Understand the UK's skills policy and explore the current skills situation in the UK
Skills are key in delivering economic performance and social mobility, but in the UK there’s a focus on the supply of skills rather than the skills that employers need. Here you’ll find resources on the UK’s skills policies and strategies such as the recently announced ‘T’ levels, graduates in the workplace, the skills mismatch that currently exists and employer ownership of 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
Advice for organisations seeking to help young people access employment and training opportunities
Analysis of young people’s experiences of education and accessing employment
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.
