Publications

The UK Commission developed a series of Briefing Papers with a focus on equality and skills in a changing economy. The aim was to inform and enable connected thinking about how to enable opportunity in the labour market through skills. Each paper provided commentary and analysis for an equality group or theme: disability and skills in a changing economy; gender and skills in a changing economy; low skills and social disadvantage in a changing economy; older people and skills in a changing economy and spatial inequality and skills in a changing economy.

The question of whether the way people are managed and treated at work contributes to the overall performance of the enterprise has been much debated. The focus of this debate has tended to be on formal processes and procedures within organisations. These high performance working practices (HPWPs) have been the subject of a wide range of studies designed to test their impact.

This report maps the higher education labour market, identifying trends where possible, with a particular focus on skills issues. It reviews evidence for the whole workforce, and specifically for the higher education workforce, drawing on data from the Labour Force Survey (2001), the IES/HESDA employer survey (staff, skills, training and development in 2001), and the IRS/UCEA employer survey (staff recruitment and retention, 2001). This publication is no longer available.