This research, conducted for BIS, explains the wider macroeconomic benefits of a more highly-educated workforce. Higher education (HE) significantly contributes to long-run productivity and economic growth.

There is a body of evidence that shows that early education improves cognitive and social development for children while they are still attending, but the longer-term impacts depend on the quality of early education. Much of this evidence in England relates to a period when attendance rates at...

In response to the national strategy for improving adult literacy and numeracy skills, the Employment Service (now Jobcentre Plus) implemented a National Basic Skills Programme in April 2001. Under this programme Jobseekers who had been unemployed for at least six months or were entering New...

Presented at INDICSER workshop, Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels

The purpose of this report is to describe changes over time in the use of flexible employment and to examine the relationship between these changes and the National Minimum Wage (NMW). It also aims to consider how the use of flexible employment has changed during the recent economic downturn and...

This report is about the income, expenditure and debt of full time students in higher education (HE) and further education (FE) in Scotland in 2004/05. It is based on research, commissioned by the Scottish Executive, conducted by Professor Claire Callender of London South Bank University, the...

For the appendix tables please click here: Quality Outcomes and Costs Annex Tables