Employer investment in apprenticeships in the health sector

This report provides an in-depth assessment of apprenticeships in 3 broad frameworks delivered within the National Health Service (NHS): - clinical support roles (for example, nursing support roles) - business administration - engineering These were conducted through 24 employer case studies. These were principally hospitals and NHS Trusts that delivered 1 or more of the above frameworks

Careers education : international literature review

This report, commissioned by the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF), supported by the Bank of America Merrill Lynch, is designed to provide an overview of the evidence-base underpinning careers education and its impact on pupils’ skills and outcomes. We define careers education as: 'Careers-focused school- or college-mediated provision designed to improve students' education, employment and/or social outcomes.' The main questions addressed by this report include: • What intervention research has been carried out since the year 1996 measuring the impact of careers education on improving young people’s outcomes? • What is the strength of evidence of this research? • Where are the research gaps that need to be addressed? Furthermore, this review aims to identify which interventions might be most appropriate to implement in the UK context to better support careers education, and in turn improve educational, economic, or social outcomes for young people

Occupations and skills of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences graduates and postgraduates

The research outlined in this report forms part of the British Academy’s important flagship project on the skills inherent to the study of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (AHSS), their value to the individual, and the contribution they do make and could make in future to society, as well as those that are important for educators of AHSS students. Much has been reported on the skills of certain types of graduates, most notably STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths), often overlooking the skills of graduates specialising in other fields of study. This project will contribute to a deeper understanding of current AHSS skills and any skills gaps, those skills which may need modernising or updating, and the kinds of skills required by AHSS graduates in the future

Literature Review on Employability, Inclusion and ICT, Report 2: ICT and Employability

IPTS has launched a research project on how ICT can support employability, in the context of its policy support activities for the implementation of the Europe 2020 strategy, and the Digital Agenda for Europe. As a first step, JRC-IPTS contracted the Institute of Employment Research, University of Warwick, UK to prepare: a) a review of the literature on employability, its dimensions and the factors which affect it in general and for groups at risk of exclusion, namely migrants, youth and older workers; and b) a report on how ICT contribute to employability, support the reduction of barriers and create pathways to employment for all and also for the three specific groups at risk of exclusion. This report presents the findings of the second part of the research.JRC.J.3-Information Societ

Literature Review on Employability, Inclusion and ICT, Report 1: The Concept of employability, with a specific focus on Young people, older workers and migrants

IPTS has launched a research project on how ICT can support employability, in the context of its policy support activities for the implementation of the Europe 2020 strategy, and the Digital Agenda for Europe. As a first step, JRC-IPTS contracted the Institute of Employment Research, University of Warwick, UK to prepare: a) a review of the literature on employability, its dimensions and the factors which affect it in general and for groups at risk of exclusion, namely migrants, youth and older workers; and b) a report on how ICT contribute to employability, support the reduction of barriers and create pathways to employment for all and also for the three specific groups at risk of exclusion. This report presents the findings of the first part of the research.JRC.J.3-Information Societ