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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
Adult further education: outcome based success measures: experimental data 2010/11

This publication presents experimental outcome based measures covering the destinations (into employment and learni ... Show more
This publication presents experimental outcome based measures covering the destinations (into employment and learning) and progression of post-19 learners completing funded further education training in 2010 to 2011. The measures make use of administrative datasets already held by government to observe learning and employment activity in 2011 to 2012, and prior attainment of learners to measure progression.
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Corporate authors: Great Britain. Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS)

Date: 2014

Geographic subjects: Great Britain; Europe

Resource type: Government report or paper

Subjects: Adult and community education; Higher education; Outcomes ... [+] 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
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
What do employers want from an aligned employment and skills system?

The [Department for Business, Innovation and Skills] BIS and the Department for Work and Pensions commissioned Ipso ... Show more
The [Department for Business, Innovation and Skills] BIS and the Department for Work and Pensions commissioned Ipsos MORI to research what employers want from an aligned employment and skills system. This report presents findings from qualitative research with employers in England, employer representatives and stakeholders in the system, and also from a literature review on employer views of the system.
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Corporate authors: Ipsos MORI Social Research Institute (Great Britain) ... [+] Show more

Date: 2011

Geographic subjects: England; Great Britain; Europe

Resource type: Government report or paper

Series name: BIS research paper

Subjects: Employment; Research; Governance ... [+] 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
Apprenticeships: improving access for people with learning disabilities

In response to UK government reports that only six per cent of people with learning difficulties are currently in e ... Show more
In response to UK government reports that only six per cent of people with learning difficulties are currently in employment, a taskforce was formed to examine the accessibility of apprenticeships for people with learning disabilities. The aim is to see training opportunities and apprenticeships made more accessible so that young people with learning disabilities are more easily able to enter the workforce. Working with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and the Department for Education (DfE) the task force aimed to create three million apprenticeships by 2020 and halve the disability gap. The taskforce, led by Paul Maynard and including employers, training providers, charities and educational experts, met three times throughout May and June: once to identify issues, then to explore solutions and finally to form recommendations to make to ministers.
These two documents contain the recommendations of the taskforce and the response from the government response through BIS and the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). Show less

Corporate authors: Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) ... [+] Show more

Date: 2016

Geographic subjects: Great Britain; Europe

Resource type: Government report or paper

Subjects: Apprenticeship; Disability; Equity ... [+] Show more
Implementation and delivery of the Test Beds Virtual Campus: case study

This paper presents a case study of the Virtual Campus (VC). Drawing upon secondary analysis of Test Beds evaluatio ... Show more
This paper presents a case study of the Virtual Campus (VC). Drawing upon secondary analysis of Test Beds evaluation data and recent interviews with the VC project team, this paper covers implementation, delivery and outcomes. The VC is an [information and communication technology] ICT platform that allows [education, training and employment] ETE providers and offender-learners’ access to training materials to support release and employment, including secure access to websites. The key benefits of the VC discussed by staff were its ability to link work in custody to ETE mainstream delivery systems and streamline and modernise ETE provision. In doing so, it was envisaged that offender-learners would engage better with their ETE journey. VC outcomes encompassed organisational, staff and offender-learner benefits. From an organisational perspective, there were clear economic advantages in streamlining ETE delivery. ETE staff talked about the VC improving their practice and performance. In turn this helped staff feel more fulfilled in the work place. Finally, offender-learners spoke of how working towards qualifications or looking for jobs using a computer and the Internet helped them to feel normal, despite being in custody. In addition, the VC levelled the playing field for offender-learners, in that custody was no longer a barrier to submitting an effective [curriculum vitae] CV or having access to live vacancies, offering the potential to improve the chance of employment.
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Authors: Turley, Caroline; Webster, Stephen

Corporate authors: National Centre for Social Research ... [+] Show more

Date: 2010

Geographic subjects: England; Great Britain; Europe

Resource type: Government report or paper

Subjects: Research; Disadvantaged; Teaching and learning ... [+] Show more
Flexible, effective, fair: promoting economic growth through a strong and efficient labour market

The Government believes that the UK economy should be supported by a framework of laws that ensures that the labour ... Show more
The Government believes that the UK economy should be supported by a framework of laws that ensures that the labour market is both strong and efficient. By strong and efficient, we mean that we want a labour market that is: (1) flexible - encouraging the creation of jobs by making it easy to get people into work and to stay in work; (2) effective - enabling employers to manage their staff productively; and (3) fair - with employers competing on a level playing field and workers provided with a strong foundation of employment protections. This paper is being published at the launch of the Red Tape Challenge spotlight on employment related regulations. It sets out the principles that are guiding our approach to the labour market framework and a number of thematic questions. The paper also sets out what we are already doing in the on-going Employment Law Review to improve the labour market framework and areas where we believe there is more to be done.
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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: Employment; Labour market; Economics ... [+] Show more