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    University Challenge: Student Choices in the 21st Century

    A report to the CVCP

    Connor H, Pearson R, Court G, Jagger N | Jul 1996 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This report is about student numbers at UK universities in the mid 1990s, and the choices and challenges for the universities as they moved into the 21st century. It presents the findings of a study commissioned by the Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals of UK universities (later Universities UK) in 1995, on student trends, diversity and likely future growth in demand for higher education, and the factors influencing them. This publication is no longer available.

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    What do Graduates Really do?

    Connor H, Pollard E | Jun 1996 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This report aimed to find out what graduates really did in the first few years after their degree studies, in terms of their employment outcomes and career paths, to help current and prospective students make better decisions about career plans and provide beneficial feedback to universities. This report presents the findings of a larger scale follow-up survey of graduates from the University of Sussex in 1991-1993. This publication is no longer available.

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    Temporary Work and the Labour Market

    Atkinson J, Rick J, Morris S, Williams M | Jun 1996 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This report examines the considerable variation that exists in the way employers recruit temporary workers, and their perceptions of the advantages and disadvantages of the intermediary bodies involved. The occupational and other characteristics of this group of employees are explored, as well as the critical issues affecting the prospects for jobseekers in making the transition from temporary to permanent employment.

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    The Out-of-School Childcare Grant Initiative: a second evaluation

    O'Brien M, Dench S | Jun 1996 | Department for Education and Employment

    The Social Survey Division of The Office of Population Censuses and Surveys, together with IES, were commissioned by the then Department of Employment to undertake an evaluation of the Out of School Childcare Grant Initiative in England and Wales. This publication is no longer available.

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    Managing Careers in 2000 and Beyond

    Jackson C, Arnold J, Nicholson N, Watts A G | May 1996 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This report reviews the profound changes happening to careers as a result of far-reaching revolutionary forces affecting labour markets, employment structures, organisational practice and educational provision. The report is the product of an ESRC-funded seminar series, bringing together leading scholars and practitioners to provide a state-of-the-art assessment of current knowledge about careers, and a state-of-the-nation review of trends in career development practice and support.

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    Strategies for Career Development: Promise, Practice and Pretence

    Hirsh W, Jackson C with Tamkin P, Kettley P, Jackson C | May 1996 | Institute for Employment Studies

    Successful career development practice is designed to give an organisation competitive advantage in attracting, retaining and developing the best people. By looking at policy and practice in the area of career development, this study aims to get behind the 'rhetoric' and to set out an agenda for the future.

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    The Target for Higher Level Skills in an International Context

    Jagger N, Morris S, Pearson R | Apr 1996 | Institute for Employment Studies

    The study examined the appropriateness of the Higher Level Skills Lifetime Learning Target which stated that 30 per cent of the working population should be qualified to NVQ Level 4 and above by the year 2000. The study compared the position in seven competitor countries with the situation in the UK, using comparable data on their economies, demographics and output at NVQ Level 4 and above. Countries covered were: Australia, France, Germany, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and the USA. This publication is no longer available.

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    Further Education: an Employer’s Factfile

    Rawlinson S | Mar 1996 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This IES brief for employers was produced under the auspices of the IES Research Club. It provides companies with some key facts about the further education sector and its increasingly important role in recruitment, training and career development. It also outlines the substantial changes that are taking place in the development and delivery of qualifications. This publication is no longer available.

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    The Recruitment and Retention of People with Disabilities

    Dench S, Meager N, Morris S | Feb 1996 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This report updates a previous IES study, exploring employers' policies, practices and attitudes towards the employment of people with disabilities. The study examines employers' perceptions of the employability of people with various disabilities, and the extent to which they are prepared to accommodate disabled employees.

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    Competence Based Management Training

    Competence-Based Management Training

    Strebler M T, Bevan S | Feb 1996 | Institute for Employment Studies

    In seeking to achieve their business goals, many organisations have recognised that investing in the development of their managerial capability is essential. This report looks at one route to this goal: Competence-Based Management Training. It examines what CBMT is, how organisations are using it and why, and what impact it has had on their business and on their traditional approaches to management development. Drawing on evidence from a survey and case studies conducted among large employers, this report seeks to contribute to the continuing debate about the use and assessment of competences for business success.