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Employability Challenge - Case Studies February 2009 This document is intended to accompany The Employability Challenge, which is based on the contributions of just over 200 organisations active in developing the employability skills of individuals. Twenty of these organisations participated in case studies, which are featured on the following pages and drawn on heavily in The Employability Challenge.	Employability Challenge - Full Report July 2009 The UK Commission believes that a central part of what all publicly-funded training should do is to develop the ability to use knowledge and skills in the workplace effectively. Many learning providers already do help learners develop employability skills. Many, however either neglect to teach employability skills or, for funding or capacity reasons, find it difficult to develop them.
Employability Skills Project June 2008 The Employability Skills Project reviews the evidence of best practice principles for teaching and assessing employability skills. It examines definitions of employability skills and the success of approaches to teaching and assessment in a variety of settings, from early years, through to schools, higher education and welfare to work programmes.	Employability Skills: A Research and Policy Briefing April 2010 This paper provides a review of recent research on the theme of employability skills exploring the evidence base and recent policy trends and initiatives. It outlines some of the key challenges and barriers in employability policy and suggests some areas for future work.
Employability: Incentivising Improvement June 2010 This report builds on the UK Commission’s 2009 report ‘The Employability Challenge’ and examines how we incentivise the effective development of employability skills by using some of the key levers at our disposal: practitioner training, assessment and funding. The report is wide in scope; employability skills themselves cover a broad range of skills and attributes and our investigation covers England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. It also considers a range of settings – further education, higher education, 14-19 and provision to support people from welfare into work.	Employee Demand for Skills: A Review of Evidence & Policy June 2009 Understanding what encourages and prevents individual's from developing their skills, and identifying the most effective skill development policies, is a key function of the UK Commission for Employment and Skills.
Employee Demand for Skills: A Review of Evidence & Policy - Executive Summary June 2009 Understanding what encourages and prevents individual's from developing their skills, and identifying the most effective skill development policies, is a key function of the UK Commission for Employment and Skills.	Evaluation of Women and Work Sector Pathways Initiative December 2009 This report presents the findings from quantitative surveys of employers and participants engaged with Phase 1 of the Women and Work Sector Pathways initiative.
Evaluation of Women and Work Sector Pathways Initiative – Phase 2 July 2010 This report presents the findings of the Phase 2 Evaluation of Women and Work Sector Pathways Initiative.	Evaluation of Women and Work Sector Pathways Initiative – Phase 2 Executive Summary July 2010 This is the executive summary report for the Phase 2 Evaluation of Women and Work Sector Pathways Initiative.