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This section includes publications from the UK Commission, a collection of collaborative outputs and the archive of SSDA publications.


Case studies

  • Employability Challenge - Case Studies

    23 Feb 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.

  • High Performance Working: Case Studies Analytical Report

    14 May 2010

    This Evidence Report is a key output from the Skills Utilisation project led by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills. This project has looked at how High Performance Working (HPW) can help to ensure skills are better used in UK workplaces. In the report HPW is defined as a general approach to managing organisations that aims to stimulate more effective employee involvement and commitment to achieve high levels of performance.

  • High Performance Working: Employer Case Studies

    13 May 2010

    This Evidence Report is a key output from the Skills Utilisation project led by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills. This project has looked at how High Performance Working (HPW) can help to ensure skills are better used in UK workplaces. In the report HPW is defined as a general approach to managing organisations that aims to stimulate more effective employee involvement and commitment to achieve high levels of performance.

  • Tackling Exclusion

    2 Jun 2010

    ‘Tackling Exclusion’ is a small scale scoping study that looks into the employment and skills outcomes for people in or at risk of social exclusion. The study aims to answer three questions. First of all, using existing data sources and evidence what are the employment and skills outcomes for the most excluded? Secondly do the current performance management and funding frameworks incentivise providers to work with the hardest to help? And finally which models of delivery improve outcomes for this group?


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