News and Articles
- The focus of this e-bulletin from the UK Commission for Employment and Skills is on employment and skills issues from research and policy perspectives.
- 23rd Oct 2009
Give Courses Food Labels, Commission Says
Simply providing learners with “food labelling” style information about courses could free up more money for front-line learning, according to a report by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills published today. - 14th Oct 2009
Further SSC relicensing decisions announced
Lord Mandelson today announced that four more Sector Skills Councils (SSCs) have been relicensed. - It is rare to see a new government policy on employment or skills that does not mention the need for employer involvement. Yet whilst the role of employers has been high profile it has not always been clear.
- 28th Sep 2009
Praxis
Praxis, a new occasional series of policy think pieces, aims to challenge, inspire and stimulate discussion and debate. - 21st Sep 2009
Mike's Meeting of Minds
Mike Campbell, Director of Research and Policy at the UK Commission for Employment and Skills, gave a keynote address at the 12th Annual Meeting of the Minds Conference in California recently. - We need to make sure that the considerable sums of money invested in training by government, its agencies, and employers and individuals works together to more jobs, more skills and greater opportunity and productivity for everyone.
- Site visits for the first tranche of SSCs (Skillset, Cogent, People 1st, Semta and FSSC) have now been completed. Each visit consists of a mixture of interviews, both face-to-face and telephone, and focus groups with staff, employers and stakeholders.
- 30th Jul 2009
About the National Audit Office (NAO)
The National Audit Office employs around 850 staff and is headed by the Comptroller and Auditor General Tim Burr. He and the NAO are independent of government. - In February the UK Commission is launching a new service for subscribers to Relicensing News. The News Alert service will keep subscribers informed of up to the minute news on critical aspects of the relicensing process; making sure you have the very latest developments readily available.