Publications

This publication is no longer available.

This publication was authored by Duncan Brown before he joined IES.

This publication was authored by Valerie Garrow before she joined IES.

This publication was authored by Valerie Garrow before she joined IES.

In early 1998, the then Department for Education and Employment (DfEE) commissioned this review of the relevant literature, supplemented by discussions with DfEE officials and others, to come up with a definition and framework for employability to help inform future policy developments.

The Western Training and Enterprise Council, together with their partner organisation Learning Partnership West has developed a range of schemes aimed at promoting the development of the Key Skills of young people. This report presents the findings of research conducted within training providers, schools and employers. It explores the importance of Key Skills, approaches to developing and assessing Key Skills and the impact this is having upon young people. It builds upon a recent national survey undertaken by IES for the Department for Education and Employment into Employers' Perceptions of Key Skills.

This publication is no longer available. A study of training and development of young people, provided by employers outside government-funded training. It focuses on why employers choose to recruit young people, what roles they perform and with what skills; how employers nurture these skills, knowledge and experience, and how well employers find their approaches work.

This report presents the findings of an in-depth exploration of the skills employers look for in IT professionals, and how their requirements are changing. To operate effectively in modern organisations, it is not enough to be highly skilled technically, and this study explores the range of skills needed. IT specialists need, more than ever, to understand and identify the interplay between IT and business needs.

This study explores employers' needs for and satisfaction with the level of Key Skills held by their employees. It illustrates the importance of all these skills to employers, and generally high levels of satisfaction with their employees' skills (though not necessarily those of the labour force in general). It explores in detail employers' views of the Key Skill Units, and reveals specific concerns about their coverage.

This study examines how managers learn and what kind of learning really makes a difference, through the experiences of individual managers and those that work with them. It shows how certain learning events allow managers to change their thinking and personal styles and become more reflective, action focused, innovative, strategic and people orientated.