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Our mission is to work with and through our partners to secure a greater commitment to invest in the skills of people to drive, enterprise, jobs and growth. 
To find out more about the UK Commission, including our strategic objectives, remit and business plan see the about us section.

Together with our Commissioners we will work towards achieving the following priority outcomes across the UK:

More employers investing in the skills of their people More employers investing in the skills of their people More employers stepping up and taking ownership of skills More collective action by employers through stronger sectors and local networks

The key areas of focus in 2012/13 are:

Commissioners Employer Ownership Research
Investment Investors in People Standards and Frameworks

Below, you can also browse our work by themes e.g. Apprenticeships, Information, Advice and Guidance etc.
Or use the A-Z if you know the name of the project you are looking for.


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  • Active Professionals

    2 Aug 2012

    SkillsActive is establishing professional registration across specific sub-sectors and occupations to help employers to further professionalise their businesses.

  • Adult Vocational Qualifications in England Review

    See Review of Adult Vocational Qualifications in England

  • Agilisys

    15 Feb 2013

    Agilisys working with other sector employers such as Google as well as partners from the skills industry including Sector Skills Councils, awarding bodies and colleges, local authorities and organisations in the third sector including the Charity Technology Trust, are leading the transformation of how skills are developed and deployed in the rapidly growing digital marketing industry.

  • AJ Woods

    22 Feb 2013

    A group of local SMEs realised that unless they address recruitment and training issues quickly, local firms will lose out on a once-in-a-generation opportunity to generate new private sector growth and employment.

  • AkzoNobel

    22 Feb 2013

    AkzoNobel are developing a new range of learning products and qualifications tailored towards business need, ease of delivery, value for money and the benefit to the wider local economy.

  • AmbITion

    30 Jun 2011

    This e-skills UK project will create an improved pipeline of talent into the IT industry.

  • Ambition 2020 (2009 and 2010)

    8 Jan 2013

    Ambition 2020: World Class Skills and Jobs was our assessment of progress towards the UK becoming world class in productivity, employment and skills by 2020.

  • Arla Foods

    12 Feb 2013

    UK dairy employers want the industry to be the most competitive in Europe. In order to achieve this, employers have identified the common vision ‘An industry where learning drives sustainable success’.

  • Asset Skills: Increasing Employer Investment in Higher level skills

    5 Jan 2012

    Asset skills is looking to increase employer investment in and the take up of higher level skills programmes across the cleaning and housing sector.

  • Asset Skills: Intelligence to maximise skills investment and career opportunities

    5 Jan 2012

    Asset Skills are to maintain a rolling programme of action research and an on-going review of the strategic business plan.

  • Asset Skills: Routes To Employment

    21 Dec 2011

    The project will link the UK wide Department for Work and Pensions Work Programme with employment opportunities in cleaning, facilities management and parking together with a training intervention (funded through the Work Programme).

  • Asset Skills: Talent Management

    5 Jan 2012

    This project will develop and pilot talent management models with employers. The proposal will implement a programme of business to business mentoring and support across the sector.


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