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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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  • Labelling and Scorecards

    See Empowering Customers: Labelling and Scorecards

  • Lantra: Professional Standards Framework

    5 Jan 2012

    Employers want to recognise the professional standards to which individuals work in the industry and have requested the development of Continual Professional Standards schemes to recognise and continue to develop and enhance these professional standards.

  • Lantra: Promoting Careers: supporting entry and progression routes

    5 Jan 2012

    Through this investment, Lantra aim to solve the recruitment problems in the sector by combining an information, advice and guidance (IAG) portal with employer/stakeholder support

  • Lantra: The Land Based Business Centre

    5 Jan 2012

    The Land Based Business Centre is a web-based tool for stimulating workforce development by ensuring that employers and learners can readily access sector specific on-line information regarding skills and business development. This will enable them to maximise the economic return on their investment in human capital.

  • Life Sciences Skills Pathway

    6 Oct 2011

    This Cogent project aims to increase the supply of essential skills to the UK Life Sciences economy by increasing the number of science technicians and the development of more ‘work‐ready’ graduates through an employability kite marking scheme.

  • Life Sciences SMEs and Licence to Practise

    30 Jun 2011

    Cogent are exploring the applicability of a framework to operate based on the existing Cogent Gold Standard. The focus will be on Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the Life Sciences sector.

  • LMI think pieces

    29 May 2012

    The UK Commission commissioned a number of leading academic experts to undertake ‘think pieces’, setting out how, in their view, current sources of LMI in the UK might be improved.


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