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  • Infographic: Apprenticeship Trailblazers: Key directions for employers

    Nov 2015 | Institute for Employment Studies

    IES was commissioned to lead an evaluation of the early Apprenticeship Trailblazers, which comprised interviews and surveys with those involved in Trailblazer development. The final report was recently published by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. This infographic reveals the key key lessons for employers.

  • Infographic: Apprenticeship Trailblazers: Progress against aims

    Nov 2015 | Institute for Employment Studies

    IES was commissioned to lead an evaluation of the early Apprenticeship Trailblazers, which comprised interviews and surveys with those involved in Trailblazer development. The final report was recently published by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. Here, we map the progress findings from the evaluation against the ambitions that the government highlighted as important.

  • Slides from 'Annual Provocation: Beyond competencies'

    Nana Amoa-Buahin | Nov 2015 | London Borough of Lambeth

    Nana Amoa-Buahin's slides from the IES HR Network Annual Provocation: Beyond competencies

  • Slides from 'Annual Provocation: Beyond competencies'

    Jonathan Gosling | Nov 2015 | University of Exeter Business School

    Jonathan Gosling's slides from the IES HR Network Annual Provocation: Beyond competencies

  • Process evaluation of the Apprenticeship Trailblazers

    Final Report

    Newton B, Miller L, Williams J, Buzzeo J, Hinks R | Nov 2015 | Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS)

    This is the final report on the process evaluation of the Apprenticeship Trailblazers between January 2014 and March 2015. The research explored how Trailblazer networks are established and structured, the processes involved in developing standards and detailed assessments, employer responses to the national principles and to the funding reforms and overall satisfaction of employers with the development process.

  • Graduate Recruitment and Selection Evidence Report

    Williams M, Tassinari A, Ball C | Nov 2015 | Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS)

    This evidence report presents detailed findings from the desk-based research activity conducted during the set-up and data analysis phase of the project 'Understanding employers' graduate recruitment and selection practices'.

  • Understanding employers' graduate recruitment and selection practices

    Pollard E, Hirsh W, Williams M, Buzzeo J, Rosa Marvell, Tassinari A, Bertram C, Fletcher L, Artess J, Redman J, Ball C | Nov 2015 | Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    The main aim of this research for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) is to provide evidence on the approach to graduate recruitment undertaken by employers and how this has evolved in recent years.

  • Youth transitions to and within the labour market: A literature review

    Kirchner Sala L, Nafilyan V, Speckesser S, Tassinari A | Oct 2015 | Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS)

    This literature review investigates the ways in which young people’s movements between education and work have changed over the last 30 years. It provides information on long-term education and labour market trends affecting 16 to 24 year olds.

  • Empirical research on Youth Transitions to, and within the labour market: executive summary

    Education and labour market trends affecting 16-to-24 year olds and the impact on adult employment trajectories

    Speckesser S, Kirchner Sala L | Oct 2015 | Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS)

    This is the executive summary of the study which investigated the ways in which young people’s movements between education and work have changed over the last 30 years,and provided information on long-term education and labour market trends affecting 16 to 24 year olds.

  • Empirical research on Youth Transitions to, and within the labour market: Findings of descriptive and econometric analyses

    Speckesser S, Anders J, De Coulon A, Dorsett R, Espinoza Bustos H, Kirchner Sala L, Nafilyan V | Oct 2015 | Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS)

    This study investigates the ways in which young people's movements between education and work have changed over the last 30 years. It provides information on long-term education and labour market trends affecting 16 to 24 year olds.