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Our Director, Tony Wilson, responds to the government's Good Work Plan, announced by Business Secretary, Greg Clark.

New IES research, on behalf of the Careers & Enterprise Company, considers the impact of careers guidance in colleges, with examples of best practice which colleges can integrate into their current activities.

New IES evaluation report identifies what employers and policymakers can do to support carers to balance work and care. The report evaluates the success of the government-funded Carers in Employment (CiE) project.

Joy Williams discusses the development of T-Levels and the impact of technical education policy reforms for the IES Employment Studies newsletter. This articles highlights the recent research and reforms, from the Wolf Report in 2011 to the 2016 Post-16 Skills Plan.

Drawing from recent IES research as part of the CVER project, Vahé Nafilyan considers vocational courses in the UK and their benefits for early school leavers in terms of labour market outcomes.

The Apprenticeship Trailblazers are the government's key response to the Richard Review, putting employers at the heart of developments in order to increase trust in and uptake of Apprenticeships. IES was involved in tracking the process and experiences of the earliest employer networks that took forward the design of the new Apprenticeship standards.

Demand on the NHS is steadily increasing, with no sign that this will subside in the near future, if recent news items are anything to judge by: there have been reports that pressure on hospital A&E departments has led several to declare ‘major incident’ status. These pressures have led managers to consider potential ways in which services can be delivered more cost-effectively. One of the questions that managers have particularly considered is the nature of the tasks that require professionally-qualified staff – those at band 5 and above in the NHS ‘Agenda for Change’ grading and pay structure – to undertake them.

Stefan Speckesser has written a blog for the Centre for Vocational Education Research, comparing how UK youth unemployment compares with the rest of Europe, and the reasons behind his findings.

Nick Boles MP, Minister of State for Skills & Equalities, recently launched the Centre for Vocational Education Research (CVER), funded by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.

Last week was National Apprenticeship Week, and saw Institute for Employment Studies research into Apprenticeship Trailblazers published by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS).