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Apprenticeship and automotive skills: the UK, Germany and Spain compared

CVER's Hilary Steedman and colleagues have been looking at training in one area of the automotive sector Car Service is central to the supply chain of the wider automotive sector, identified as a leading performer in t...Read more...

CVER Research Paper

Building apprentices’ skills in the workplace: Car Service in Germany, the UK and Spain

This paper analyses how employers in three countries, Germany, the UK and Spain experience and view apprenticeship. The focus is a single occupation – Vehicle Maintenance and Repair (Car Service) based on case studies an...Read more...

Submission to a parliamentary inquiry and government consultation

Response to the House of Lords Select Committee on Social Mobility - Call for Evidence on "Transitions from School to Work"

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CEP policy analysis

Apprenticeship Policy in England: Increasing Skills versus Boosting Young People's Job Prospects

Successive British governments have committed substantial public resources to apprentice training, but far too few young people benefit and not enough high value skills have been developed. That is the central conclusion...Read more...

CentrePiece article

Young people without qualifications: how 'headline numbers' shape policy and aspiration

England's most widely used indicator of young people's education and labour market status is the NEET category - 'not in education, employment or training'. Making comparisons with how France and Germany measure school l...Read more...

CentrePiece article

In brief... The state of apprenticeships

Hilary Steedman finds that the provision of apprenticeships in the UK lags behind other countries...Read more...

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LSE British Politics and Policy:

To avoid creating a ‘lost generation’, with perhaps a fifth of all 18 year olds unemployed and outside training, a new push on apprenticeships would help

With record numbers of young people not gaining university places, the viability of apprenticeships could make a huge difference in preventing a ‘lost generation’ out of touch with the labour market. Dr Hilary Steedman o...Read more...

CEP report

The State of Apprenticeship in 2010: International Comparisons - Australia, Austria, England, France, Germany, Ireland, Sweden, Switzerland. A Report for the Apprenticeship Ambassadors Network.

Forward by Sir Roy Gardner (Chairman, Compass Group plc; Chairman, Apprenticeship Ambassadors Network) August 2010: I am pleased to commend this report, commissioned by the Apprenticeship Ambassadors Network, of which I ...Read more...

CentrePiece article

Skills for all

CEP's Skills for All research programme has been looking at the life choices and life chances of the many young people in the UK who do not go to university. Hilary Steedman summarises the key findings and what they mean...Read more...

CEP discussion paper

Apprenticeship in Europe: 'Fading' or Flourishing?

This paper sets out the extent and defining characteristics of apprenticeship in Europe. Apprenticeship is then situated within the wider context of European provision for education and training of 16-19 year olds and a ...Read more...

CEP discussion paper

Disengagement 14-16: Context and Evidence

This paper presents an overview of our current state of knowledge regarding poor motivation of 14-16 year old school pupils in the UK. A number of experts in the field from a variety of disciplines presented papers on th...Read more...

CentrePiece article

Meeting the ICT challenge

Like the UK, Germany is facing educational challenges over information technology. Hilary Steedman, Karin Wagner and Jim Foreman look at the two countries' contrasting responses....Read more...

CentrePiece article

Clearing the jungle

Hilary Steedman and John West present a manifesto to raise vocational education in Britain to the reputation that it enjoys in other European countries....Read more...

CEP discussion paper

The Impact on Firms of ICT Skill-Supply Strategies: An Anglo-German Comparison

This paper compares the supply of specialist ICT skills in Britain and Germany from higher education and from apprenticeship and assesses the relative impact on companies in the two countries. In contrast to Britain, whe...Read more...

CEP occasional paper

Finding our way: vocational education in England

Charles Clarke has recently described England as having 'a weak offer for those who want a vocational orientation to their studies.' This discussion paper analyzes the weaknesses of vocational education in this country a...Read more...

CentrePiece article

Are we being serious about apprenticeship?

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CEP discussion paper

Benchmarking Apprenticeship: UK and Continental Europe Compared

This paper reviews the main characteristics of the provision, organization and financing of appprenticeship in a number of leading European countries - Austria, Denmark, France, Germany and the Netherlands. These are com...Read more...

CEP discussion paper

Looking into the Qualifications 'Black Box': What can International Surveys Tell Us About Basic Competence?

This paper investigates the usefulness of the International Standard Classification of Education (henceforth ISCED) in cross-national comparisons within the EU. The paper first assesses the extent to which the <ISCED 3 g...Read more...

CEP report

Apprenticeship: A Strategy For Growth

Referring to issues raised by recent reforms and future expansion of apprenticeship, this report reveals the consequences serious skills shortages have on the economy as a whole. It calls for radical improvements to the ...Read more...

CEP discussion paper

Growing Skills in Europe: the Changing Skill Profiles of France, Germany, Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden and the UK

This paper uses Labour Force and other national survey data to examine stock levels and changes in the stock of skills (educational and vocational qualifications) of the population over the period 1985-1996 for six Europ...Read more...

CEP discussion paper

Basic Competence in Mathematics: Swedish and English 16 Year Olds

The transition to mass participation in post-16 education, which had occurred considerably earlier in other European countries, has finally taken place in England. However, high drop-out and failure rates persist, partic...Read more...

CentrePiece article

Tackling the skills gap: are we qualified?

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CEP discussion paper

GCSE Grades and GNVQ Outcomes: Results of a Pilot Study

This paper reports an investigation into the importance of basic skills in literacy and numeracy in the promotion of success on intermediate vocational courses at age 16+. Two measures of attainment in literacy and numer...Read more...

CEP discussion paper

Recent Trends in Engineering and Construction Skill Formation - UK and Germany Compared

Accurate accounting for annual flows of vocational qualifications by sector of economic activity has been greatly impeded by the data collection methods put in place since the setting up of the National Council for Vocat...Read more...

CEP report

Into The 21st Century: An Assessment Of British Skill Profiles And Prospects

In spite of progress in improving skills levels over the past decade, Britain still lags far behind many of its main competitors in key areas. Andy Green and Hilary Steedman report on the results of work carried out at t...Read more...

CEP report

Assessment, Qualifications And Standards: UK Compared To France, Germany, Singapore And The US

This Annex contains the technical work which underpins Into the 21st Century. It describes in detail the assessment procedures and qualifications offered in France, Germany, Singapore and USA compared to the UK....Read more...

CentrePiece article

The skills audit: who's winning the race?

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CEP discussion paper

Measuring the Quality of Educational Outputs: A Note

This paper contrasts the approach to the measurement of stocks of education that is adopted by growth economists on the one hand and governments wishing to improve economic performance through education on the other. It ...Read more...

CEP occasional paper

Lifelong learning

'The main proposals in this paper have a highly focussed aim: to prevent the continuation in Britain of an increasingly depressed group of under-skilled workers. The main intention is to ensure that all 16-19 year olds a...Read more...