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  • Evaluation of Care to Learn

    Interim Report 2005

    Dench S, Casebourne J | May 2005 | Department for Education and Skills

    This publication is no longer available. Care to Learn is a UK government initiative that provides financial support for teenage parents who want to continue in, or return to learning. It helps with the cost of their childcare and travel. This is the second in a series of reports designed to provide an evaluation of the first three years of Care to Learn. It focuses on the operation and impact of the initiative over the 2003-04 academic year.

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    NHS Learning Accounts - the NHSU project

    Aldridge F, Yanina Dutton, with Robinson D, Tackey N D | May 2005 | National Institute of Adult Continuing Education

    This publication is no longer available. The NHS Learning Account Scheme was introduced in April 2001 as part of a firm commitment to widen learning and development opportunities for staff without a professional qualification. NHSU set up a pilot scheme seeking practical ways of involving a wider range of staff in taking up their entitlement to an NHS Learning Account. A key aim was to open up progression routes to 'non-traditional' learners, leading to a better-trained workforce for the NHS as a whole.

  • Intermediate Impacts of Advice and Guidance

    Tyers C, Sinclair A | Apr 2005 | Department for Education and Skills

    This report looks at whether the provision of Information, Advice and Guidance (IAG) makes a difference to the work and learning outcomes of individuals.

  • Training a Mixed-Age Workforce

    Practical Tips and Guidance

    Newton B, Hurstfield J, Miller L, Bates P | Apr 2005 | Age Partnership Group, Department of Work and Pensions

    This publication is no longer available. This project explored the barriers to training experienced by workers of different ages. The wider context for this research was the age discrimination legislation due to be implemented in October 2006. A key objective of this project was to address some of the myths and stereotypes that might deter employers from training their workers.

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    Action Learning

    Principles and Issues in Practice

    Gifford J | Apr 2005 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This paper provides an introduction to action learning and reflects on recent advances made in its application. It focuses on practical variations of action learning and discusses in what ways they adhere to or challenge the original principles and established norms of action learning.

  • Good Practice in Assess-Train-Assess Approaches to Workforce Development

    Miller L, Stratton N, Hillage J, Jagger N, Silverman M | Apr 2005 | Department for Education and Skills

    The term 'Assess-Train-Assess' (ATA) refers to the approach to development in which there is an initial assessment of any skills gap, followed by training provision to meet the needs identified in that initial assessment. Lastly, there is a follow-up assessment to determine the extent to which the training need has been met. The Department for Skills and Education (DfES) gained funding through the 'Success for All' budget for research to explore good practice in ATA approaches to workforce development, in order to assist other providers who wished to adopt this model of provision.

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    Age Discrimination

    the Issues for Employers

    Hurstfield J, Akroyd K | Mar 2005 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This briefing, written in advance of the introduction of age discrimination legislation, provided an outline of the scope of the legislation on age discrimination and set out some of the key issues that employers should consider.

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    In the Know

    Reward and Performance Management of Knowledge Workers

    Suff P, Reilly P | Mar 2005 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This paper advises employers and HR practitioners about approaches to managing 'knowledge workers'. The author defines knowledge workers, discusses their importance, and discusses how best to manage them, covering potential issues and problems such as performance management, reward systems and work organisation.

  • 360 Degree Feedback

    Beyond the Spin

    Silverman M, Kerrin M, Carter A | Mar 2005 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This report makes explicit the issues faced by organisations who are implementing 360-degree feedback for the first time, reviewing what they have gained since implementation, or considering its use within a different context (such as appraisal). The report examines evidence in favour of 360-degree feedback from employees' behavioural change and improved performance, to organisational effectiveness and added value. Recommendations are provided for future practice, based on the findings, to increase the impact of 360-degree feedback in different contexts.

  • New Reward II

    Issues in Developing a Modern Remuneration System

    Reilly P (ed.) | Mar 2005 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This report is the second volume of research papers on reward issues produced by IES. It deals with flexible benefits and total reward, non-financial recognition, market-determined pay and variable pay.