Today saw the launch of Building productivity in the UK - the latest publication from the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS). As contributors to the report, research and findings from the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) helped …
In our latest guest blog, Professor Ewart Keep, Director of Oxford University’s Centre on Skills, Knowledge & Organisational Performance discusses the key points from his latest UKCES Masterclass on the future of vocational education and training. You can watch the …
This is part of a series of short articles explaining the labour market, technical jargon, and the skills system. The following is based on a recent literature review commissioned by UKCES and completed by Professor David Smallbone of Kingston University. …
If you’ve ever lived through a crisis, you’ll know that they come in stages. There might be a sudden event precipitating a rapid fall, or a slow accretion of stresses that suddenly come to a head. And once they’re over …
As a UKCES Commissioner and owner of a small business, I often feel somewhat removed from further education and so when the opportunity arose for me to visit Northbrook College in Worthing, I jumped at it. I was given the …
Growth Through People confirms what we have now known for some time – vocational education is not only high up on the education agenda, but for the first time in a generation, it will be a key General Election issue. From …
With more people leaving university than ever before, employers are in a position to pick the cream of the crop to fill vacancies and help their companies and organisations to succeed. Modern jobs increasingly require employees to be forward thinking, …
This week we've been looking at the ways in which universities and employers are working together to develop high level skills, following the launch our new report with Universities UK. Forging Futures: Building high level skills through university and employer collaboration, …
This week the UK Commission for Employment and Skills and Universities UK launch a joint report, Forging Futures: Building higher level skills through university and employer collaboration, on how universities are working with employers to develop bespoke and innovative pathways to …
In my last blog I introduced a joint piece of work that I am leading between Universities UK and UKCES, which looks at how employers and universities are working together to create alternative pathways to higher level skills, ensuring UK …
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