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UK Government response: European Commission public consultation on the mutual recognition of professional qualifications directive

This document sets out the UK Government's suggestions for improving the system for recognising professional qualif ... Show more
This document sets out the UK Government's suggestions for improving the system for recognising professional qualifications across the European Union (EU). Recent evidence suggests that there is significant untapped potential in EU services, both in terms of productivity and employment. Reforms that improved the single market in services could have a significant impact on growth within the EU. Reforming the process for mutual recognition of professional qualifications in the EU is a key achievable priority in improving the single market in services, and creating growth.
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Corporate authors: Great Britain. Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS)

Date: 2011

Geographic subjects: Europe; Great Britain

Resource type: Government report or paper

Subjects: Qualifications; Employment; Labour market ... [+] Show more
Equality impact assessment: changes to the apprenticeship programme

Equality impact assessments are an important framework for demonstrating due regard through considering evidence an ... Show more
Equality impact assessments are an important framework for demonstrating due regard through considering evidence and analysis to help identify the likely positive and negative impacts that policy proposals may have on certain protected groups of consumers and to estimate whether such impacts disproportionately affect such groups. This assessment takes a summary view of the equality impacts of the changes to the apprenticeship program outlined below: (1) new incentive payments for small employers to take on a young apprentice for the first time; (2) measures to make it quicker and easier for employers to take on an apprentice, including reducing the time it takes an employer to advertise for an apprentice to one month, and stripping back any unnecessary health and safety requirements; (3) requiring apprenticeship providers to offer training in English and Maths up to the standard of a good [General Certificate of Secondary Education] GCSE to all apprentices, and publishing their progress; (4) launching a new employer-led review into the standards and quality of apprenticeships, to ensure every apprenticeship delivers professionally recognised qualifications which employers value; and (5) prioritising the efforts of the National Apprenticeship Service where apprenticeships deliver greatest value, including on younger adults, new employees, higher level qualifications and particular sectors, whilst maintaining a demand-led, all age program open to all sectors across the economy where high quality apprenticeships can be offered.
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Corporate authors: Great Britain. Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS)

Date: 2011

Geographic subjects: Great Britain; Europe

Resource type: Government report or paper

Subjects: Apprenticeship; Equity; Evaluation ... [+] Show more
Employment status review

This review looks at the framework for determining employment status and provides a snapshot of the UK labour marke ... Show more
This review looks at the framework for determining employment status and provides a snapshot of the UK labour market in 2015. In order to gain a greater understanding of some of the issues being faced, officials were asked to consider what the UK labour market looks like and suggest ways in which government could deliver a framework that strikes the correct balance between the rights of the individual and the needs of business, supporting growth and prosperity in the 21st century. The review involved discussions with a number of stakeholders and this report represents the findings of that review.
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Corporate authors: Great Britain. Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) ... [+] Show more

Date: 2015

Geographic subjects: Europe; Great Britain

Resource type: Government report or paper

Subjects: Employment; Labour market; Industry ... [+] Show more
National strategy for access and student success in higher education

The national strategy for access and student success in higher education has been developed at the request of the U ... Show more
The national strategy for access and student success in higher education has been developed at the request of the UK Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Minister for Universities and Science. The vision of this national strategy is: that all those with the potential to benefit from higher education have equal opportunity to participate and succeed, on a course and in an institution that best fit their potential, needs and ambitions for employment or further study. This final report to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills sets out what the Office for Fair Access (OFFA) and the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) will do to carry out the strategy.
Part one summarises the vision, overall approach and key actions that are proposed across the three broad stages of the student lifecycle: (1) access - preparing for and entering higher education; (2) retention and student success - staying on and achieving a qualification; and (3) progression to further study or to/within employment. Part two describes the strategy in detail and the evidence that it is based on. It brings together new and existing research on access and student success, including evidence gathered through commissioned research, a call for evidence and discussions with a wide range of stakeholders. The first three chapters discuss issues, evidence, and recommendations relating to the three broad stages of the student lifecycle. The concluding chapter describes in detail the proposed implementation of the strategy and outlines the types of indicators that will be developed to measure progress against the priorities it identifies.
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Corporate authors: Great Britain. Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) ... [+] Show more

Date: 2014

Geographic subjects: Great Britain; Europe

Resource type: Government information

Subjects: Higher education; Equity; Participation ... [+] Show more
Higher education: students at the heart of the system

Higher education in the United Kingdom (UK) is a successful public-private partnership of government funding and in ... Show more
Higher education in the United Kingdom (UK) is a successful public-private partnership of government funding and institutional autonomy. This White Paper sets out the government's reforms for higher education with a view to tackling three challenges. The first is to shift public spending away from teaching grants and towards repayable tuition loans, to ensure that higher education receives the funding it needs even as substantial savings are made to public expenditure. The second is to ensure that higher education institutions (HEIs) deliver a better student experience; improving teaching, assessment, feedback and preparation for the world of work. The third challenge is to ensure that HEIs take more responsibility for increasing social mobility. The reforms are designed to deliver a more responsive higher education sector in which funding follows the decisions of learners and successful institutions are freed to thrive; in which there is a new focus on the student experience and the quality of teaching and in which further education colleges and other alternative providers are encouraged to offer a diverse range of higher education provision. The overall goal is higher education that is more responsive to student choice, that provides a better student experience and that helps improve social mobility.
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Corporate authors: Great Britain. Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS)

Date: 2011

Geographic subjects: Great Britain; Europe

Resource type: Government report or paper

Subjects: Higher education; Governance; Students ... [+] Show more
Education partnership in Africa

Education Partnership in Africa (EPA) aims to support English further education and higher education institutions e ... Show more
Education Partnership in Africa (EPA) aims to support English further education and higher education institutions engage in partnership with Sub Saharan African universities and education and training institutions to build institutional capacity to deliver employability skills in collaboration with local employers and social enterprises. This report presents various projects, workshops, and collaborative links with industry that have occurred through the partnerships established through the programme. Show less

Corporate authors: Great Britain. Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS)

Date: 2011

Geographic subjects: Africa; Great Britain; Europe ... [+] Show more

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Subjects: Vocational education and training; Providers of education and training; Employment ... [+] Show more
The future of apprenticeships in England: next steps from the Richard review

The UK government has published this consultation in response to the ‘Richard review of apprenticeships’, published ... Show more
The UK government has published this consultation in response to the ‘Richard review of apprenticeships’, published in November 2012. It sets out the government’s long term vision for apprenticeships, together with proposals for achieving this. The review looked at how apprenticeships in England can meet the needs of the changing economy. This government response accepts the review’s assessment of the challenges and opportunities to come and endorses its recommendations for reform, in particular to: place control of apprenticeships more firmly in the hands of employers; and ensure that all apprenticeships are rigorous and responsive to employers’ needs. The government’s response also launches a consultation on the practical steps needed to turn this vision into reality. The government invites contributions from those interested in the future of apprenticeships by 22 May 2013. These will be considered and used to inform the government’s future approach and implementation plan in 2013.
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Corporate authors: Great Britain. Department for Education (DfE) ... [+] Show more

Date: 2013

Geographic subjects: Great Britain; England; Europe

Resource type: Government report or paper

Subjects: Apprenticeship; Governance; Outcomes ... [+] Show more
Employer perspectives on part-time students in UK higher education

[This paper] draws on recent surveys of part-time students and their employers in the UK in order to investigate th ... Show more
[This paper] draws on recent surveys of part-time students and their employers in the UK in order to investigate the extent and nature of employer support for part-time higher education study. [It] looks at the perceived advantages and disadvantages of this kind of study for the organisation concerned.
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Authors: Mason, Geoff; Hopkin, Rebecca

Corporate authors: Great Britain. Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) ... [+] Show more

Date: 2011

Geographic subjects: Great Britain; Europe

Resource type: Government report or paper

Series name: BIS research paper

Subjects: Higher education; Students; Employment ... [+] Show more
Fuelling potential: a blueprint for skills accounts and the adult advancement and careers service

This document describes the next generation careers advice service that will be launched in England in August 2010. ... Show more
This document describes the next generation careers advice service that will be launched in England in August 2010. It will supersede the current Careers Advice Service telephone service (formerly learndirect advice) and local nextstep face to face services, by creating a single, national service available online, by telephone, or face to face. It will provide access to better information about the labour market and new tools to help adults plan their career development; a new professional development framework for careers advisers; and a new brand to raise the service's appeal to the public.
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Corporate authors: Great Britain. Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS)

Date: 2010

Geographic subjects: Europe; Great Britain

Resource type: Government information

Series name: Building Britain's future

Subjects: Career development
Further education and skills: learner participation, outcomes and level of highest qualification held

This release provides information on adult (aged 19 and over) government-funded further education (excluding school ... Show more
This release provides information on adult (aged 19 and over) government-funded further education (excluding schools and higher education) and all age (16 and over) apprenticeships in England, between 2010 to 2011 and 2015 to 2016. It also includes the highest level of qualification held by adults (aged 19 to 64) in England calculated from Labour Force Survey (LFS) data. Highest levels of qualification data are presented from 2008 to 2014, although 2014 figures are provisional and subject to revisions.
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Corporate authors: Great Britain. Skills Funding Agency ... [+] Show more

Date: 2016

Geographic subjects: England; Great Britain; Europe

Resource type: Statistical series

Series name: Statistical first release

Subjects: Higher education; Participation; Outcomes ... [+] Show more