Ken Manson is a coordinator in the communications team at the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES).
As well as our longer-term Apprentices and graduate internships programmes, UKCES hosts school- and college-age students and others on work experience placements. Over the next few weeks, we'll use the UKCES blog to highlight thoughts and reflections from some of the …
The UK general election takes place on 7 May. Between the end of this Parliament on 30 March and the election, the Civil Service will say and do less in public. As a non-departmental public body, UKCES abides by the …
Hello and welcome to the UKCES blog, plumping up the cushions and making ourselves at home in our new place at GOV.UK. We moved our main website to GOV.UK in May 2014 , and we're now taking care of the last piece …
Simon Field is an expert on the comparative analysis of vocational education and training (VET) systems. He leads the OECD’s policy review of VET systems, and is lead author on the OECD’s VET policy publications. Ken Manson spoke with him about …
The role of London and its economic role in the economy of the South East, as well as the wider UK, has been well discussed. From outlandish property price stories to worries about the “vacuum cleaner effect”, it is not …
What is unemployment? Unemployment seems like it should be simple to define – if you’re not working, you’re unemployed. But it’s not quite that simple. How about a stay-at-home parent? Someone who’s retired? Or someone unable to work through illness? …
This post uses our UK Employer Skills Survey 2013 data to explain skills shortage vacancies in Wales. What is a skills shortage vacancy? How is it different to a skills gap? If you’re one of the 5,996 businesses that answered the UKCES Employer Skills Survey in Wales …
This is the first in a series of short articles explaining the labour market, technical jargon, and the skills system. This post uses our UK Employer Skills Survey 2013 data to explain skills gaps in Wales. What is a skills gap? It’s a trickier …
This is the first in a series of short articles explaining the labour market, technical jargon, and the skills system. This post uses our UK Employer Skills Survey 2013 data to explain skills gaps in Wales. What is a skills gap? It’s a trickier …
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