians, ...

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105. Pupil destinations from schools in Wales 2005
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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106. Pupil destinations from schools in Wales 2006
The annual survey of school leavers undertaken by Careers Wales on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales continues to provide a usefull snapshot of pupil destinations which ...

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107. School Leaver Destination Statistics 2004 Caerphilly County Borough
Destination of Year 11 Pupils - 2004

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108. The City and County of Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan Pupil Destinations 2005
The report provides information and analysis of the destinations of Cardiff and Vale school leavers who were in Year 11 (statutory school leaving age) 12 and 13 during the ...

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tions-2005/

109. The City and County of Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan Pupil Destinations 2006
I am pleased to present the Careers Wales Cardiff and Vale Destinations Report 2006. The report provides information and analysis of the destinations of Cardiff and Vale school ...

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tions-2006/

110. The City and County of Cardiff Pupil Destinations 2005
The report provides information and analysis of the destinations of Cardiff school leavers who were in Year 11 (statutory school leaving age) 12 and 13 during the academic year ...

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111. The City and County of Cardiff Pupil Destinations 2006
I am pleased to present the Careers Wales Cardiff and Vale Destinations Report 2006. The report provides information and analysis of the destinations of Cardiff school leavers ...

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112. The County of Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan destinations 2004
Pupil Destinations 2004

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113. The Vale of Glamorgan Destinations 2004
Destination information was collected as at 31st October 2004.

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114. The Vale of Glamorgan Pupil Destinations 2005
The report provides information and analysis of the destinations of Vale of Glamorgan school leavers who were in Year 11 (statutory school leaving age) 12 and 13 during the ...

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115. The Vale of Glamorgan Pupil Destinations 2006
I am pleased to present the Careers Wales Cardiff and Vale Destinations Report 2006. The report provides information and analysis of the destinations of Vale of Glamorgan school ...

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116. 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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117. 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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118. 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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119. Pursuing Excellence: An Outline Improvement Strategy for Consultation
The TUC welcomes the opportunity to comment on ‘Pursuing Excellence: An Outline Improvement Strategy for Consultation' (the Improvement Strategy). Pursuing ...

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

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e-interim-report/

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

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122. 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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123. 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/

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

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125. 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/

126. 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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127. 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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128. WLGA Briefing Learning Coaches
The Learning Coach (Key element 4) role is intended to provide support, guidance, coaching and mentoring to learners to help them plan their individual learning pathway ...

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129. National Comparators for Further Education and Work-based Learning 2004/05
This publication presents national comparators for further education and work-based learning for 2004/05, derived from the Lifelong Learning Wales Record (LLWR). ...

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

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

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s-at-december-2003/

132. 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/

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

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s-at-september-2003/

134. 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/

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

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statistics-200405/

136. 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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137. 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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138. Baseline Survey of Workplace Basic Skills Programmes in Wales - Full Report
The Basic Skills Agency commissioned Newidiem to undertake a survey of employers and relevant organisations across the whole of Wales to establish the nature and extent of ...

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ort/

139. National Comparators for Further Education and Work Based Learning, 2005/06
This publication presents national comparators for further education and work-based learning for 2005/06, derived from the Lifelong Learning Wales Record (LLWR). The ...

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140. Employer Case Studies 2004 Attitudes to Learning Main Report
ELWa is an Assembly Sponsored Public Body with responsibility for funding, planning and promoting learning throughout Wales for people aged over 16, with the exception of ...

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141. Employers Panel 2006 Main Report Customer Research - Report 9
This report explores the data collected as part of the Department for Education Lifelong Learning and Skills (DELLS) Employer Panel Survey Wave II (2006). Between late February ...

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142. Employers Panel 2006 Summary Report Customer Research - Report 9
Lifelong Learning and Skills (DELLS) Employer Panel Survey Wave II (2006). Between late February 2006 and mid April 2006 a total of 2,009 establishments were interviewed about ...

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143. Individuals Panel 2004 Results from Wave 1 Main Report
ELWa has responsibility for planning, funding and promoting post 16 learning provision in Wales with the exception of Higher Education. This includes Further Education (FE), ...

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

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145. National Learner Satisfaction Survey for Wales 2003 A Summary: Learners in Mid Wales
This summary explores some of the findings for learners in Further Education (hereafter FE) and Work Based Learning (hereafter WBL) in Mid Wales taken from the Learner ...

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146. National Learner Satisfaction Survey for Wales 2003 A Summary: Learners in North Wales
This summary explores some of the findings for learners in Further Education (hereafter FE) and Work Based Learning (hereafter WBL) in North Wales taken from the Learner ...

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147. National Learner Satisfaction Survey for Wales 2003 A Summary: Learners in South East
This summary explores some of the findings for learners in Further Education (hereafter FE) and Work Based Learning (hereafter WBL) in South East Wales taken from the Learner ...

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148. National Learner Satisfaction Survey for Wales 2003 A Summary: Learners in South West
This summary explores some of the findings for learners in Further Education (hereafter FE) and Work Based Learning (hereafter WBL) in South West Wales taken from the Learner ...

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149. National School Sixth Form Survey for Wales 2004 Main Report
ELWa has responsibility for planning, funding and promoting post-16 learning provision in Wales, with the exception of Higher Education. This includes Further Education ...

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150. A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Apprenticeships and Other Vocational Qualifications
This research adds to the literature on apprenticeships in the UK by: Focussing on government funded apprenticeship rather than traditional apprenticeships. For clarity the ...

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ications/

151. Building on the Best: Final report and implementation plan of the review of 14-19 Work-related Learning 14-19 education and skills
The requirement for schools to offer work-related earning at Key Stage 4 (14-16 year olds) was introduced in September 2004. A 2007 survey by the Qualifications and Curriculum ...

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w-of-14-19-work-related-learning-14-19-education-and-skills/

152. Employer Investment and Co-funding in Publicly-funded Training
HOST Policy Research (HOST) started a review in Autumn 2005 for the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) of employer investment and co-funding in publicly funded ...

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153. Reasons for Early Leaving from FE and Work-Based Learning Courses
This report presents the findings of a survey of early leavers from further education (FE) and work-based learning (WBL) courses. The research was undertaken by the Institute ...

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154. A Programme Evaluation Framework for Work Based Learning (WBL) - April 2005
This document presents the conclusions and recommendations of ECOTEC Research and Consulting Ltd, on a suitable Programme Evaluation Framework for the All-Age Work Based ...

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155. Evaluation of Modern Apprenticeships and National Traineeships
The main forms of evaluation focus on an empirical examination of how National Traineeships (NTs) / Modern Apprenticeships (MAs) is perceived by those involved in its delivery ...

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156. The Learning Worker Pilot Project- Llanelli - Free Training To NVQ Level 3 - June 2004
This interim evaluation report describes outcomes from the Learning Worker Pilot (LWP), which offers free training to Level 3 NVQ or equivalent to people working in the Llanelli ...

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3-june-2004/

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

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

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159. International Best Practice on Work Force Development - January 2004
Compared with Britain as a whole, the demand for skills in Wales is not only low, but is actually declining. Based on evidence of international best practice: * Workforce ...

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160. Modern Apprenticeship Clearing House Think Piece
All parts of this report which presents the findings from a study commissioned to identify and examine examples of good practice, both in the UK and other countries and consult ...

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

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

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development-partnership/

163. Evaluation of Building Opportunities in Workplace Learning: Final Report
This reports sets out the findings of the evaluation for Building Opportunities in Workplace Learning (BOWL), a project managed by the TUC and delivered in Partnership with the ...

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t/

164. Learning for and in the workplace
This paper looks at the benefits to employers and employees of workplace learning and highlights research that has been carried out in this area.

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165. The role of ICT and e-learning for Small and Micro Firms in the Yorkshire and Humber region: Summary
The overall aim of the project is to enable small and micro firms (including social enterprises) to be more competitive, and employees of SMFs to improve their employment ...

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ire-and-humber-region-summary/

166. From Compliance to Culture Change: Disabled People Working in Lifelong Learning
This report describes the work to date of the Commission for Disabled Staff in Lifelong Learning. It summarises the evidence the Commission has received and outlines the ...

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learning/

167. Work-based learning: ICT and e-learning for work-based learning in the skills sector
Five work-based learning case studies on use of ICT and e-learning produced for Becta, for researchers and decision makers.

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skills-sector/

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

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

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170. ICT and workplace learning
This pack contains eight guides on Information and Communication Technology (ICT). Each one explores a different ICT topic, explaining what it is all about, how it can be used to ...

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171. Learning is the Business
How workplace learning boosts company performance. These six case studies, across a range of industries and covering both the private and public sector, show how union-led ...

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172. Logging onto Learning
Logging onto Learning shows how unions and bosses are using the internet to train workers from firefighters in Morpeth to construction workers in Canary Wharf. The report also ...

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173. Online learning with TUC Education
A course guide for online learning. Unionlearn with TUC Education is at the forefront of developing innovative approaches to education and training. Its aim is to enable ...

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

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

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

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177. Research paper 3 - A collective learning culture
A qualitative study of workplace learning agreements byEmma Wallis and Mark Stuart Centre for Employment Relations, Innovation and Change; Leeds University Business School ...

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

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

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

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

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182. Skills for Life and the Whole Organisation Approach
The full report from the SfL survey, which took place in May 06. It outlines the successes of the 'Whole Organisation Approaches to Skills for Life' project so far, as well as ...

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183. The Learning Curve: How Workplace Partnerships boost training and skills
This publication sets out the case for unions to be given the statutory right to bargain with employers over training. It includes case studies of workplaces where learning ...

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

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

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

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187. 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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188. Trade union use of ICT to support learning
This report was commissioned by the TUC's Building Opportunities Through Workplace Learning Project, to draw an accurate picture of the scale and types of use of ICT by trade ...

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

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190. Train to Gain packs
Train to Gain is more than just a funding source for Level 2 qualifications; it is also the equivalent of an Information, Advice and Guidance service for employers, covering all ...

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

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

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193. Improving Incentives to Learning in the Workplace (2000 - 2003) - Research Briefing
The primary objective of workplaces is to produce goods and services, but they are also important locations for learning. This briefing comes from an interdisciplinary network ...

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riefing/

194. Learning from life and learning for life: Exploring the opportunities for biographical learning in the lives of adults
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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or-biographical-learning-in-the-lives-of-adults/

195. Early career learning at work
This longitudinal study observed the workplace learning of 92 professional accountants, engineers and nurses during their first three years of full-time employment. Its main ...

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196. Promoting Effective Practice in the Achievement of Apprenticeship Frameworks
The Guide illustrates how colleges are developing their work-based learning provision to meet the needs of a wide range of industry. It focuses on improving practices in ...

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eworks/

197. Training for the social care sector in work-based learning and further education (July 2007)
The 2004-2005 annual report of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales had highlighted the relatively poor standards achieved by learners on ...

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198. Guidance on the Inspection of Providers of Work-based Learning and Jobcentre Plus Programmes
This handbook contains guidance on how inspectors will apply the Common Inspection Framework for education and training in Wales to providers of work-based learning and ...

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centre-plus-programmes/

199. Inspection of Providers of Work-based Learning and Jobcentre Plus Programmes
This handbook contains guidance on how inspectors will apply the Common Inspection Framework for education and training in Wales to providers of work-based learning and ...

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200. Delivering Work Based Learning
Includes bibliography.

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201. EDUC0007: Work-based learning, April 2001 - June 2004, by ELWa region and category
These data provide summary information from April 2001 to June 2004 on Government Supported Training in Wales and are provided by The National Council for Education and Training ...

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ategory/

202. EDUC0007: Work-based learning, April 2001 - June 2004, by gender and category
These data provide summary information from April 2001 to June 2004 on Government Supported Training in Wales and are provided by The National Council for Education and Training ...

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203. EDUC0007: Work-based learning, April 2001 - June 2004, by programme
These data provide summary information from April 2001 to June 2004 on Government Supported Training in Wales and are provided by The National Council for Education and Training ...

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204. EDUC0057: Training in last 4 weeks, by gender and local authority
These data are taken from the ANNUAL datasets from the Annual Population Survey (APS) for 2005 onwards and the Welsh Local Labour Force Survey (WLLFS) prior to that. The data for ...

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205. EDUC0058: Employees aged between 50 and retirement age who have had training in past 13 weeks
These data are taken from the ANNUAL datasets from the Annual Population Survey (APS) for 2005 onwards and the Welsh Local Labour Force Survey (WLLFS) prior to that. The data for ...

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ining-in-past-13-weeks/

206. EDUC0075: Levels of highest qualifications held by working age adults by UK country (qualification level, gender) NS
These data are taken from the ANNUAL datasets from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) carried out by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The data for Wales are based on an enhanced ...

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y-uk-country-qualification-level-gender-ns/

207. Further Education, Work-based Learning and Community Learning in Wales, 2005/06
This Statistical First Release for 2005/06 summarises information on post-16 learning, excluding provision at Higher Education institutions but including Further ...

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200506/

208. 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 ...

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209. EDUC0008: Levels of highest qualifications held by working age adults by age group and gender
These data are taken from the ANNUAL datasets from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) carried out by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The data for Wales are based on an enhanced ...

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y-age-group-and-gender/

210. EDUC0009: Levels of highest qualifications held by working age adults by economic activity and gender
These data are taken from the ANNUAL datasets from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) carried out by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The data for Wales are based on an enhanced ...

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y-economic-activity-and-gender/

211. EDUC0010: Levels of highest qualifications held by working age adults in employment by occupation group
These data are taken from the ANNUAL datasets from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) carried out by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The data for Wales are based on an enhanced ...

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n-employment-by-occupation-group/

212. EDUC0059: Levels of highest qualifications held by working age adults by UA and gender
These data are taken from the annual datasets from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) carried out by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The data for Wales are based on an enhanced ...

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y-ua-and-gender-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-
1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-
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213. 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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214. 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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215. 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 ...

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216. THE LEVELS OF HIGHEST QUALIFICATION HELD BY WORKING AGE ADULTS IN WALES, 2004
This Statistical Bulletin presents key statistics on the highest qualification held by adults of working age in Wales. It provides further detail on the information presented ...

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s-2004/

217. THE LEVELS OF HIGHEST QUALIFICATION HELD BY WORKING AGE ADULTS IN WALES, 2005
This Statistical Bulletin presents key statistics on the highest qualification held by adults of working age in Walesa. These figures were first published as provisional data ...

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s-2005/

218. Building Pathways: Apprenticeships as a Route to Higher Education
This paper aims to present apprentices’ perceptions of their opportunities for progressing to higher education. Data gained through semi-structured interviews with ...

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219. EDUC0059: Levels of highest qualifications held by working age adults by UA and gender
These data are taken from the ANNUAL datasets from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) carried out by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The data for Wales are based on an enhanced ...

220. Qualifications used in the Labour Force Survey and their National Qualification Framework (NQF) levels
This document provides a list of the qualifications specifically included in the Labour Force Survey questionnaire and provides details of the NQF level to which they have been ...

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ification-framework-nqf-levels/

221. 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/

222. Estyn Inspection Reports: Area Inspections
As a part of its 2004-05 remit work for the Welsh Assembly Government, Estyn was asked to carry out an area inspection of and to report on the quality of education and training ...

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223. 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/

224. Estyn Inspection Reports: Work-based Learning
The purpose of the programme is to identify good features and shortcomings in order that the provider may improve the quality of education and training offered and raise the ...

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225. 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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226. 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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227. Strengthening the older workforce: an evaluation of the ReGrow Project in the South East Region
The ReGrow project piloted the delivery of Information Advice and Guidance (IAG1), Mentoring and Training to people over 50 in employment in the South East Region. This is the ...

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in-the-south-east-region/

228. 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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