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 Employability: Incentivising ImprovementJune 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 & PolicyJune 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 SummaryJune 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 InitiativeDecember 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 2July 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 SummaryJuly 2010 This is the executive summary report for the Phase 2 Evaluation of Women and Work Sector Pathways Initiative. |
 Five Year Strategic Plan 2009-2014April 2009 This document is the UK Commission's corporate plan for 2009 - 2014. It sets out our high level priorities and strategic approach for the period 2009 - 2014. |  Helping Government Achieve Impact: April 2008 to March 2010May 2010 In this publication the UK Commission for Employment and Skills sets out what it has achieved in its first two years of existence, from April 2008 to March 2010. |
 High Performance Working: A Policy Review: Evidence Report 18May 2010 This Evidence Report presents the results of a Policy Review that scopes the current field of the most relevant, core initiatives and support available to organisations in the UK, to promote and assist in the adoption of High Performance Working (HPW) practices. It is one of four research components of the UK Commission for Employment and Skills’ skills utilisation project.
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discussing this document. |  High Performance Working: A Policy Review: Executive Summary 18May 2010 This Evidence Report presents the results of a Policy Review that scopes the current field of the most relevant, core initiatives and support available to organisations in the UK, to promote and assist in the adoption of High Performance Working (HPW) practices. It is one of four research components of the UK Commission’s skills utilisation project. |