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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.
Our strategic objectives in 2012/13 are:
- To provide world-class labour market intelligence which helps businesses and people make the best choices for them
- To work with sectors and business leaders to develop and deliver the best solutions to generate greater employer investment in skills
- To maximise the impact of changed employment and skills policies and employer behaviour to help drive jobs, growth and an internationally competitive skills base
In pursuit of these objectives, our Commissioners are working towards achieving the following priority outcomes across the UK. Click the images to read more about our work on each outcome:
In order to deliver these outcomes, the UK Commission is delivering on and through the following key work areas. Click to read more about our work in each area:
Below, you can also browse our work by themes e.g. Apprenticeships, Information, Advice and Guidance etc. Use the A-Z if you know the name of the project you are looking for.
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People 1st: Accelerating social mobility in the workplace
5 Jan 2012
Hospitality, passenger transport, travel and tourism is one of the few UK sectors predicted to grow significantly in the coming decade. People 1st have identified four key projects essential to this growth.
People 1st: Achieving economic growth by improving the customer experience
5 Jan 2012
Despite tourism’s importance to the economy, the UK is ranked only 13th in the Nations Brand Index for warmth of welcome.
People 1st: Aligning employers and stakeholders to deliver sustained growth through skills
5 Jan 2012
As part of the product development strategy for People 1st the proposal seeks investment to continue researching and developing initiatives that employers will invest in across all four nations to ensure it is able to respond to the changing and challenging economic climate.
People 1st: Helping The Unemployed
5 Jan 2012
Employers in some parts of the sector are over reliant on migrant workers whilst others find it difficult to recruit new staff due to poor perception and image of the sector.
People 1st: Increasing business investment in skills and reducing wasted public expenditure
5 Jan 2012
This People 1st project will strengthen the links between pre employment training programmes and apprenticeships to help individuals progress from unemployed into higher skilled and management roles.
People 1st: Professionalising the workforce and increasing the effectiveness of training
5 Jan 2012
The hospitality sector requires better skilled workforce. Many of the gaps are around customer service, technical skills and management and leadership. People 1st have developed a project to address these gaps.
Praxis
12 Jun 2012
Praxis is an occasional series of policy think pieces, which aims to challenge, inspire and stimulate discussion and debate.
Professional Institute
6 Oct 2011
The Employment Related Services Association (ERSA), working in partnership with the industry wide POWER group, will introduce a Professional Institute which will oversee the development of new professional qualifications and standards for the welfare to work industry.
Professional standards for agriculture and production horticulture
6 Oct 2011
Lantra are developing a Professional Standards Framework to allow businesses and employers to make investment decisions, record outcomes and identify key skills gaps.
Progression into Higher Education (HE)
12 Jun 2012
The UK Commission asked the Universities Vocational Awards Council (UVAC) to build on work they carried out for the Westminster government looking at progression routes to higher level skills provision in England for those with applied and vocational qualifications.
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