Publication Database

Chain Effects 2016

01-Jul-16

The Sutton Trust

Report published by the Sutton Trust, an annual analysis of the impact of sponsored acadmey chains on disadvataged pupils.

Education

Committee of Public Accounts report into training new teachers

01-Jun-16

The Committee of Public Accounts

The Committee of Public Accounts published their findings into why the Department of Education (DfE) missed its targets to fill teacher training places four years running.

Education

Vision for Youth Work in England to 2020

01-Aug-14

National Youth Agency

This paper sets out the National Youth Agency�s vision for youth work in England. The National Youth Agency, as the national body for youth work, has drawn on its own knowledge and understanding of the sector and engaged with its trustees, staff and close associates to create this vision.

Employment, training, and skills

The Skills Crunch

01-Aug-14

The Prince's Trust

New research from The Prince's Trust and HSBC indicates that business leaders are facing skills gaps, threatening to hamper economic growth.UK employers say they are struggling to recruit, yet hundreds of thousands of unemployed young people are desperate for work. The report offers case studies of where it is helping to move young people into the workplace including the development of its own Traineeship programme.�

Employment, training, and skills

Connecting People with Jobs: Activation Policies in the United Kingdom�

15 Jul-14

OECD

Report states that the UK has been at the forefront of efforts by OECD countries to transform and modernise measures to tackle unemployment and inactivity with�major initiatives of Universal Credit and the Work Programme. Around one in six people in work in the UK will claim Universal Credit, which rolls six benefits and tax credits into a single monthly payment to enable smooth transitions between unemployment and work. It seeks to�ensure that work always pays as it will be withdrawn at a constant rate.However it finds Universal Credit introduces new challenges. It recommends an increase Work Programme funding levels to ensure that more claimants who are less-well connected with the labour market are helped into employment; To boost competition by changing the market structure for contracted providers, i.e. reduce the average contract size through geographically smaller contract package areas and in most cases a higher number of providers per area, and develop a meaningful performance measurement system and improve provider incentives through better profiling of customers.

Employment, training, and skills

Higher Ambitions

08-Jul-14

The Sutton Trust

Background report to a conference held by Pearson and the Sutton Trust. It argues the despite a recent re-emphasis on the importance of the quality of apprenticeships, there remain far too few. It examines how do business leaders see the situation? Attitudes towards work-based learning and apprenticeships; Current state of vocational education; Current state of apprenticeships; Policy changes and proposals and the role of business in shaping and delivering vocational education. It compares the length and quality of apprenticeships in UK and Germany: the average time spent on an apprenticeship in the UK was 12 months (though it is slightly higher for young people), compared with three years in Germany.

Employment, training, and skills

Youth contract report

26-Jun-14

Department for Education

These reports evaluate and analyse the effectiveness of the youth contract for 16- to 17-year-olds not in education, employment or training (NEET) to encourage participation in education or training. The reports cover the Youth Contract operation between October 2012 and March 2014. The national Youth Contract model will continue to recruit young people until 31 March 2015.

Employment, training, and skills

Winning the global race? Jobs, skills and the importance of vocational education

04-Jun-14

IPPR

This briefing paper analyses the latest projections on the changing shape of the jobs market in the UK to presents a more complex picture of the skills needs of our economy. A large number of jobs will be created in sectors that tend to rely on vocational education and qualifications. For example, there is set to be an additional 3.6 million jobs in medium-skilled occupations by 2022 � including associate professionals in health care, skilled trades and public service professionals � all of which employ large numbers of people with level-3 and level-4 vocational qualifications or apprenticeships.

Employment, training, and skills

In search of employment: an insight into how young people look for work

01-Jun-14

reprezent

This report provides an insight into the challenges young people face in�searching for jobs and the way they use social media to look for work.�110 young people from South East and East London contributed their views�through focus groups, interviews and surveys.�A particular concern these figures reveal is the�effect unemployment has on young people�from disadvantaged backgrounds. In the�current economic climate, as graduates often�have to take less skilled jobs, those with less�education and fewer skills are pushed into�unemployment. This is worrying as a number�of research findings reveal the devastating�impact of long-term unemployment on young�people�s future life chances and well-being,�not to mention the impact on wider society.�

Employment, training, and skills

Careers Guidance: Guaranteed, Association of Colleges

01-May-14

Association of Colleges

This research aimed to identify and promote best practice around careers guidance, and place colleges at the heart of career hubs, working alongside employers, schools, Local Enterprise Partnerships, Jobcentre Plus and local councils.�The report, produced by growth consultancy FreshMinds, identifies four strands necessary for best practice in careers guidance

Employment, training, and skills