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  • Effective curriculum practice below level 2 for 16- to 17-year-olds: Good practice case studies

    Annex

    Jul 2017 | Department for Education

    This report provides 12 good practice case studies produced as part of a project to analyse course content and curriculum that most effectively supports the progression of students participating in below Level 2 programmes at the age of 16 (defined as those without 5 A*-C grade GCSEs and who are not yet in a position to succeed at Level 2).

  • Effective curriculum practice below level 2 for 16- to 17-year-olds

    Williams J, Hadjivassiliou K, Marvell R, Green M, Newton B | Jul 2017 | Department for Education (DFE)

    This report provides an analysis of course content and curriculum that most effectively supports the progression of students participating in below Level 2 programmes at the age of 16 (defined as those without 5 A*-C grade GCSEs and who are not yet in a position to succeed at Level 2).

  • Investigation into post-16 occupational standards in international technical education

    Newton B, Everett C, Cotton J | Jul 2017 | Department for Education

    The aim of this study was to explore examples of standards used internationally in order to inform and support the work of the panels of professionals that will take forward the development of the technical routes being introduced in England.

  • Talent management: Learning across sectors (Executive Summary)

    Hirsh W, Tyler E | Jul 2017 | Leadership Foundation for Higher Education

    This summary offers an overview of the full report, which aimed to help leaders in higher education as they address talent management in their own institutions.

  • Talent management: Learning across sectors

    Hirsh W, Tyler E | Jul 2017 | Leadership Foundation for Higher Education

    This report aims to help leaders in higher education as they address talent management in their own institutions.

  • Using behavioural insights to examine benefit claimants' approaches to training opportunities

    Gloster R, Bertram C, Buzzeo J, Fletcher L, Tassinari A, Cox A, Vlaev I | Jul 2017 | Department for Education

    This study explored the training decisions of benefit claimants in the context of Skills Conditionality and mandation, with the aim of improving attendance at training and ensuring that training opportunities for benefit claimants are based on an understanding of their motivations and the other factors that influence behaviour.

  • Discrimination and access to employment for female workers with disabilities: Case study: United Kingdom

    Lodovici M S, Orlando N | Jun 2017 | European Parliament

    This country case study containing IES research considers the the access of women with disabilities to the UK labour market.

  • Discrimination and access to employment for female workers with disabilities

    Lodovici M S, Orlando N | Jun 2017 | European Parliament

    This study containing IES research considers the access of women with disabilities to the labour market in Europe, in order to assess how multiple discrimination, in this case gender and disability, affects the employment opportunities of women with disabilities.

  • Why worry about the 96% drop in EU nurse registrations?

    Marangozov R | Jun 2017 | Institute for Employment Studies

    In this video interview for the IES Brexit Observatory, Rachel Marangozov, a senior research fellow at the Institute for Employment Studies, outlines the key reasons for concern following reports of a 96% drop in EU nurses registering to work in the UK.

  • Employment in privatised utilities: A higher risk of precariousness?

    Study for the EMPL Committee

    Broughton A, Manzoni C | Jun 2017 | European Parliament

    This paper explores the risk of precarious work in privatised utilities, based on data analysis and literature review. It examines the history of privatisation of utilities in the EU including programme countries and the impact that this has had on levels of employment. Moreover, it presents a range of measures to cushion adverse effects.