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The minister is responsible for skills. This role is shared between the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and the Department for Education (DfE). Joint BIS and DfE Responsibilities include: further education - staffing, governance and accountability localism in...
This paper from the Skills and Productivity Board raises key policy questions on the role of skills in levelling up, drawing on the existing evidence base.
Essay discussing the cost of underusing the available skills of workers in the UK.
This Note sets out the role that foundational skills play in driving employability
Information on the impact of further education training on productivity.
Science and Technology Secretary Michelle Donelan launches new push for career-transforming Skills Bootcamps.
Read the skills partner statement of action, and sign up to commit to working with government to reform technical education and apprenticeships.
A summary of provider-reported Skills Bootcamps starts between April 2022 and March 2023.
This challenge focuses on new ways of developing the skills and business practices needed to maximise the value of innovation to the UK economy. Creativity and innovation are critical in British industry, but the evidence suggests that we lack some...
The LSC was responsible for planning and funding further education (post-16 education and training other than higher education) in England. It was abolished in 2010 and replaced by the Skills Funding Agency and the Young People’s Learning Agency.
Applications are now open to join the Skills Delivery Group.
This guidance note provides information on how the private sector can become involved in skills development.
Report exploring how educational attainment contributes to UK productivity growth.
Review of UK skills policy, particularly the challenges of moving to an employer-led skills system.
The Government has published an Initial National Cyber Security Skills Strategy and is currently considering responses to the Call for Views.
All documents relating to the UK Commission for Employment and Skills' (UKCES) Employer Skills Survey 2011.
Dashboard showing statistics on jobs and skills in the UK.
A list of all research evidence reports published by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES).
This report explores how skills development contributes to UK productivity growth.
Publications by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) relating to Growth Through People.
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