Skills development

Explore the CIPD’s point of view on essential skills, including actions for Government and recommendations for employers

Explore the CIPD’s point of view on productivity and people management, including actions for Government and recommendations for employers

Explore the CIPD’s point of view on technical education and T Levels, including actions for Government and recommendations for employers

How enhanced individual learning accounts can support economic recovery and tackle long-term skills challenges

Investigates the extent to which Local Enterprise Partnerships understand and are putting in place policies and programmes to address skills demand and use

Insight on how well workers’ skills are being used and developed at work along with practice guidance on countering skills mismatches

We examine employers' views on youth employability and the Government's new technical study programme scheduled for 2020

This report draws on the latest data on graduate destinations from the Higher Education Statistics Agency for 2015/16, which looks at graduate outcomes roughly six months after graduation

Reviews skills policy and offers thoughts and recommendations on how the UK can improve its performance

Examines what the concept of employer ownership of skills means and the implications of a shift towards greater employer ownership 

Examines the evidence of graduate over-qualification in the UK and Europe, questioning the size of the higher education sector in relation to labour market needs

Explores the relationship between economic performance and skills

A supplement featuring a number of CIPD key messages around youth unemployment and skills development

Explores the mismatch between employers' and young people's expectations at the recruitment stage

Understand what we mean by skills in the workplace, UK skill levels and the government’s skills policy.