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• From: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
• Published: 17 October 2013
• Last updated: 8 July 2016 — See all updates

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2016

• Understanding the further education market
  • 8 July 2016
  • Research and analysis
• Evaluating business support interventions: a productivity based approach
  • 5 July 2016
  • Research and analysis
• Adult skills: mapping investment
  • 12 May 2016
  • Research and analysis
• Prior qualifications of adult apprentices 2013 to 2014
  • 12 May 2016
  • Research and analysis
• Prior qualifications of adults taking maths and English courses 2013 to 2014
  • 12 May 2016
  • Research and analysis
• Prior qualifications of adults in further education classroom-based courses 2013 to 2014
  • 12 May 2016
  • Research and analysis
• Understanding skills mismatches in the economy
  • 12 May 2016
  • Research and analysis
• Further education qualifications in maths and English: returns and benefits
  • 12 May 2016
  • Research and analysis
• Publicly funded training: impact on employers' productivity
  • 12 May 2016
  • Research and analysis
• Advanced Learner Loans: assessments
  • 8 November 2018
  • Research and analysis
• Small and medium enterprises lending and competition: market comparison
  • 12 May 2016
  • Research and analysis
• Small Business Survey 2015: businesses with no employees
  • 12 May 2016
  • Research and analysis
• Small Business Survey 2015: businesses with employees
  • 12 May 2016
  • Research and analysis
• UK aerospace maintenance, repair, overhaul and logistics industry analysis
  • 23 February 2016
  • Research and analysis
• Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS): evaluation methodology
  • 11 February 2016
  • Research and analysis
• Advanced Propulsion Centre: scoping evaluation
  • 11 February 2016
  • Research and analysis
• Advanced Propulsion Centre: process evaluation
  • 11 February 2016
  • Research and analysis
• Aerospace Technology Institute: scoping evaluation
  • 11 February 2016
  • Research and analysis
• Shareholding: the role of intermediaries
  • 14 January 2016
  • Research and analysis
• Prior qualifications of adults on offender learning and skills courses: January to March 2015
  • 8 January 2016
  • Research and analysis

2015

• Regional Growth Fund: impact and economic evaluation options
  • 21 December 2015
  • Research and analysis
• UK skills and productivity in an international context
  • 17 December 2015
  • Research and analysis
• Higher education: alternative provider student number controls, 2014 to 2015
  • 17 December 2015
  • Research and analysis
• Further education: impact of skills and training on the unemployed
  • 3 December 2015
  • Research and analysis
• Further education: comparing labour market economic benefits from qualifications gained
  • 30 November 2015
  • Research and analysis
• Apprenticeship trailblazers evaluation
  • 17 November 2015
  • Research and analysis
• Employers’ graduate recruitment and selection practices
  • 6 November 2015
  • Research and analysis
• Graduates' attitudes: effect of higher education
  • 6 November 2015
  • Research and analysis
• Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chain Initiative (AMSCI): process evaluation
  • 4 November 2015
  • Research and analysis
• Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chain Initiative (AMSCI): impact and evaluation options
  • 4 November 2015
  • Research and analysis
• Women on boards: 5 year summary (Davies review)
  • 29 October 2015
  • Research and analysis
• Young people and their movement between education and work
  • 28 October 2015
  • Research and analysis
• Social mobility: contribution of further education and skills
  • 9 October 2015
  • Research and analysis
• Enterprise pilots in prisons: evaluation
  • 1 October 2015
  • Research and analysis
• Small Business Survey: method for linking data to the Inter-Departmental Business Register
  • 29 September 2015
  • Research and analysis
• Small Business Survey 2014: businesses led by women and ethnic minorities
  • 18 September 2015
  • Research and analysis
• Progression of apprentices to higher education
  • 16 September 2015
  • Research and analysis
• Progression of further education students to higher education
  • 16 September 2015
  • Research and analysis
• Small Business Digital Capability Programme Challenge Fund: evaluation
  • 9 September 2015
  • Research and analysis
• Digital capabilities in small and medium enterprises
  • 9 September 2015
  • Research and analysis
• Entrepreneurship skills: literature and policy review
  • 2 September 2015
  • Research and analysis
• Small business owners' dispositions towards growth
  • 19 August 2015
  • Research and analysis
• Trade in building materials and components in 2014
  • 18 August 2015
  • Research and analysis
• Compulsory country of origin marking: impact on UK business
  • 6 August 2015
  • Research and analysis
• Small Business Survey 2014: home-based and family-owned businesses
  • 30 July 2015
  • Research and analysis
• Pregnancy and maternity-related discrimination and disadvantage: first findings
  • 23 July 2015
  • Research and analysis
• Local Enterprise Partnerships: evidence on local innovation strengths
  • 5 January 2016
  • Research and analysis
• Research and development: relationship between public and private investment
  • 16 July 2015
  • Research and analysis
• Research and innovation organisations: functions and policy issues
  • 14 July 2015
  • Research and analysis
• Employer ownership of skills pilot round 1: first report
  • 21 September 2018
  • Research and analysis
• Leadership and management skills in small and medium-sized businesses
  • 20 March 2015
  • Research and analysis
• Small businesses: understanding growth
  • 11 March 2015
  • Research and analysis
• Directors' pay reforms: how companies and shareholders are responding
  • 6 March 2015
  • Research and analysis
• Small and medium-sized businesses: how ambition affects growth
  • 3 March 2015
  • Research and analysis
• Entrepreneurship: understanding the motivations
  • 3 March 2015
  • Research and analysis
• Small Business Survey 2014: businesses with employees
  • 3 March 2015
  • Research and analysis
• GrowthAccelerator: evaluation - stakeholder views of the service
  • 16 January 2015
  • Research and analysis
• Literacy and numeracy: learning from high-performing and improving countries
  • 14 January 2015
  • Research and analysis

2014

• High street and retail sector: recent trends and policy implications
  • 18 December 2014
  • Research and analysis
• Apprenticeships evaluation 2014: learner and employer surveys
  • 18 December 2014
  • Research and analysis
• Investment in skills and innovation
  • 10 December 2014
  • Research and analysis
• Transnational education: value to the UK
  • 27 July 2017
  • Research and analysis
• GrowthAccelerator: evaluation - early estimate of impact
  • 13 November 2014
  • Research and analysis
• Metrics and models used to assess company and investment performance
  • 27 October 2014
  • Research and analysis
• BIS research strategy 2014 to 2015
  • 22 September 2014
  • Research and analysis
• Family businesses: research
  • 27 May 2014
  • Research and analysis
• Higher apprenticeships: employer participation in the accounting sector
  • 12 May 2014
  • Research and analysis
• Apprenticeships: employer participation in the health sector
  • 12 May 2014
  • Research and analysis
• Higher and further education and skills: review of value added
  • 2 May 2014
  • Research and analysis
• International Festival for Business: developing a monitoring and evaluation framework
  • 2 May 2014
  • Research and analysis
• 24+ Advanced Learning Loans: tracking the impact
  • 11 April 2014
  • Research and analysis
• Student income and expenditure survey 2011 to 2012
  • 30 November 2023
  • Research and analysis
• Apprenticeships evaluation 2012 to 2013: learner and employer surveys
  • 24 March 2014
  • Research and analysis
• Learning from Futuretrack: dropout from higher education
  • 10 March 2014
  • Research and analysis
• Learning from Futuretrack: studying and living at home
  • 10 March 2014
  • Research and analysis
• Community Learning Trust pilot: evaluation
  • 7 March 2014
  • Research and analysis
• Apprenticeships: employer influence
  • 3 March 2014
  • Research and analysis
• Understanding localised policy interventions: start-up loans in England’s south-west
  • 30 January 2014
  • Research and analysis

2013

• Apprenticeship grant for employers: evaluation
  • 13 December 2013
  • Research and analysis
• Understanding localised policy interventions in business support and skills
  • 7 December 2013
  • Research and analysis
• Demand for mentoring among small and medium-sized enterprises
  • 7 December 2013
  • Research and analysis
• Performance of the UK research base: international comparison - 2013
  • 6 December 2013
  • Research and analysis
• Customer experience of business support services
  • 29 November 2013
  • Research and analysis
• English business survey: exploratory analysis
  • 29 November 2013
  • Research and analysis
• Disaggregated analysis of the long run impact of vocational qualifications
  • 20 November 2013
  • Research and analysis
• Prior qualifications of adult apprentices: 2011 to 2012
  • 14 November 2013
  • Research and analysis
• Prior qualifications of adults in further education classroom-based courses: 2011 to 2012
  • 14 November 2013
  • Research and analysis
• Prior qualifications of adults on Skills for Life courses: 2010 to 2011
  • 14 November 2013
  • Research and analysis
• Prior qualifications of adults in further education workplace learning: 2011 to 2012
  • 14 November 2013
  • Research and analysis
• National Careers Service satisfaction and progression surveys annual report: April 2012 to March 2013 fieldwork
  • 7 November 2013
  • Research and analysis
• Accuracy of predicted A level grades: 2010 UCAS admission process
  • 5 November 2013
  • Research and analysis
• Benefits of participating in higher education: key findings and reports quadrants
  • 1 November 2013
  • Research and analysis
• Impact of learning below level 2 in further education
  • 30 October 2013
  • Research and analysis
• Import demand: long run income elasticities
  • 24 October 2013
  • Research and analysis
• Construction industry: supply chain analysis
  • 23 October 2013
  • Research and analysis
• Wider benefits of higher education: literature review
  • 21 October 2013
  • Research and analysis
• Learning from Futuretrack: impact of work experiences on HE student outcomes
  • 17 October 2013
  • Research and analysis
• Measuring additionality in apprenticeships
  • 17 October 2013
  • Research and analysis
• Working while studying: follow-up to the Student Income and Expenditure Survey 2011 to 2012
  • 17 October 2013
  • Research and analysis
• Labour market change and the future of middle-ranking jobs
  • 17 October 2013
  • Research and analysis
• Employer support for part-time higher education students
  • 16 October 2013
  • Research and analysis
• Smart cities international case studies: global innovators
  • 9 October 2013
  • Research and analysis
• Smart city market: UK opportunities
  • 9 October 2013
  • Research and analysis
• English and maths provision for adult learners: benefits
  • 8 October 2013
  • Research and analysis
• Further education and skills reform plan 'New Challenges, New Chances’: evaluation
  • 8 October 2013
  • Research and analysis
• Further education sector: competition issues
  • 8 October 2013
  • Research and analysis
• Adult skills international survey 2012
  • 8 October 2013
  • Research and analysis
• Apprenticeship pay survey 2012
  • 4 October 2013
  • Research and analysis
• Community Learning Trust pilot: summary evaluation report
  • 27 September 2013
  • Research and analysis
• Massive open online courses and online distance learning: review
  • 18 September 2013
  • Research and analysis
• Adult career decision-making: qualitative research
  • 18 September 2013
  • Research and analysis
• Efficiency in the higher education sector: technical exploration
  • 9 September 2013
  • Research and analysis
• Listing decisions of UK companies: motivations
  • 20 August 2013
  • Research and analysis
• University degrees: impact on lifecycle of earnings
  • 15 August 2013
  • Research and analysis
• Graduates and economic growth across countries
  • 15 August 2013
  • Research and analysis
• Privately funded providers of higher education in the UK
  • 24 July 2013
  • Research and analysis
• Co-funding for training: international evidence
  • 8 July 2013
  • Research and analysis
• Trade credit in the UK construction industry
  • 2 July 2013
  • Research and analysis
• Microbusinesses: understanding growth
  • 19 June 2013
  • Research and analysis
• Ordnance Survey open data: economic value study
  • 19 June 2013
  • Research and analysis
• Further Education Funding Changes Relating to Incentives for Training Unemployed Learners: Research on the Impact
  • 21 March 2013
  • Research and analysis
• Employment, Partnership and Skills
  • 21 March 2013
  • Research and analysis
• Community learning learner survey report March 2013
  • 1 March 2013
  • Research and analysis
• Review of the Economic Benefits of Training and Qualifications: Research based on Cross-Sectional and Administrative Data
  • 15 February 2013
  • Research and analysis
• Continuing vocational training survey (CVTS4) report
  • 14 February 2013
  • Research and analysis
• Youth unemployment: review of training for young people with low qualifications
  • 1 February 2013
  • Research and analysis
• Research into training for young adults aged 19 to 24 who are not in education, employment or training (NEET)
  • 1 February 2013
  • Research and analysis
• Motivation and barriers to learning for young people not in education, employment or training
  • 1 February 2013
  • Research and analysis
• The impact of further education learning
  • 28 January 2013
  • Research and analysis
• Unit delivery trials: assessment of learner benefits
  • 23 January 2013
  • Research and analysis
• 24+ Advanced Learning Loans: specific learner groups
  • 7 January 2013
  • Research and analysis

2012

• Evaluation of the deepened co-location (Jobcentre and Next Steps) trials
  • 21 December 2012
  • Research and analysis
• 2011 skills for life survey
  • 13 December 2012
  • Research and analysis
• Evaluation of the impact of capital expenditure in further education (FE) colleges
  • 6 December 2012
  • Research and analysis
• Prior qualifications of adults undertaking classroom-based courses in further education 2010 to 2011
  • 27 November 2012
  • Research and analysis
• Prior qualifications of adult apprentices 2010 to 2011
  • 27 November 2012
  • Research and analysis
• Prior qualifications of learners on train to gain provision at level 2 and level 3 in 2010 to 2011
  • 27 November 2012
  • Research and analysis
• Tracking the decision-making of high achieving higher education applicants
  • 15 November 2012
  • Research and analysis
• Next Step service: an exploratory evaluation
  • 14 November 2012
  • Research and analysis
• Evidence of the wider benefits of family learning: a scoping review
  • 12 November 2012
  • Research and analysis
• Valuing adult learning: comparing wellbeing valuation and contingent valuation
  • 12 November 2012
  • Research and analysis
• Contribution of basic skills to health related outcomes during adulthood: evidence from the BCS70
  • 12 November 2012
  • Research and analysis
• Relationship between adult learning and wellbeing: evidence from the 1958 National Child Development Study
  • 12 November 2012
  • Research and analysis
• Learning and wellbeing outcomes among older adults in England
  • 12 November 2012
  • Research and analysis
• National adult learner survey 2010
  • 5 October 2012
  • Research and analysis
• Next Step satisfaction and progression surveys: annual report (September 2011 - March 2012 fieldwork)
  • 20 September 2012
  • Research and analysis
• Student income and expenditure survey: methodological review
  • 28 August 2012
  • Research and analysis
• Expanding and improving part-time higher education
  • 25 June 2012
  • Research and analysis
• Understanding higher education in further education colleges
  • 25 June 2012
  • Research and analysis
• Armed Forces literacy and numeracy skills study
  • 7 June 2012
  • Research and analysis
• Apprenticeships evaluation 2011: learner and employer surveys
  • 15 May 2012
  • Research and analysis
• Employer investment in apprenticeships and workplace learning: the fifth net benefits of training to employers study
  • 14 May 2012
  • Research and analysis
• Education and skills: how much benefit does government-funded training bring
  • 11 May 2012
  • Research and analysis
• Publicly funded training: impact on productivity in firms
  • 11 May 2012
  • Research and analysis
• Investing in intangible assets: impact on productivity
  • 11 May 2012
  • Research and analysis
• Investing in intangible assets: summary of impact on productivity
  • 11 May 2012
  • Research and analysis
• Further education loans: attitudes among learners post-introduction
  • 11 May 2012
  • Research and analysis
• Further education teachers' qualification regulations: outcomes, barriers and good practice
  • 26 March 2012
  • Research and analysis
• Apprenticeship pay survey 2011
  • 15 March 2012
  • Research and analysis
• Tracking international graduate outcomes: 2011
  • 19 January 2012
  • Research and analysis

2011

• Preparation for new further education reforms and skills policies: summary
  • 6 December 2011
  • Research and analysis
• Improving adult literacy and numeracy skills: research review
  • 1 December 2011
  • Research and analysis
• Constraints on developing management practices in the UK
  • 29 November 2011
  • Research and analysis
• Helping people make choices about post-16 education
  • 4 November 2011
  • Research and analysis
• Long-term evaluation of apprenticeships: options study
  • 5 October 2011
  • Research and analysis
• Amplifying the voice of Muslim students: literature review
  • 4 October 2011
  • Research and analysis
• Intermediate and low level vocational qualifications: economic returns
  • 28 September 2011
  • Research and analysis
• Evaluation of Leadership and Management Advisory Service
  • 23 September 2011
  • Research and analysis
• Evaluation of National Skills Academies
  • 11 July 2011
  • Research and analysis
• Estimating the value of UK education imports: feasibility study
  • 30 June 2011
  • Research and analysis
• Accuracy of predicted A level grades: 2009 UCAS admissions process
  • 28 June 2011
  • Research and analysis
• Supporting graduate employability: practice in other countries
  • 28 June 2011
  • Research and analysis
• Higher education qualifications: returns and benefits
  • 28 June 2011
  • Research and analysis
• Education exports: estimating their value to the UK
  • 27 June 2011
  • Research and analysis
• Age and returns to training [annex 2]
  • 24 June 2011
  • Research and analysis
• Reporting on employment and earnings: using experimental matched data
  • 24 June 2011
  • Research and analysis
• Train to Gain: employment and earning outcomes from extended analysis
  • 24 June 2011
  • Research and analysis
• Annex to earnings comparison: Individualised Learner Record and Labour Force Survey
  • 24 June 2011
  • Research and analysis
• Vocational qualifications: long term effect on labour market
  • 24 June 2011
  • Research and analysis
• Identifying claimants' needs: capability of Jobcentre Plus advisors
  • 10 June 2011
  • Research and analysis
• Access to work-related training
  • 10 June 2011
  • Research and analysis
• Prior qualifications of adult learners: Train to Gain 2009 to 2010
  • 1 June 2011
  • Research and analysis
• Prior qualifications of adult learners: adult apprentices 2009 to 2010
  • 1 June 2011
  • Research and analysis
• Prior achievement of adult learners: provider level research 2010
  • 1 June 2011
  • Research and analysis
• Prior qualifications of adult learners: learner responsive provision 2009 to 2010
  • 1 June 2011
  • Research and analysis
• What do employers want from an aligned employment and skills system?
  • 16 May 2011
  • Research and analysis
• Public sector procurement and skills policy review
  • 8 April 2011
  • Research and analysis
• Further education: measuring the economic impact
  • 30 March 2011
  • Research and analysis
• Science, technology, engineering and maths graduates in non-STEM jobs
  • 3 March 2011
  • Research and analysis
• National learner satisfaction survey
  • 15 February 2011
  • Research and analysis
• Part-time students in UK higher education: employer perspectives
  • 25 January 2011
  • Research and analysis

2010

• Using aptitude tests in university entrance: validity study
  • 2 December 2010
  • Research and analysis
• New student support arrangements: the impact on universities
  • 11 October 2010
  • Research and analysis
• Student population characteristics: analysis of trends following 2006 reforms
  • 11 October 2010
  • Research and analysis
• Student finance: the impact on university participation
  • 11 October 2010
  • Research and analysis
• Changes to student finance (2006-07): impact on university participation
  • 11 October 2010
  • Research and analysis
• Student support arrangements in other countries
  • 11 October 2010
  • Research and analysis

Published 17 October 2013
Last updated 8 July 2016 + show all updates

1. 8 July 2016

   Added 'Understanding the further education market'.

2. 12 May 2016

   Added 13 new research publications.

3. 23 February 2016

   Added report on the UK aerospace maintenance, repair, overhaul and logistics industry.

4. 11 February 2016

   Added reports on the Advanced Propulsion Centre, Aerospace Technology Institute and Manufacturing Advisory Service.

5. 14 January 2016

   Added 'Shareholding: the role of intermediaries'.

6. 8 January 2016

   Added 'Prior qualifications of adults on offender learning and skills courses: January to March 2015'.

7. 6 November 2015

   Added 4 new research papers.

8. 28 October 2015

   Added 'Young people and their movement between education and work'.

9. 9 October 2015

   Added 'Social mobility: contribution of further education and skills'.

10. 2 September 2015

    Added 'Entrepreneurship skills: literature and policy review'.

11. 15 June 2015

    Added 'Research and innovation organisations: functions and policy issues'.

12. 24 March 2015

    'Employer ownership of skills pilot round 1: first report' was added to the collection.

13. 6 March 2015

    Added a new report Directors' pay reforms: how companies and shareholders are responding.

14. 3 March 2015

    Added four new reports

15. 16 January 2015

    'GrowthAccelerator: evaluation - stakeholder views of the service' added.

16. 14 January 2015

    We have added a new publication 'Literacy and numeracy: learning from high-performing and improving countries' (BIS/15/33/)

17. 18 December 2014

    'Apprenticeships evaluation: employer survey 2014' (research paper number 204), and 'Apprenticeships evaluation: learner survey 2014' (research paper number 205) added.

18. 10 December 2014

    2 BIS research papers, numbers 178 and 203, added under the joint title 'Investment in skills and innovation'.

19. 2 December 2014

    GrowthAccelerator: interim evaluation 2014 - BIS research paper 187 added

20. 27 October 2014

    Metrics and models used to assess company and investment performance: research paper 190

21. 23 September 2014

    BIS Research strategy 2014 to 2015 added to collection.

22. 31 July 2014

    Community learning learner survey publication added.

23. 27 May 2014

    Family businesses research added.

24. 12 May 2014

    Added 3 research papers on employer particpation in apprenticeships in the health sector (174) and accounting sector (175), and a 2014 update to the study into apprenticeships progression to higher education (176).

25. 2 May 2014

    Research paper #166, 'Higher and further education and skills: review of value added' now published.

26. 2 May 2014

    Added 'International Festival for Business: developing a monitoring and evaluation framework'

27. 1 May 2014

    Research paper 166: 'Higher education, further education and skills interventions: methodological issues in estimating value for money' published.

28. 11 April 2014

    Added: 24+ Advanced Learning Loans: tracking the impact

29. 10 March 2014

    Added papers #167: Learning from Futuretrack: studying and living at home, and #168: Learning from Futuretrack: drop out from higher education.

30. 4 March 2014

    'Apprenticeships evaluation: employer' and 'Apprenticeships evaluation: learners' amended with supplementary reports containing London data.

31. 3 March 2014

    'Apprenticeships: employer influence' added

32. 27 February 2014

    Added Community Learning Trust pilot: evaluation.

33. 30 January 2014

    Understanding localised policy interventions: start-up loans in England’s south-west added.

34. 9 December 2013

    Understanding localised policy interventions in business support and skills added.

35. 7 December 2013

    Research paper 157 Evaluation of Apprenticeship Grant for Employers (AGE) Programme added. Research paper 158 Demand for mentoring among small and medium-sized enterprises added.

36. 29 November 2013

    English business survey: exploratory analysis added.

37. 29 November 2013

    Research Paper 155: Customer journeys in business support services added.

38. 14 November 2013

    Four new reports published about prior qualifications of adults in further education and skills training.

39. 7 November 2013

    BIS reserach paper 152 - 'National Careers Service satisfaction and progression surveys annual report: April 2012 to March 2013 fieldwork' added.

40. 5 November 2013

    BIS research paper 120 added: Investigating the accuracy of predicted A level grades as part of the 2010 UCAS admission process.

41. 17 October 2013

    First published.