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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


More and better jobs (progression into and on in employment)

  • Customer Journey

    12 Jun 2012

    This project investigated the individual’s experience of the employment and skills system on their journey into work, and progression in work and training.

  • Employee demand study

    12 Jun 2012

    For a core group of the UK’s employees, post-compulsory learning and skill development is not part of their life story. The Employee Demand project sought to understand why many employed people do not engage in learning and to explore the policy implications of this evidence.

  • Empowering Customers: Labelling and Scorecards

    12 Jun 2012

    This work takes forward the proposal made in Towards Ambition 2020: Skills, jobs, growth to “Increase trust in, and authority to, learning providers, through the use of outcome-based public course labelling and institutional scorecards, which empower customers and communities to drive provider responsiveness, quality and continuous improvement”.

  • Role of skills in helping people to make the transition from unemployment to sustainable jobs with progression

    12 Jun 2012

    This study provides a review of evidence on role of upskilling as a lever in helping people make the transition from worklessness into sustainable jobs with progression. The project includes a review of the quantity and quality of low paid work and the nature and outcomes of skills interventions and policy in the UK and abroad.

  • 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.

  • Value of skills

    12 Jun 2012

    Making the business case for investing in skills starts with identifying the value of skills.

  • Youth Employment

    2 hrs ago

    Over 1 in 5 young people in the UK are not in education, employment or training. By 2022 this will result in nearly £28 billion in costs to the exchequer and lost output to the economy, on top of the human and social costs. Employers now need to step up and commit to helping young people get in and move up in the workplace. The UK Commission is committed to the outcome of more career opportunities for young people. Explore this page to find out more information on youth employment, discover the benefits of working with young people and see what support is available to help you recruit a young person.

  • Youth Inquiry

    12 Jun 2012

    We were charged by Commissioners and key sponsors – DWP, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government – to investigate the kind of activities, including improved education / employer engagement that most effectively support young people into employment, particularly those who are likely to be furthest from the labour market.


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