March 2010
Reports
Better off working? Work, poverty and benefit cycling
This report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation that looks at how families move in and out of poverty, unemployment and low pay. Government policy dictates that paid work is the best way out of poverty caused by unemployment or low paid work. However, these works are most likely to be in temporary or dead-end jobs with few benefits and very little opportunity for further training either in or out of the workplace.
Another report of interest from this research is Employers' role in the low-pay/no-pay cycle. This report looks at how employers organise jobs and the effect that this has on pay, career progression and job security. The case studies are used to show how employers can improve this situation at low or even no cost to themselves.
Recognising Achievement Literature Review and Model for Managing Recognition Processes
This literature was carried out as an ‘evaluation of a series of twelve Collaborative Enquiry Projects into Recognition of Achievement being undertaken as part of Curriculum for Excellence. The evaluation was intended to identify and report on effective practice in providing opportunities for achievements of all kinds and in helping young people gain recognition for them'. Also view a summary of this review.
National Evaluation of the Recognising Achievement Collaborative Enquiry Projects
For three decades, Scottish and UK initiatives have recognised and encouraged the learning that occurs outwith the formal school curriculum. Seven principles for recognising achievement were established by the Scottish Government in 2007 after a series of stakeholder consultations. Following on from this, the Collaborative Enquiry Projects (CEPs) were set up in 12 local authorities to investigate and pilot different approaches to recognising achievement over the 2008-09 academic year. This report outlines the findings of the project. View a summary of the report.
There are two papers prepared for the Scottish Parliament on widening access to HEIs:
There is also a statistics paper available Participation in higher education: Statistics and a briefing paper that summarises Curriculum for Excellence.
Towards ambition 2020: skills, jobs, growth for Scotland
This report from the UK Commission for Employment and Skills is UKCES's advice to Scotland and the Scottish Government on how to ensure that Scotland becomes world class in skills. This might be achieved by changing the focus on the kind of manufacturing that is done and the type of skills that workers gain. The report lays out 9 strategic proposals that could be used to achieve this.
Events
Digital Methods in Engaging Children and Young People
13 and 14 May 2010, Edinburgh University
Holyrood Conference: Apprenticeship Summit 2010
20 May 2010, Edinburgh tba
Suzanne Ebel
Tel: 01786 892017
Email Suzanne Ebel
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