Research at UKCES
A list of all research evidence reports published by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES).
Reports 1 to 10
1 Skills for the Workplace: Employers Perspectives
3 Employee Demand for Skills: A Review of Evidence & Policy and Executive Summary
4 High Performance Working: A Synthesis of Key Literature and Executive Summary
5 High Performance Working: Developing a Survey Tool and Executive Summary
6 Review of Employer Collective Measures: A Conceptual Review from a Public Policy Perspective and Executive Summary
7 Review of Employer Collective Measures: Empirical Review and Executive Summary
8 Review of Employer Collective Measures: Policy Review and Executive Summary
9 Review of Employer Collective Measures: Policy Prioritisation and Executive Summary
10 Review of Employer Collective Measures: Final Report and Executive Summary
Reports 11 to 20
11 The Economic Value of Intermediate Vocational Education and Qualifications
12 UK Employment and Skills Almanac 2009
13 National Employer Skills Survey for England 2009: Key findings report
14 Strategic Skills Needs in the Bio-medical Sector
15 Strategic Skills Needs in the Financial Services Sector
16 Strategic Skills Needs in the Low Carbon Energy Generation Sector
17 Horizon Scanning and Scenario Building: Scenarios for Skills 2020 and Executive Summary
18 High Performance Working: A Policy Review and Executive Summary
19 High Performance Working: Employer Case Studies
20 A Theoretical Review of Skill Shortages and Skill Needs
Reports 21 to 30
21 High Performance Working: Case Studies Analytical Report and Executive Summary
22 The Value of Skills: An Evidence Review
23 National Employer Skills Survey for England 2009: Main report
24 Perspectives and Performance of Investors in People: A Literature Review
25 Employer Perspectives Survey 2010
26 UK Employment and Skills Almanac 2010
27 Exploring employer behaviour in relation to Investors in People and Executive Summary
28 Investors in People research on the New Choices Approach and Executive Summary
29 Defining and Measuring Training Activity
30 Product strategies, skills shortages and skills updating needs
Reports 31 to 40
31 Skills for self employment and Executive Summary
32 The impact of student and migrant employment on opportunities for low skilled people and Executive Summary
33 Rebalancing the economy sectorally and spatially: An evidence review and Executive Summary
34 Maximising employment and skills in the offshore wind supply chain and Executive Summary
35 The role of career adaptability in skills supply
36 Higher education: outcomes for part-time students and Executive Summary
37 International approaches to high performance working and Executive Summary
38 Unemployment to employment: the role of skills and Executive Summary
39 UK productivity: the importance of ‘intangible’ assets
40 Occupational regulation: a review and Executive Summary
Reports 41 to 50
42 Skills systems and apprenticeships: international approaches and Executive Summary
43 Developing people in low skilled jobs
44 Occupational skills profiles: feasibility study
45 UK Commission’s Employer Skills Survey 2011: UK Results
46 Employer Skills Survey 2011: England results
47 Understanding training levies
48 Manufacturing sector: skills insights
49 Digital and creative sector: skills insights
50 Construction sector: skills insights
Reports 51 to 60
51 Energy sector: skills insights
52 Health and social care: sector skills insights
53 Retail sector: skills insights
54 Evaluation of Investors in People: Year 1
55 Sector Skills Insights : Tourism
56 Professional and business services sector: skills insights
57 Education sector: skills insights
58 Investors in People Evaluation Employer Case Studies: Year 1
59 Best market solutions: initial formative evaluation
60 Employer Skills Survey 2011: Northern Ireland results
Reports 61 to 70
61 UK Skills levels and international competitiveness
62 Employer Skills Survey 2011: Wales results
63 UK Commission’s Employer Skills Survey 2011: Technical Report
64 Employer Perspectives Survey 2012
65 Employer Skills Survey 2011: Scotland results
66 Employer networks and their role in developing employees’ skills
67 Understanding occupational regulation
68 Evaluation of Investors in People: Year 2
69 Employer Investment Fund phase 1: qualitative evaluation
70 Investors in People Evaluation Employer Case Studies: Year 2
Reports 71 to 80
71 High Performance Working in the Employer Skills Surveys
72 Training during the 2008-2009 recession
73 Technology and skills in the digital industries
74 Technology and skills in the construction industry
75 Jobs, training and skills: urban and rural differences
76 Technology and skills in the aerospace and automotive industries
77 High-level STEM skills: supply and demand
78 Qualitative evaluation of UKCES investment funds
79 Standards and frameworks: qualitative evaluation
80 Forecasting the benefits of UKCES investments
Reports 81 to 90
81 UK Commission’s Employer Skills Survey 2013
82 UK Commission’s Employer Skills Survey 2013: Technical Report
84 The future of work: jobs and skills in 2030
85 UK skills levels: international comparisons and competitiveness
86 Understanding skills and performance challenges in the logistics sector
87 Understanding skills and performance challenges in the wholesale and retail sector
88 UK Commission’s Employer Perspectives Survey
89 Careers of the Future Background Report
90 Sector insights: skills and performance challenges in the energy sector
Reports 91 to 101
91 Sector insights: skills and performance challenges in the health and social care sector
92 Sector insights: skills and performance challenges in the digital and creative sector
93 Sector insights: skills and performance challenges in the advanced manufacturing sector
94 High level STEM skills requirements in the UK labour market
95 Sector insights: skills and performance challenges in the retail sector
96 UK skills levels and international competitiveness 2014
97 UKCES Employer Skills Survey 2015: UK results
98 UKCES Employer Skills Survey 2015: Technical report
99 UKCES Employer Skills Survey 2015: Investment in Training survey technical report
100 Working Futures: 2014-2024
101 Evaluation of the UK Futures Programme: conclusions and guidance