News

Rural diploma boost

01 July 2008
£23 million boost to rural plans to support the diploma announced
More on this story >>

Four million benefitting from Skills Pledge

30 June 2008
Skills Minister David Lammy today congratulated Transport for London (TfL) for pushing the number of employees now covered by the Skills Pledge, a key Government initiative to boost the nation's skills, to over four million.
More on this story >>

£300m council cash boost for local business growth

27 June 2008
Local Government Minister John Healey today confirmed that 371 councils will share almost £300million as a reward for successfully promoting economic growth in their areas.
More on this story >>

Newsletter (SLIM-Lines)

Volume 14 Number 4 -
South West Community Funding
Impact Analysis: ESF Objective One Programme
Workplace Literacy Language and Numeracy Evaluation Toolkit
UK ensures right to work overtime can continue

Volume 14 Number 3 -
- Roll out of 750 new European Social Fund Projects
- Fall in number of adults 'who learn' in the South West
- 4,000 Sign up to Cabot Circus Jobs - Launch of Ofqual


Volume 14 Number 2 -
The world's most effective leaders all have a high degree of emotional intelligence (EQ) - Floodgates or turnstiles? Post-EU enlargement migration flows to (and from) the UK - CBI/EDEXEL Skills Survey out - More pupils than ever considering University

Volume 14 Number 1 -
- South West Regional accounts 2008 - LSPs: governance benchmark and health check - LAAs latest - State of the South West 2008 - the definitive guide for regional intelligence

Volume 13 Number 12 -
- SLIM-Comment: Prosperous Places - House of Lords' Report: "The Economic Impact of Immigration" - A strategy for 14-19 qualifications - RDPE Tendering Opportunities

Bulletin

Labour Market Review 2007 - 01 August 2007
- Lifting Children out of Porverty. 2–7 Reducing Child Poverty 8–18 Skills, Learning and the Labour Market 8–13 Labour Market Commentary 14–18 Skills & Learning Article

The Level 3 Review - 05 September 2006
Introduces the Learning Theme on the Level 3 Review.

Migrant Workers - 11 January 2006
Bulletin introducing SLIM's Learning Theme on migrant workers in the region.

SLIM Bulletin - September 2005 - 15 September 2005
Introducing SLIM's Learning Theme on the Regional Implementation of National Sector Skills Agreements. Describes the function of SSAs, tracks their development and speculates on what this might mean for the skills partners in the region.

SLIM Bulletin - June 2005 - 01 June 2005
Bulletin introducing SLIM's Learning Theme on "Young People: Employment without training". Highlights research on the topic and includes an interview with Andrew Williams, Chief Executive of Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole Connexions.

SLIM Comment

Labour Market Review

Winter 2006/07
Includes: Overview of the Reducing Re-offending Partnership South West (RRPSW); Pathway Sub-groups; Offender Learning and Skills Service; European Social Funding Support to Reduce Re-offending; HM Prison Bristol; and labour market data.
Summer 2006
Includes: The European Year of Wokers' Mobility; EURES; facts and stats on the labour market in the south west; an article on skills and learning including qualifications figures.
Winter 2005
Plugging the Literacy and Numeracy Gap; the National Employer Training Programme; Leadership South West; the latest employment, skills and learning related data; skills and learning in schools and higher ed; and the graduate labour market.
Summer 2005
This edition features an article on the Third Age Employment Network - TAEN; diversity in employment; and does the labour market present a demographic time bomb or untapped opportunity?

Hosted External Publications

Bournemouth, Dorset & Poole Partnership
The Economic Intelligence Subgroup of the BDPP produce a tri-annual publication "The Lowdown" presenting key socio-economic intelligence for the region.

Devon & Cornwall LSC
The Devon & Cornwall Learning and Skills Council is one of 47 regional arms responsible for the efficient planning and funding of post-16 learning. Their Research Brief provides a useful summary of reports received in the previous month.

Somerset LSC
The Somerset Learning and Skills Council is one of 47 regional arms responsible for the efficient planning and funding of post-16 learning. Their Library Bulletin provides a useful summary of reports received in previous weeks.