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A Theoretical Review of Skill Shortages and Skill Needs: Evidence Report 20 May 2010 This publication, commissioned jointly with the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC), improves our understanding of the workings of the labour market and the ability of the labour market to meet the skill needs of employers. The analysis within this review will help inform the methodology used by the MAC to identify occupations that are considered to be skilled, suffering from shortages and which it would be sensible to fill through migration.	Ambition 2020 Technical Report September 2009 This technical report accompanies the main Ambition 2020 report. The technical report presents the approach the UK Commission for Employment and Skills took in 2009 to forecasting progress towards making the UK a world leader in employment and skills by 2020, and the data considerations involved.
Ambition 2020: Key Findings May 2009 This summary of Ambition 2020 highlights the key findings of the main report. It then goes further to outline the Commission's view of the actions that are required for the employment and skills system to respond to our current difficult economic conditions and to lay the foundations for recovery.	Ambition 2020: World Class Skills and Jobs for the UK May 2009 The 'Ambition 2020' Report is the UK Commission for Employment and Skills' first annual assessment of the progress towards making the UK a world leader in employment and skills by 2020. It monitors progress on our World Class Skills and Jobs Ambition and against our international competitors.
Ambition 2020: World Class Skills and Jobs for the UK: Key Findings and Implications for Action: The 2010 Report July 2010 This report is our second annual assessment of how well we are doing and what we need to do to achieve our ambition to be World Class by 2020. It aims to provide a sound evidence base and an agenda on which future success can be built.	Ambition 2020: World Class Skills and Jobs for the UK: The 2010 Report July 2010 The UK Commission for Employment and Skills was established to advise Government on the policies, strategies, and measures that we need as a country to achieve our World Class Ambition of being one of the top eight countries in the world for skills, jobs and productivity. We believe that there can be little more important than equipping the UK with the skills it needs, for the jobs it needs, today and tomorrow.
Annual Report 2008-2009 July 2009 The initial period of any organisation's life is always an exciting one. But, as a unique organisation tasked with boosting the productivity and prosperity of the UK through improving employment and skills, it has been particularly challenging in the face of a global economic downturn.	Annual Report 2009-2010 July 2010 In our first two financial periods the UK Commission for Employment and Skills has sought to make a real contribution to policy and practice in the UK. We want to ensure that the UK workforce and industries are better placed not only to deal with the impact of recession in the short term but also to prepare for, and sustain, recovery in the longer term.
Applying the Learning from Customer Empowerment Models Operating in Other Industries to the Post-16 Employment and Skills Sector July 2010 This report explores a wide range of approaches to increase empowerment among customers for services as diverse as rail travel and the purchasing of white goods this report examines the potential of these processes to be applied to the Post-16 Employment and Skills Sector - as well as referring to cases where this is already taking place.	Business Plan 2008-2009 June 2008 Launched on 1 April 2008, the UK Commission for Employment and Skills is a key recommendation in Lord Leitch's 2006 review Prosperity for All in the Global Economy: World Class Skills.