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Our goal is to ensure that good market intelligence drives increased investment to achieve greater impact on skills, jobs and economic growth.  To achieve this, in 2011/12 we are focussing on the following priorities:

  • 1. Making and winning the economic argument for greater investment in skills
  • 2. Enhancing the value and accessibility of vocational training, especially apprenticeships
  • 3. Galvanising industries and sectors to improve the skills and productivity of their workforces
  • 4. Working with employers to maximise opportunities for unemployed and disadvantaged people

For more details on the priorities see the 2011/12 business plan. Each will be led by a Commissioner and we will work closely with our partners to achieve change that benefits people, businesses and the wider economy. See more about who we work with.

You can view our current projects by priority using the links below.  These priorities represent a shift in our remit, but build on the work done by the Commission during the first three years. 

You can also browse our previous year's work by themes e.g. LMI, Employer ambition, Investors in People.  Use the A-Z if you know the name of the project you are looking for.  Or find out more about the programme of research the Commission delivers. 


Priority 1

  • 1. Make and win the economic argument for greater investment in skills - Priority overview

    9 Nov 2011

    In absolute terms the skills of Britain’s workforce are higher than ever and still increasing. However, relative to the rest of the world we are not improving our skills fast enough to secure economic growth and an internationally competitive workforce. As the UK government seeks to rebalance the economy towards the private sector, so we need a rebalancing of investment in skills.

  • Defining and measuring training activity

    23 Jan 2012

    The project aimed to understand more fully the responses from the UK Commission's survey work, which asks employers about the training they provide. We wanted to know how employers thought about the training they do, and how we can improve our surveys to make them best reflect the categories employers themselves use.

  • Employer surveys

    14 Dec 2011

    The UK Commission conducts two major employer surveys on a biennial basis, the UK Employer Skills Survey and the UK Employer Perspectives Survey. These surveys run in alternate years.

  • Working Futures

    1 Feb 2012

    Working Futures 2010-2020 is the latest in a series of detailed projections of UK employment, productivity, labour supply and skills.


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