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Background on National Occupational Standards (NOS).
UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) guidance for employers offering work experience.
We are a publicly funded, industry-led organisation that offers guidance on skills and employment issues in the UK.
An overview of changing work experience policies relevant to employers.
Research exploring the future of work and how jobs, and the skills needed in the workplace, will change by 2030.
A guide on the business benefits of offering work experience.
Information about national occupational standards (NOS) and apprenticeship frameworks and how they are developed.
A guide based on research and data from the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES), highlighting a range of jobs which are all Careers of the Future.
An analysis of the adult vocational qualifications system in England to identify good practice and recommendations for improvements.
Employment and skills data from core UKCES products at a local level.
Evaluating the early impacts of the UKCES Employer Investment Fund (EIF) and Growth and Innovation Fund (GIF).
The Growth and Innovation Fund (GIF) supports employer-led projects to raise skills in their sector and increase growth in our economy.
A review of project level learning and performance across the UK Commission for Employment and Skills’ (UKCES) Employer Investment Fund (EIF) and Growth and Innovation Fund (GIF).
UK results from the UK Commission for Employment and Skills' (UKCES) Employer Skills Survey 2015 of 91,000 employers.
New report shows women working in financial and insurance sectors among the worst affected.
Research and analysis on the future of UK jobs, skills, and labour markets.
A collection of all documents relating to the UK Futures Programme, a series of productivity challenges testing innovative solutions with businesses to identify ‘what works’ in addressing specific workforce development probl…
UKCES Closure 31st March 2017
UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) Working Futures labour market projections for the period 2014 to 2024.
Reports from the impact evaluation of the UK Commission for Employment and Skills' (UKCES) investment funds
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