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  • Review of Employer Collective Measures: Final Report

    Stanfield C, Sloan J, Cox A, Stone I | Oct 2009 | UK Commission for Employment and Skills

    This report is one of a suite of outputs of the Review of Employer Collective Measures study. The study reviewed the effectiveness of levers on increasing employer investment in skills on a collective basis, such as through levies and tax incentives, in order to provide advice to Ministers on which collective levers might be most effective to introduce or expand. This paper draws together the study as a whole and presents advice on policy development options in light of the existing evidence.

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    Evaluation of the Race Equality Procurement Pilots

    Tackey N D, Barnes H, Fearn H, Pillai R | Oct 2009 | Department for Work and Pensions

    The Procurement Pilots were an initiative that was introduced in three government departments in 2006 to encourage procurers to achieve better race equality outcomes when procuring services. This report presents the full findings from the research to evaluate the models developed by procurers in the three departments to achieve the equality outcomes by working with suppliers in selected contracts, and assisting them to change or improve their approach to workforce equality and diversity. The specific means of achieving the changes were through compliance with new conditions in the selected contracts.

  • An Ageing Workforce: the Employer's Perspective

    Barnes H, Smeaton D, Taylor R | Sep 2009 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This study assesses the range of schemes introduced to prevent early exit (whether voluntary or involuntary) and to facilitate the employment of staff to pension age and beyond. The project was designed to explore how effectively and comprehensively different types of employer (eg by size and sector) are responding to workforce ageing.

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    The Geographical Distribution of UK Talent: causes and consequences

    Cowling M | Sep 2009 | Institute for Employment Studies

    In this paper Cowling considers, in a UK context, how talent is distributed across the larger cities of the UK and the key factors which appear to be driving this spatial distribution. He also considers what the potential economic outcomes of these disparities are for cities in the UK.

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    Evaluation of Partners Outreach for Ethnic Minorities (POEM) - Final Report

    Aston J, Bellis A, Munro M, Pillai R, Willison R | Sep 2009 | Department for Work and Pensions

    The Partners Outreach for Ethnic Minorities (POEM) programme began in February 2007 and ran for two years. It supported people of working age who were not in contact with Jobcentre Plus services, who were neither working nor claiming benefits. The evaluation of POEM was conducted over two years and included three rounds of case study work with providers, 101 face-to-face interviews with clients and analysis of POEM Management Information (MI). This report presents the findings of the evaluation, including the ways in which providers engaged with clients and recruited them onto POEM, how providers worked with clients on the programme, and how clients were helped to move towards or into work.

  • Who is Heading for HE?

    Young People’s Perceptions of, and Decisions About, Higher Education

    Bates P, Pollard E, Usher T, Oakley J | Aug 2009 | Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    This report presents findings from analyses of national longitudinal datasets of young people’s education and career choices in order to better understand potential applicants’ perceptions of and intentions towards entering higher education (HE).

  • From Funding Gaps to Thin Markets

    UK Government Support for Early-Stage Venture Capital

    Cowling M, Baden-Fuller C, Mason C M, Hopkins M, Murray G C | Aug 2009 | NESTA

    As we contemplate a new industrial strategy for Britain in the wake of the worst recession in over 70 years, it is clear that this must be informed by the experiences of previous policy initiatives. In looking at the effectiveness of government-backed venture capital schemes over the past ten years, this report does exactly that and therefore comes at an opportune time for those interested in fashioning a more innovative, forward-looking Britain.

  • Work-Focused Services in Children’s Centres Pilot: Evaluation baseline report

    Marangozov R | Aug 2009 | Department for Work and Pensions

    This report presents the baseline findings for the evaluation of the work-focused services in Children’s Centres pilot. The main research reported here is taken from a baseline survey of Children’s Centre users, which took place in January 2009, and from familiarisation visits to the Children’s Centres which took place in December 2008 and January 2009.

  • Impact of the Recession on the Labour Market in the South East

    Cox A, Hogarth T, Usher T, Owen D, Sumption F, Oakley J | Aug 2009 | Learning and Skills Council and South East England Development Agency

    The research sought to understand: the impact of the economic downturn on skills needs and training practices within different sectors in the South East, focusing on a mixture of sectors which were seriously affected by recession and those which might lead the recovery, and the impact of economic downturn on LSC priority programmes, with a focus on Train to Gain, apprenticeships and priority groups.

  • Greening the European economy

    Responses and initiatives by Member States and social partners

    Broughton A | Aug 2009 | European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions

    This report examines the responses, initiatives and activities undertaken by national governments and the social partners in the EU Member States, plus Norway, in working towards a greener economy and maximising the job creation potential of this new area. The report looks specifically at various measures undertaken by governments with a view to stimulating the economy in the current context of the global economic crisis. It also charts the growing awareness of the importance of reducing carbon dioxide emissions and developing alternative energy sources, showing that both governments and social partners in most countries in this study are active in trying to promote the ‘green agenda’.