Skills & Learning
Intelligence Module
Intelligence Module
Most of the reports listed below can be downloaded from www.swslim.org.uk/research/slim_reports.asp.
Level 3 Skills: Challenge for the South West (April 2007)
This report has been prepared by SLIM on behalf of the South West RSP to enable them to meet this commitment and assess the nature and scale of Level 3 priorities in the region.
The report is presented in three parts. Part 1 looks at how Level 3 skills are defined, examines the key issues and the policy response. Part 2 looks at the demand and supply of Level 3 skills in the region and at future trends. It also includes a priority sector model developed by SLIM and more qualitative sector information. In Part 3, we put forward a range of recommendations for action, including those aimed at government. An executive summary is also available.
Young People: Employment Without Training (October 2005)
The report presents the findings of SLIM's Learning Theme which explored the issues that lead young people to enter employment without training. The Learning Theme considered the issues and barriers faced by young people, by employers and by those working to support young people make more effective choices. An executive summary is also available.
Age and Employability (April 2005)
SLIM's Learning
Theme on Age and Employability looked at
labour market factors affecting the employment
prospects of those over 50, with a focus
on initiatives to improve access to, or enhancements
in, work for this diverse age group. The final
report and executive
summary are available to download.
Improving the training and development
opportunities for graduates in the south west (November 2004)
The final
report highlights the findings from this
Theme which explored the range of ways that
agencies and employers in the region can
improve the recruitment, retention and utilisation
of graduates. The report is
available to download.
Tutor training: building capacity in Skills
for Life (October 2004)
An executive
summary and the final
report on this Learning Theme are available
to download. The report sets out findings
and recommendations on the Theme which took
place to debate and explore a broad range
of issues for staff development and tutor
training in post-16 Skills for Life.
e-Learning - Widening participation in
the region (May 2004)
The Final
Report from SLIM's sixth
Learning Theme is now available. The
main report looks at the potential of innovative
technologies to widen participation in learning
in the South West. An executive
summary and a report on Good
Practice relevant to the Theme are also
available.
Flexible Training
Solutions (February 2004)
This is the Final
Report from SLIM's fifth
Learning Theme on Flexible Training Solutions
for Employers. It is the culmination of the Learning
Theme process and sets out a range of priorities
for action in the region as well as recommendations.
Improving Information,
Advice and Guidance in Adults in the South West
(Oct 2003)
This is the Final
Report from SLIM's fourth
Learning Theme. It presents key issues and
recommendations that emerged from the Theme aimed
at improving IAG services in the region. Some
of the recommendations indicate where regional
action would be appropriate but others relate
to the need for changes at national level.
Skills
and Learning: Improving Public Health (Feb 2003)
SLIM's third Learning
Theme has now finished but you can read more
on the Theme and find links to relevant publications
in the Themes section
of our website. The report from the Theme
is now available.
Craft
and Skilled Trades (July 2002)
This report completes
SLIM's second Learning Theme on 'Craft and
Skilled Trades'. The report discusses national
and regional issues affecting craft and skilled
trades; presents supporting evidence and
good practice gathered from discussions and
experience; and makes detailed recommendations
towards improving provision and practice
throughout the South West.
Basic
Skills in the Workplace (March 2002)
A 64-page report providing
the findings of SLIM's first Learning Theme. The
report sets out the case for workplace basic skills
provision, case studies of successful projects,
national and regional policy, key issues and recommendations
for agencies in the South West. Click here to
access the report on-line. A 4-page executive
summary is also available.
Healthy Labour
Market Review (June 2004)
Produced by the
Institute for Employment Studies for the
South West Regional Employment Forum, this
report presents the findings of an analysis
of the health of the South West labour market
on a range of labour market indicators.
Full report and Executive
Summary available.
Employment,
Learning and Skills in South West England (May 2004)
This report enables
a shared understanding of employment, learning
and skills issues in the region and develops
an awareness of what the RDA and LSCs need
to do in order to deliver their objectives
at a regional and local level.
Full
report and Executive
Summary available.
Moving Towards
Inclusion (March 2003)
This report updates
the South West TEC reports completed in 1998.
It seeks to examine how policy and strategy
has changed since the reports were last published
and provide an "overview" of the
multiple disadvantage experienced by many
residents in the region. The report can be
viewed online from the Moving
Towards Inclusion report page or a CD
with a hard copy of the summary is available
from SLIM.
Good
Practice Case Studies in Sector Skills Development (March 2002)
Produced to support
skills action planning in the South West
RDA priority sectors, this report provides
case studies of 75 sector support initiatives
from across the country. A typology of initiatives
is provided, along with analysis of common
features & lessons from good practice.
A 4-page executive summary is also available.
Methodology
for assessing the economic contribution of the voluntary sector in
the south west region (June 2002)
This study has
sought to place research of the voluntary
sector in a regional and national policy
context, with particular emphasis on the
initiatives and organisations involved in
delivering and widening learning, taking
account of the complexity of the relationships
and other developments that impact such a
study. Click here to
access the report online.
Skills
Issues in the South West CD-ROM (2002)
This electronic
report provides a picture of 'where we are
now' in skills development in the region.
Links to data-tables, web-sites and on-line
reports provide access to a wide range of
information. The report is
available online.
Reaching
Out Across the Region (Sept 2002)
An analysis of
European Social Fund Objective 3 funded projects
in the South West region. The full
report is available to download with
the appendices separately.
Labour
Market Review
Joint publication
with Jobcentre Plus and the Business & Economy
Module. Published twice a year. The bulletin
is also available on our web site from the News page. [currently unavailable]
Briefing
Papers
Summarising the
findings from SLIM's Learning Themes, Briefing
Papers provide research and data, policy
context, views from the region, analysis,
good practice and policy recommendations.
The briefs are also available on our web
site from the appropriate Theme from the Learning
Themes page.
SW Skills
Newsletter (formerly SLIM-lines)
A fortnightly newsletter
keeping you abreast of the latest research
and reports on skills and learning in the
South West. Received via email, it provides
electronic links for readers who need detailed
information. The newsletter is also available
on our web site from the News page.
SLIM
Workshops and Conferences
Details of workshops
and dissemination events run by SLIM.
SW Skills Newsletter
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