Archive of SLIM Comments

There are 49 SLIM-Comments - click on the title to view content.

06/12/2011 - Edition 49
SLIM policy briefing on New Challenges, New Chances - Further Education and Skills.

30/11/2011 - Edition 48
SLIM reponse to Autumn Forecast Statement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne MP

29/11/2011 - Edition 47
SLIM-Comment on the New Youth Contract announcements from Government.

16/05/2011 - Edition 46
SLIM-Comment Briefing on the recent Government Response to the Wolf Review.

13/05/2011 - Edition 45
Briefing on the recent Supporting Youth Employment overview of policies, produced by Government this week.

25/03/2011 - Edition 44
In this SLIM Comment we review what the Budget has to say about skills and employment and review the emerging reactions to the announcements.

09/03/2011 - Edition 43
Vocational education for 14-19 year olds should serve the purpose of creating and maintaining opportunities for all young people

26/11/2010 - Edition 42
SLIM Comment on the Schools White Paper of November 2010 - The Importance of Teaching

18/11/2010 - Edition 41
SLIM-Comment on the Skills White Paper of November 2010 Skills for Sustainable Growth

01/11/2010 - Edition 40
Local growth: realising every place’s potential

21/10/2010 - Edition 39
SLIM-Comment on the Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) - 2010

25/06/2010 - Edition 38
Emergency Budget 2010

21/05/2010 - Edition 37
New Government Plan - discusses the vital document from the Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition Government - The Coalition: our programme for government.

29/03/2010 - Edition 36
Budget and National Skills Audit

17/12/2009 - Edition 35
Here is the SLIM-Comment on the NEW WHITE PAPER: Building Britain's Recovery: Achieving full Employment

13/11/2009 - Edition 34
Skills for Growth: a national strategy for economic growth and individual prosperity

11/11/2009 - Edition 33
Higher Ambitions: The future of universities in a knowledge economy

11/11/2009 - Edition 32
New Careers Education Strategy

16/10/2009 - Edition 31
The general election is now only months away and the three main parties have been setting out their stalls on a host of issues around skills, employment and the labour market.

02/07/2009 - Edition 30
This latest edition casts its eye at the recent Government Report – Building Britain’s Future.

29/04/2009 - Edition 29
Examines the April 2009 recession budget.

03/04/2009 - Edition 28
The Apprenticeships, Skills, Children & Learning Bill 2009

04/12/2008 - Edition 27
Sub National Review – the Government response

03/12/2008 - Edition 26
Tackling Worklessness and the Role of Local Authorities

03/12/2008 - Edition 25
Training and business survival during recession

25/11/2008 - Edition 24
The LSC Grant Letter and consequent Statement of Priorities.

24/11/2008 - Edition 23
Skills and Employment issues arising from yesterday’s Pre-Budget Report.

13/10/2008 - Edition 22
Prime Minister to establish National Economic Council to provide a new approach to coordinating economic policies. Plus: the New Regional Economic Council.

26/09/2008 - Edition 21
European Court of Justice rejects the first major challenge to the right of employers to make people retire at 65

15/09/2008 - Edition 20
Migrant Workers

09/04/2008 - Edition 19
Prosperous Places; taking forward the Review of Sub-national Economic Development and Regeneration…

20/03/2008 - Edition 18
Raising Expectations: Machinery of Government and Sub-National Review make an impact

14/12/2007 - Edition 17
The new DWP and DIUS Report - 'Opportunity, Employment and Progression: making skills work'

10/10/2007 - Edition 16
More money for Education More emphasis on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) But no-one seems to be happy…

19/07/2007 - Edition 15
Skills accounts; Adults career service, and Real power for employers (and virtually no strings attached)

29/06/2007 - Edition 14
Brown's New Cabinet - DfES and DTI are split; New Minister for the South West; … and… "Darling – why don't you take over"

26/03/2007 - Edition 13
The Budget; and the Green Paper "Raising Expectations: Staying on in education and training post 16"

07/12/2006 - Edition 12
The Leitch Review and Pre-Budget Report

11/07/2006 - Edition 11
The Welfare Reform Bill

29/03/2006 - Edition 10
Learner-led; Employer-led; And Demand-led* (*Well DfES' anyway…)

24/03/2006 - Edition 9
New 'New Deal'; Waiting for Leitch, … and the customary surprise for DfES

08/12/2005 - Edition 8
Strong Economy High Employment, … but a Lack of Ambition

01/12/2005 - Edition 7
A New Pension Settlement for the 21st Century: The Second Report of the Pensions Commission - Mr Turner's Report; Mr Blair's Challenge; and Mr Brown's waste paper basket

18/11/2005 - Edition 6
The Foster Review

13/09/2005 - Edition 5
Regional Skills Partnerships – progress to date &
Challenges facing the regions in a new global economy

13/05/2005 - Edition 4
Labour's plans for the Skills and Education sector - Looking forwards not back
The REAL Alternative; and Are you thinking what we're thinking?

24/03/2005 - Edition 3
Gordon's Pre-Election Giveaway!
Yet another Skills White Paper

23/12/2004 - Edition 2
Gordon's Report, A Tonic for Employers, and Some strangely magnetic balls

01/11/2004 - Edition 1
Mr Tomlinson's report and the Pensions Crisis

03/02/2012 - CIPD: US unemployment drops below UK rate

02/02/2012 - Hayes launches independent review of professionalism in the FE and skills sector

02/02/2012 - The Dorset LEP - Making Dorset A Beautiful Place To Do Business

02/02/2012 - Skills Funding Agency response to NAO report on apprenticeships

01/02/2012 - BIS response to NAO report on Apprenticeships

31/01/2012 - Statistics confirm substantial growth in apprenticeship starts and completions

30/01/2012 - Poorest communities feel brunt of spending cuts