Friday, 13 March 2020

Training grants: a useful policy to address skills and productivity gaps?

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As work changes, firm-provided training may become more relevant for good economic and social outcomes. However, so far there is little or ...
Wednesday, 11 December 2019

Can the manifesto pledges plug the skills gap?

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The parties are offering plenty of promises on improving technical and vocational skills, but, says Sandra McNally (CVER Director), there a...
Friday, 27 September 2019

Is there a socio-economic gap in students’ academic match?

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Young people from less well-off backgrounds are more likely to pursue lower ranked upper-secondary qualifications than their prior attainm...
Tuesday, 25 June 2019

Changing Aspirations and Outcomes in Post-16 Education

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In this latest blog post, Steven McIntosh of University of Sheffield discusses CVER contributions to the recent Augar Review of Post-18...
Friday, 26 April 2019

The Changing Demand for Skills in the UK

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In this latest blog post, Andy Dickerson and Damon Morris changes in skill utilisation and returns to skills over time in the UK.  ‘Sk...
Thursday, 25 April 2019

Family Matters: how early disadvantage impacts employment outcomes of young people

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Dr Stefan Speckesser, Dr Matthew Bursnall and Jamie Moore share the findings of a new report A new NIESR and Impetus report on young...
Wednesday, 3 April 2019

Higher vocational education: An alternative to degrees?

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A detailed picture of earnings effects of university degrees is emerging, but not much is known about the benefits of higher vocational e...