News

JobCentre Report

14 August 2008
A 'User Voice’ Study: Jobcentre Plus customers’ perspective on the Department for Work and Pensions and the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills' strategy for skills
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British holidays lead to new jobs on the coast

13 August 2008
A quarter of new jobs being created by hotel chain Travelodge in Britain’s seaside towns will go to long-term benefit claimants thanks to the company’s Local Employment Partnership (LEP) with Jobcentre Plus.
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Businesses still investing in future

12 August 2008
Declining business confidence and rising costs but nation's businesses still investing for the future
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South West Skills Newsletter

Volume 1 Number 4 - 06/08/2008

Volume 1 Number 3 - 25/07/2008

Volume 1 Number 2 - 08/07/2008

Volume 1 Number 1 - 24/06/2008

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.


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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?

SLIM-Lines Newsletter

Volume 14 Number 4
Volume 14 Number 3
Volume 14 Number 2
Volume 14 Number 1
Volume 13 Number 12
Volume 13 Number 11
Volume 13 Number 10
Volume 13 Number 9
Volume 13 Number 8
Volume 13 Number 7
Volume 13 Number 6
Volume 13 Number 5
Volume 13 Number 4
Volume 13 Number 3
Volume 13 Number 2
Volume 13 Number 1
Volume 12 Number 12

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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.