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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:

Outcomes

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:

Assets

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.

Standards and frameworks Commissioners Investment Employer ownership Investors in People Research

More employers investing in the skills of their people More career opportunities for young people More collective action by employers through stronger sectors and local networks More employers stepping up and taking ownership of skills


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  • Tackling Exclusion

    12 Jun 2012

    This project was a scoping one, which aimed to identify employment and skills outcomes for the most excluded in society. And also assesses whether the current performance management and funding framework encourages providers to work with the hardest to help, and explored options of delivery that would improve outcomes for socially excluded groups.

  • Talent Bank

    6 Oct 2011

    Energy & Utility Skills (EU Skills)will establish an employer led Talent Bank, providing a recruitment and training hub, developed in collaboration with sector employers and other stakeholders. Talent Bank builds on the Group Training Association (GTA) model offering an innovative solution to meet future skills requirements.

  • Targets, measures, incentives and funding

    12 Jun 2012

    This project focused on identifying measures to support the success and raise the aspirations of delivery organisations in the UK.

  • Technical Apprenticeship Service (TAS) for Science based industries

    6 Oct 2011

    Cogent are launching the Technical Apprenticeship Service (TAS) that will double Apprenticeship numbers in the science-based industries, particularly in Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs) and deliver over 1000 new apprenticeships into the Science sector by 2017.

  • Thematic Reviews

    12 Jun 2012

    The Thematic Reviews series comprise a suite of evidence reviews that provide topical information on critical labour market and skills issues. The aim is to further develop the evidence base by drawing together information from a number of different UK sources


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