Learning and Life Chances in Knowledge Economies and Societies (LLAKES)
Lead Research Organisation:
University College London
Department Name: Lifelong and Comparative Education
Abstract
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Publications
Alan Felstead (Author)
(2010)
Is training recession-proof? : emerging evidence from the current recession
Alison Fuller (Author)
(2012)
Can apprenticeships save the city? : the civic struggle to achieve social and economic goals
Alison Fuller (author)
(2010)
Crossing the public private line for social inclusion : pre-employment training in England
Alison Fuller (Author)
(2011)
Achieving economic improvement and social cohesion in city regions : the role of new forms of apprenticeships in England
Alison Fuller (Author)
(2012)
What's the point of adult apprenticeships?
in Adults learning
Alison Fuller (Author)
(2011)
Reconciling economic and social goals through apprenticeship? : the innovative case of an employer-driven initiative
Alison Fuller (author)
(2009)
Can apprenticeship be innovative? : reconceptualising the learning journey in the knowledge economy
Alison Fuller (Author)
(2011)
New forms of apprenticeships in England : achieving social and economic outcomes?
Alison Fuller (Speaker)
(2012)
Addressing social exclusion through workplace learning : a case of employer partnership in England
Andy Green (Author)
(2011)
Regimes of social cohesion : a comparative analysis
Andy Green (author)
(2009)
The recession, youth and education
Andy Green (Author)
(2010)
The entrepreneurial university in Europe
Andy Green (Author)
(2012)
Higher education and the crisis for youth
Andy Green (Author)
(2011)
The significance and comparative education research in an era of globalisation
in Journal of comparative education research
Andy Green (author)
(2009)
Different regimes of social cohesion? : examining the empirical evidence
Andy Green (Author)
(2012)
Lifelong learning in knowledge economies and societies
Andy Green (Author)
(2011)
Modelling the relationship between skills inequality and income inequality
Andy Green (Speaker)
(2011)
Higher education and the crisis for European youth
Andy Green (Speaker)
(2012)
Nordic exceptionalism : the evidence in economic and social spheres
Ann Lahiff (Author)
(2011)
'If my mum could see me now' : reflections of media production apprentices
| Description | We provide examples of key research findings from three of the thirteen funded projects. Project 1.2: Analysis of Macro-Social Data on Educational Inequality, Income Inequality, Social Cohesion and Competitiveness (Led by: Germ Janmaat and Andy Green with Christine Han) The aim of this project was to analyse the relationships between educational inequality, income inequality, social cohesion and economic competitiveness, controlling for labour market and welfare system effects. The research identified distinctive 'regimes' of social cohesion in 'liberal', 'social market', 'social democratic' and, to a lesser extent, East Asian groups of countries. Whereas social cohesion in the social democratic and social market states has been strongly institutionally embedded and associated with widely shared sets of values, in the UK, the US, and other liberal states, it has relied more on active civil society and core beliefs in individual freedoms and opportunities and rewards based on merit. Increasing inequality and declining mobility is eroding these core beliefs and causing social and political trust to atrophy (Green, A. and Janmaat, J-G (2011) Regimes of Social Cohesion: Societies and the Crisis of Globalisation. Palgrave). Analysis of the long term trends in measures of trust show the steepest declines since 1959 in the UK and the US. Levels of support for democracy and gradual reform amongst lower income groups were lower in liberal countries than in other groups of countries. The gap in levels of support for democracy among lower and higher income groups was stable in other groups of countries, but growing within the liberal group. In a context of diminishing job opportunities, particularly for young people, relatively high levels of inequality in education may exacerbate the long-term trend away from the core beliefs that underpin social cohesion in the UK. Phase One Project 1.4 on 'School Ethnic Mix and Social Attitudes' (led by Janmaat) analysed whether the degree of comprehensivisation (mixed ability classes rather than grouping by ability) effects social and ethnic segregation and disparities of civic competences, and whether systems with high levels of segregation would have lower levels of tolerance, trust and participation. The project made use of survey data from the IEA Civic Education Study and the Citizenship Education Longitudinal Study to analyse these relationships both cross-nationally and nationally for England. It produced a range of outputs (including: Janmaat, J.G. (2014). 'Do Ethnically Mixed Classrooms Promote Inclusive Attitudes Towards Immigrants Everywhere? A Study Among Native Adolescents in 14 Western Countries', European Sociological Review, Vol. 30, No 6). The project led to a number of important findings: • Grouping by ability is associated with more social segregation across classrooms but not with more ethnic segregation; • Grouping by ability leads to greater disparities of civic knowledge and skills but is not associated with disparities of civic attitudes and participation; • In countries practicing grouping by ability the peer effect of classroom social composition on civic knowledge and skills is higher than in more comprehensive systems; • In Germany and Sweden native majority children are more tolerant the more ethnically diverse their classrooms are. In England, however, there is no relation between classroom diversity and ethnic tolerance and a negative relation between the average civic competence of ethnic minority children and the ethnic tolerance of their white classmates. In other words, the more competent ethnic minority children are, the less tolerant their white classmates are. • Neither native majority nor minority children are more trusting in more diverse classrooms. In Germany the native majority children are even less trusting in more diverse classrooms. • In countries with comprehensive systems the social and ethnic disparities in student attitudes on tolerance and patriotism are much smaller. • Ethnically diverse classrooms foster the inclusive attitudes of native students towards immigrants, especially in contexts where there are more second- than first-generation immigrant children. Project 3.3 Sub-project 1: Returns to Lifelong Learning (Led by Martin Weale with Richard Dorsett and Silvia Lui) investigated the economic benefits conferred by life-long learning using the British Household Panel Survey in the United Kingdom and the Survey of Income and Living Conditions for other European countries. The research showed that there were statistically significant and substantial effects on earnings from life-long learning for both men and women with, not surprisingly, higher returns from upgrading than from learning with no upgrading. We found that a very important component of the overall return from life-long learning was its effect on employment probability and that this effect was particularly marked for those with low initial educational status because their employment rate is also low. It was also more marked for women than for men. Thus a twenty-five year old woman increases her hourly wage by only 6% as a result of life-long learning, but the effect on employment means that her total life-time earnings rise by 47%. For a man aged 25 the direct effect on the wage rate is once again only 6% but the total effect on life-time earnings is 16%. Statistical tests provided strong support for our modelling approach relative to the more traditional approach of analysing the effects of qualifications on wage dynamics by means of equations in first differences (i.e. on the assumption that everyone is a stayer). |
| Exploitation Route | LLAKES is already helping to shape policy, at local, national and international levels, and is influencing the general climate of opinion in a number of areas. Strand Two research on apprenticeships is informing policy at local and national level. Their work with Southampton City Council helped to shape the council's policy regarding pre-employment training in the retail sector and this has been written up as an ESRC case study of 'pathways to impact'. The team have also been advising national Government on training policy. In July, 2010, during the Comprehensive Spending Review, Fuller and Unwin were invited to submit a paper to BIS Ministers, David Willetts and John Hayes, to attend a meeting with Willetts and Vince Cable on the Skills Strategy, and with the BIS team at the Treasury. Unwin was also one of two academics invited to a seminar with the Chancellor of the Exchequer in August. Their ideas for using public sector procurement and local authority planning powers as levers for increasing apprenticeships are informing Catherine McKinnell MP's Private Member's Bill, and BIS have invited a proposal for funding to extend the research. More recently, Fuller and Unwin have given oral and written evidence on apprenticeships to the Education Select Committee's Inquiry into Post-16 Participation, the latter being published in full in the Committee's report. They also drew on their research for a critique of the Wolf Review of 14-19 Education, which was published in the Times Educational Supplement on March 18th 2011. Mason's work on the upskilling of older workers (Project 2.4) found evidence of a general decline in off-the-job training rates since the early 2000s, with employers' training plans being blown of course after the recession. As noted earlier, the results were presented at a Public Policy Seminar held at HM Treasury in 2009, at which Andy Green also presented a paper, and have also been fed into policy meetings at BIS and the UKCES. A subsequent Financial Times article (David Turner, March 30th 2010) was devoted entirely to the research. Strand Three research of education-employment transitions has also reached the attention of policy-makers. Schoon's work was presented to the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit (PMSU) and DCSF, who requested advice and engagement in their steering group meetings. An email from a user in the PMSU said: 'The project has contributed to a better understanding of youth transitions in a changing socio-historical context, and has been instrumental in rethinking current policy conceptions about the transition to adulthood'. At the international level, Strand One research has also had potential influence. Andy Green and Francis Green advised OECD on the development of their Horizontal Skills Strategy and this, and Francis Green's involvement on its advisory committee for the PIAAC Survey, may help to shape OECD policy initiatives in adult training. Hoskins' inputs to discussions have also influenced the development of the OECD's forthcoming publication on the learning of civil and social engagement. Green, Hoskins Mostafa, Unwin and Guile provided numerous advice notes to NESSE which informs the European Commission Directorate General Education and Culture's (DG EAC) initiative on education and social inclusion. Our responses were used by Angelos Agalianos (DG EAC, Unit A1) and Oyvind Bjerkestrand (DG-EAC Unit A4) in planning their future activities, in particular in the area of monitoring the 'Education and Training 2010 Work Programme'. Mr Agalianos stated that: 'The feedback we received from colleagues in Unit A4...is very positive. Colleagues found the reply very useful in several ways, especially for the selection of the various topics to be addressed at the conference and for their grouping'. LLAKES can also claim to be influencing the general climate of opinion in several areas. Susanne Wiborg's research on 'Free Schools in Sweden and the UK' (Research Paper 18: Briefing Paper for the National Governors' Association, July 2010) has been widely cited in policy reports and in the media and has led to numerous invited lectures to policy audiences. She gave invited talks to two events organised by Inside Government and another at a Westminster Forum seminar. Her work is cited in articles in a wide range of national newspapers including: The Guardian, TES-Connect, Prospect Magazine, The Daily Telegraph, EdConnect, and Spectator, as well as online in LocalGov.co.uk and BBC News Online. Her research findings are also discussed in various policy reports from NASUWT, BECTA and by Derek Gillard in Forum. The research, which sheds light on some of the negative outcomes of Free School policies in Sweden, also highlighted subsequently by a Swedish Think Tank report, has arguably contributed to shaping the debate in England where Ministers no longer refer to Sweden as the provenance of their 'Free School' policy. Research on ability grouping in primary schools by Hallam and Parsons also generated a great deal of media coverage. Using data from the Millennium Cohort Study, Hallam and Parsons show that one-in-six UK children is allocated to a set or stream by the age of seven, a much higher rate than previously thought. The research was discussed in articles in The Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Independent and the Times Educational Supplement, as well as in numerous on-line bulletins. Hallam gave a total of three TV interviews and nine radio interviews, including on BBC Radio 4's Today and You and Yours programmes, the latter devoting 50 minutes to discussion of the research. As a result of the publicity the DfE got in touch with the authors who are now due to meet DfE officials to discuss their research and its findings. Janmaat's research on the impact of classroom ethnic diversity on levels of student tolerance has also received wide media coverage. The research was discussed in articles in The Daily Telegraph, Times Education Supplement, The Daily Mail and on the BBC Website. Janmaat was also interviewed for the BBC Radio's Dotun Adebayo Show. Green and Janmaat's research on education and social cohesion is also extensively cited in the Equality and Commission Human Rights Commission's report on 'Good Relations Measurement Framework' and in the Government Office for Science's Insight Report on 'Mental Capital and Wellbeing: Making the Most of Ourselves in the 21st Century'. An article on the trends in social and political trust was discussed in an article in the Evening Standard. LLAKES is conducting research in many areas which are relevant to policy and we are working hard to ensure that research findings are widely disseminated and brought to the attention of policy-makers who may be interested. Press releases are issued when research is published which is newsworthy. Where research has clear policy implications we also issue Policy Briefing Papers designed to give policy-makers rapid and easy access to findings. There are a number of areas of our research where we would seek to influence policy more and for which we have developed 'pathways to impact' strategies. In the case of the work on education, values and social cohesion, we have recently launched a synthesis Policy Briefing entitled 'Education, Opportunity and Social Cohesion', which brings together all our findings in this area in one six-page paper. The launch was well attended and copies of the briefing are being posted out to politicians, policy-makers, journalists and relevant academics. We intend to follow a similar strategy for the research on adult skills and training. |
| Sectors | Communities and Social Services/Policy,Education |
| URL | http://llakes.org |
| Description | Strand One Research focuses on Education and Social Cohesion. In March 2013 Strand One placed several substantial datasets in the public domain which will enhance the visibility of LLAKES and confirm its reputation as a centre engaging in data-driven cutting-edge research. One of these was a time series dataset containing national statistics on lifelong learning systems and their outcomes in OECD countries. This covered the period from 1960 up to the present and included: 1) administrative data on key socio-economic indicators and on inputs and properties of LLL systems and 2) aggregate survey data representing mean levels and distributions of skills, competences, attitudes and identities. We believe that the longitudinal and comprehensive character of the dataset will be very attractive for researchers interested in investigating relations between macro-level institutional characteristics and socio-economic outcomes both diachronically and synchronically. In May 2012 Janmaat was awarded a one year British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship (£50,690) allowing him to explore the effects of tracking and school ethnic and social composition on civic engagement using British longitudinal datasets. This research represents a follow-up and deepening of the Strand One projects on perceptions of inequality (Project 1.3) and school ethnic mix and social attitudes (Project 1.4). The planned output of the Fellowship is four articles in high impact factor journals. The BA-MCF and the Projects 1.3 and 1.4 feed into the Crisis for Contemporary Youth project of Theme One of LLAKES Phase Two. Strand Two Research included investigations into Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), Innovation and Learning. The work undertaken in Project 2.1 by Guile and James on the effects of the transition from Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) to Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) on SMEs in the Creative sector in Birmingham and by Unwin and James on regeneration and skills in Manchester provided the intellectual case to secure funding from the ESRC for an interdisciplinary research network (with Guile as the Principal Investigator) - the Knowledge-Dynamics, Innovation and Learning Network (KILN). The researchers, from seven countries (UK, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, Norway, and Sweden) cover the fields of economic geography, organisational studies and workplace learning. The network will explore two related issues: i) how the learning and skills of individuals are linked to collective learning by firms in different kinds of production-consumption networks; and ii) how learning and innovation takes place across geographical, organisational and professional boundaries. Guile and Unwin's work on workplace learning, skills and innovation was also featured in the ESRC's report, Re-igniting Growth. Strand One research on education, citizenship and social cohesion made a significant impact on the wider academic community. Green and Janmaat's book, Regimes of Social Cohesion: Societies and the Crisis of Globalization, inspired a report on social cohesion authored by the Framtidskommissionen (Commission on the Future) of the Swedish Government. It has further informed the work on social cohesion at the CEPS/Instead Research Centre in Luxembourg conducted by Paul Dickes and Monique Borsenberger. Andy Green gave invited lectures based on the book at Hong Kong University; National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan; Zhejiang University, China; Bergische Universität, Germany; the University of Latvia; the LLAKES Second International Conference at the Institute of Education and the ASEM Forum on Lifelong Learning, Copenhagen. Janmaat's research on classroom diversity and ethnic tolerance, as published in LLAKES Research Paper 4 and in the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies (2012, January issue), has also been taken up by oversees scholars. Janmaat was invited: to contribute a paper on this topic to a volume edited by Jaap Dronkers, a well-known Dutch educationalist and to present at the ESA mid-term sociology of education conference in Ghent in September 2012 and at a one-day conference on citizenship education in February 2013 at the University of Amsterdam. In May 2012 Hoskins completed her European Commission project on Participatory Citizenship in the European Union. Three separate reports (the Contextual, the Analytic and the Good Practice Report) mapped the theory, policy, practices and levels of civic and political engagement across Europe. A special event, organised by the University of Southampton, was held at the Houses of Parliament in December 2012 to present the project and disseminate its findings. Several members of parliament participated in this event. Strand Three research on young people's transitions had had significant scientific impact. Evans and Field were commissioned to edit a Special Issue of the British Journal of Educational Sociology which brought together chapters based on research in all three strands of LLAKES Phase One and took forward the synthesising of their research findings. The invitation to produce this volume was indicative of recognition and growing scientific profile of LLAKES research. Project 3.2's core membership of the European Employee-Driven Innovation (EDI) network, sponsored by The Danish Strategic Research Council and supported by the Danish Trade Union Confederation, LO, has developed critical insights into innovation that are complementary to those of Strand Two and work on the health care sector forthcoming in Theme Two. These have been recently published in the Palgrave collection Employee-driven Innovation: A New Approach edited by Høyrup et al. (2012) and debated in the open-access Journal Lifelong Learning in Europe, with an invited international overview by Evans. The concept of Employee-Driven Innovation first featured in EU socio-economic research priorities in the call for the FP7 programme as a direct result of the EDI network's interventions. Schoon et al's findings from Project 3.1 on the role of school engagement and 'non-cognitive' skills' in promoting successful development and attainment have been taken up by Department for Education. Riley's research in Project 3.3 has been the subject of an INDICSER (Indicators for Evaluating International Performance in Service Sectors) Paper (Mahony, M. and Riley, R., 'Human Capital Spillovers: The Importance of Training', INDICSER Discussion Paper No. 23, December 2012.) Strand One research on pre-school education and care has influenced the current, very prominent, debate on policy in this area. Two LLAKES Research Papers (32 and 36), co-authored by Andy Green and Tarek Mostafa, have identified universal pre-school education and care (PSEC) as a clear 'win-win' policy in terms of its beneficial effects for both competitiveness and social cohesion. A simulation using Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) data showed that universalising PSEC would improve educational performance for all social groups with smaller inequalities in performance. The maximum reduction in skills inequalities at 15 occurred in the simulation by universalising attendance for the bottom six socio-economic deciles while maintaining current attendance levels of higher social groups. Analysis of actual time-series data for a range of countries shows that higher rates of PSEC attendance are also strongly associated with higher rates of female employment. The research has been picked up by the press with articles appearing in The Independent, Western World and Nursery World in December 2012, with numerous follow-up blogs. The authors were invited to present their findings to the relevant policy team at DFE and at a Fabian Society House of Commons seminar in January, 2013. The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has also invited LLAKES to advise them on their current report on PSEC. The Comparative Analysis of Early Childhood Cognitive Outcomes project in Theme Three of LLAKES Phase Two will build on this work, using longitudinal data for several countries and regions to compare how social gaps in cognitive achievement develop during the early years in different policy environments. Strand Two research on the role of apprenticeship in relation to city-region regeneration and sectoral development has had an impact on a range of non-academic stakeholders at local and national levels. Fuller and Rizvi's evaluation for the Southampton Skills Development Zone Board of a city-wide initiative to provide apprenticeships for unemployed and disadvantaged young people by public sector employers has contributed to a review of its strategic planning for future initiatives. Manchester City Council has asked Unwin to prepare further case studies of apprentices involved in its regeneration initiatives as part of a planned exhibition on new approaches to youth unemployment. As a result of the Southampton and Manchester studies, the London Borough of Camden has invited Unwin to advise on strategies to increase apprenticeships and make better use of planning and procurement levers. At a national level, Guile's study of media apprenticeships in the North West has led to an invitation to join Creative Skillset's new Research and Evaluation Committee and its Apprenticeship Advisory Group to help identify ways to introduce apprenticeship into hard-to-reach sub-sectors. Fuller, Guile and Unwin's research on the interconnections between apprenticeship forms of learning and skill formation at the intermediate level resulted in the Gatsby Foundation commissioning them to study the role of technicians and technical level work in the healthcare sector (reported in outputs). Gatsby has also commissioned Fuller and Unwin to do a scoping study on the relationship between apprenticeship and the concept of occupation. Fuller and Unwin have also been commissioned by the National Apprenticeship Service to produce a new version of their Guide to Creating and Managing Expansive Apprenticeships for Employers, Colleges and Training Providers to be launched at the Skills Show in October 2013. Their research was cited in the Richard Review of Apprenticeship (Department of Business, Innovation and Skills, 2012); they were consulted twice by Doug Richard and asked to give detailed feedback at the draft report stage. Findings from this research also contributed to Unwin's role as Chair of the Commission of Inquiry into the Role of Group Training Associations (which reported to government in September 2012) and as academic adviser to the Commission on Adult Vocational Teaching Learning (CAVTL) which reported to government in March 2013. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2009 |
| Sector | Communities and Social Services/Policy,Education |
| Impact Types | Societal,Economic |
| Description | Career readiness. How to prepare young people for an uncertain future |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in systematic reviews |
| Impact | The research changed thinking about career readiness and how to prepare young people for an uncertain future. What is required is a consideration of differences in the 'horizon of possibilities' perceived by different subgroups of young people, in particular gender differences and lack of knowledge about possible career and training opportunities |
| URL | https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/docserver/02a419de-en.pdf?expires=1647021203&id=id&accname=guest&check... |
| Description | Citation in the Augar Review |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/8051... |
| Description | Citation of research on student debt in Independent panel report to the Review of Post-18 Education and Funding (Augar Report) |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Impact | Our research highlighted the way in which student loans potentially deter access to higher education, especially amongst low income students. This evidence has contributed to a re-evaluation of financial support for low-income students, especially those wanting to pursue vocational pathways - and in particular the introduction of lifelong learning allowances which were recommended by the Augar Review.On 29 September 2020, the Prime Minister announced the government would introduce a flexible lifelong loan entitlement, as part of its lifetime skills guarantee and wider skills package. The commitment was confirmed in the government's much delayed 'interim conclusion' to Augar, and in the Further Education White Paper, published on 21 January 2021. |
| URL | https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/post-18-review-of-education-and-funding-independent-panel... |
| Description | How to support young people against the risk of becoming NEET? |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Impact | the presentation impacted on the thinking about how to support young people in avoiding NEET, taking into account rural variations and differences in competence development |
| URL | https://rnyobservatory.eu/web/lisbon-conference-2021-program/ |
| Description | UK Youth during the Covid-19 crisis |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Impact | The presentation via video recording provoked new insights and helped to stimulate new thinking and discussion. IIt also enabled the SDS Board and Directors to think more expansively and critically about the goals of our organisation. |
| Description | Academic Partner to Commission on Adult Vocational Teaching and Learning |
| Amount | £40,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Learning and Skills Improvement Service |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2012 |
| End | 05/2013 |
| Description | Active Citizenship in the European Union |
| Amount | € 274,996 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | 2010 - 4149 / 001 - 001 |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 05/2011 |
| End | 02/2012 |
| Description | Consultation on the development of an international conference on using international studies to provide an evidence base on education inequalities |
| Amount | € 2,400 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | 2006/4694/001-001 |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 01/2010 |
| End | 05/2010 |
| Description | Developing and Piloting an Employer Survey on Skills Needs in Europe 2010 Phase 1 |
| Amount | € 40,800 (EUR) |
| Organisation | European Union |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 12/2009 |
| End | 10/2010 |
| Description | Developing and Piloting an Employer Survey on Skills Needs in Europe 2010 Phase 2 |
| Amount | € 20,800 (EUR) |
| Organisation | European Union |
| Department | European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Greece |
| Start | 11/2010 |
| End | 03/2011 |
| Description | Developing and Piloting an Employer Survey on Skills Needs in Europe 2010 Phase 3 |
| Amount | € 58,500 (EUR) |
| Organisation | European Union |
| Department | European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Greece |
| Start | 04/2011 |
| End | 12/2011 |
| Description | ESRC Festival of Social Science, University of Stirling: "Learning, Inequality and Social Cohesion in Recession" |
| Amount | £2,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2010 |
| End | 03/2010 |
| Description | Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship for Kaspar Burger |
| Amount | € 150,000 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | 791804 - DetEdIn - Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships for Kaspar Burger |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 09/2019 |
| End | 09/2020 |
| Description | Modern Employability |
| Amount | € 4,200 (EUR) |
| Organisation | Bertelsmann Foundation |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | Germany |
| Start | 03/2010 |
| End | 04/2010 |
| Description | PATHWAYS to Adulthood |
| Amount | £694,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Jacobs Foundation |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Start | 10/2012 |
| End | 09/2016 |
| Description | Precarious workers in Singapore: how vocational learning and identities are constructed through non-permanent work in the Singaporean labour market |
| Amount | £12,528 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Institute of Adult Learning, Singapore |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | Singapore |
| Start | 09/2012 |
| End | 09/2014 |
| Description | Quality of work and employment in Europe: measurement, results and challenges |
| Amount | € 64,940 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | 0446 |
| Organisation | Eurofound |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Ireland |
| Start | 06/2011 |
| End | 03/2012 |
| Description | Skills and Employment Survey 2012 |
| Amount | £808,877 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2011 |
| End | 05/2014 |
| Description | The Social Benefits of VET for Social Groups and Communities |
| Amount | € 189,000 (EUR) |
| Organisation | European Union |
| Department | European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Greece |
| Start | 11/2008 |
| End | 01/2011 |
| Title | 2012 Skills and Employment Survey, second wave |
| Description | In 2014, a follow-up wave of interviews was conducted with a random, consenting sample of respondents to the 2012 Skills and Employment Survey. Interviews were mainly face to face interviews in the home, though a small proportion of interviews were conducted online. The achieved sample was 1108 cases. The anonymous data has been deposited for public non-commercial use with the UK Data Archive. It can be downloaded and used in conjunction with the 2012 wave data, as a two-wave panel. This panel forms a unique source of longitudinal data on skills utilisation and job quality for a substantial representative sample of workers in Britain. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Narrative Impact Report The Skills and Employment Survey 2012 is the sixth in a series of representative sample surveys of workers in Britain. This round of data collection has allowed us to chart the changing pattern of job quality and skills over a quarter of a century, with some new survey questions specifically designed to reveal the impact of the recession on working life. The results have had, and continue to have, demonstrable economic and societal impacts. This is evidenced in six ways: 1. Engagement with policy-makers, civil servants and representative bodies with an interest in enhancing the quality of working life. During the course of the project, 4 launch events have been held across Britain - 2 in London, and 1 in Cardiff and 1 in Glasgow. Taken together, these events attracted an audience of 330. Delegates mainly consisted of policy-makers, political representatives, trade union officials, professional bodies, lobbying organisations, training providers and employers. 2. The project findings have attracted considerable media interest which have helped to generate public debate about how the quality of working life might be improved and the worst effects of austerity mitigated. Notably this included a front page article in the Financial Times, as well as articles in The Guardian and the Daily Mail, and commentary on Radio Four's Today programme and live interviews on Radio Five Live, LBC and Radio Cymru. 3. The project team wrote, designed and produced a series of 8 short reports with the intention of communicating bite-sized policy-relevant research messages to policy-makers. These have proved an effective device. A total of 4,600 hard copy reports have been distributed and all were made available for download from the project web site. This approach has been complimented by the publication of 3 articles in policy-making/practitioner facing outlets. 4. The results have informed policy-making as evidenced by project citations. For example, the UKCES recent review of the skills landscape makes frequent use of the SES results and associated data, the NHS Pay Review Body's pay recommendations for 2014 cite project results and the Welsh Government's policy on skills also refers to findings from the project. More recently, the survey findings have been used to frame public policy debates as the political parties launch their election manifestos for May 2015. Evidence has been used by the Smith Institute 'Making Work Better' Inquiry and the Skills Commission Inquiry into the Future of Work, whose deliberations are intended to influence the priorities of the next government. More recently, evidence taken from the survey appears has been used on several occasions - unfortunately, without attribution - in the Labour Party's manifesto for work (see Influence on Policy entry). 5. The lasting legacy of the project, however, is the data infrastructure which will permit further analyses to be carried out by academic or policy-based researchers on a variety of skills and job quality issues. It also maintains the tradition of carrying out such a survey every five years and therefore provides another data point against which future researchers will be able to make comparisons. To this end, four datasets have been lodged in the Data Archive and are available for analysts to download. The academic importance of the series as a crucial part of social science research infrastructure was recognised in 2014 when the Data Archive selected the series for inclusion in the 'curated collection'; that is, surveys which are regularly deposited by known researchers and frequently used by other social scientists. As of March 2015, a total of 507 researchers have downloaded the data from the series and used the material for research and teaching purposes. 6. The survey has also made a lasting impression on the collection of skills data internationally. The 'Job Requirements Approach', for example, has been built into the background questionnaire of the OECD's Programme for International Assessment of Adult Competences (PIAAC) - the adult equivalent of PISA - which was carried out in 24 countries in 2011/12. In addition, the 2012 SES questionnaire has been used with only modest change by the Institute of Adult Learning in Singapore. Two papers, directly resulting from the second wave data, have been published recently: Gallie, D., Y. Zhou, A. Felstead, F. Green and G. Henseke (2017). "The implications of direct participation for organisational commitment, job satisfaction and affective psychological well-being: a longitudinal analysis." Industrial Relations Journal 48(2): 174-191. Felstead, A., D. Gallie, F. Green and G. Henseke (2016 online). "The determinants of skills use and work pressure: A longitudinal analysis." Economic and Industrial Democracy. Open Access. It is too soon to report impact from these. |
| Title | ISCO(HE)2008: An International Database of Graduate Jobs |
| Description | This database is a classification of ISCO_08 occupations across OECD countries at 3-digit level, as to whether they are graduate or non-graduate jobs. The classification was made using statistical methods, based on skills use and educational requirements data drawn from the OECD's Survey of Adult Skills. The database is published in the following publications: Henseke, G. and F. Green (2016), "Graduate Jobs" in OECD Countries: Analysis Using A New Indicator Based on High Skills Use", OECD Education Working Papers, No. 144, OECD Publishing, Paris. Open access. Henseke, G. and F. Green (2017) "Cross-national Deployment of "Graduate Jobs": Analysis Using a New Indicator Based on High Skills Use". Research In Labor Economics. Online open access. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The database has been used by us to develop an analysis of graduate underemployment. |
| URL | http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1542476/ |
| Title | SOC(HE)_GH: A Database of Graduate Jobs in Britain. |
| Description | Graduate Jobs Classifier: This database is a classification of occupations in Britain at the 4-digit and 3-digit level, as to whether they are graduate or non-graduate jobs. The classification was made using statistical methods, based on skills use and educational requirements data drawn from four successive waves of the Skills and Employment Surveys, culminating in the 2012 survey. Green, F. and G. Henseke "The Changing Graduate Labour Market: Analysis Using a New Indication of Graduate Jobs". LLAKES Discussion Paper No 50. Green, F. and G. Henseke (2016). "The Changing Graduate Labour Market: Analysis Using a New Indicator of Graduate Jobs". IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 5:14. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The database has been compared with a pre-existing classification, and after revisions offered to the Office for National Statistics, as a basis for recommendations for revisions to the occupational classification (SOC_2020) in Britain. |
| URL | http://www.readcube.com/articles/10.1186/s40173-016-0070-0?author_access_token=zr05lUBGVaIHocuJ6ODO_... |
| Title | Skills and Employment Survey 2012 |
| Description | The Skills Survey is a series of surveys which aim to investigate the employed workforce in Great Britain (and United Kingdom from 2006). The survey series builds on two previous studies of the workforce, Social Change and Economic Life Initiative Surveys, 1986-1987 and Employment in Britain, 1992. The first Skills Survey was conducted in 1997 and represented a new approach to assessing the extent to which those at work in Britain had skills matching the requirements of their jobs. The 2001 survey was aimed at assessing how much had changed between the two surveys. The third survey in 2006 enhanced this time series data further but had the overarching aim of providing a resource for analysing skill and job requirements in the British economy in the middle part of the current decade. The Skills and Employment Survey, 2012 (SES2012) was the fourth in the series, and aimed to again add to the time series data and, coinciding as it did with a period of economic recession, aimed to provide insight into whether the British workforce felt under additional pressure/demand from employers as a result of redundancies and cut backs. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2014 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Narrative Impact Report The Skills and Employment Survey 2012 is the sixth in a series of representative sample surveys of workers in Britain. This round of data collection has allowed us to chart the changing pattern of job quality and skills over a quarter of a century, with some new survey questions specifically designed to reveal the impact of the recession on working life. The results have had, and continue to have, demonstrable economic and societal impacts. This is evidenced in several ways: 1. Engagement with policy-makers, civil servants and representative bodies with an interest in enhancing the quality of working life. During the course of the project, 4 launch events have been held across Britain - 2 in London, and 1 in Cardiff and 1 in Glasgow. Taken together, these events attracted an audience of 330. Delegates mainly consisted of policy-makers, political representatives, trade union officials, professional bodies, lobbying organisations, training providers and employers. 2. The project findings have attracted considerable media interest which have helped to generate public debate about how the quality of working life might be improved and the worst effects of austerity mitigated. Notably this included a front page article in the Financial Times, as well as articles in The Guardian and the Daily Mail, and commentary on Radio Four's Today programme and live interviews on Radio Five Live, LBC and Radio Cymru. 3. The project team wrote, designed and produced a series of 8 short reports with the intention of communicating bite-sized policy-relevant research messages to policy-makers. These have proved an effective device. A total of 4,600 hard copy reports have been distributed and all were made available for download from the project web site. This approach has been complimented by the publication of 3 articles in policy-making/practitioner facing outlets. 4. The results have informed policy-making as evidenced by project citations. For example, the UKCES review of the skills landscape makes frequent use of the SES results and associated data, the NHS Pay Review Body's pay recommendations for 2014 cite project results and the Welsh Government's policy on skills also refers to findings from the project. In 2015 the survey findings were used to frame public policy debates as the political parties launched their election manifestos. Evidence was used by the Smith Institute 'Making Work Better' Inquiry and the Skills Commission Inquiry into the Future of Work, whose deliberations were intended to influence government priorities. Evidence taken from the survey was used on several occasions - unfortunately, without attribution - in the Labour Party's manifesto for work. 5. The lasting legacy of the project, however, is the data infrastructure which will permit further analyses to be carried out by academic or policy-based researchers on a variety of skills and job quality issues. It also maintains the tradition of carrying out such a survey every five years and therefore provides another data point against which future researchers will be able to make comparisons. To this end, four datasets have been lodged in the Data Archive and are available for analysts to download. The academic importance of the series as a crucial part of social science research infrastructure was recognised in 2014 when the Data Archive selected the series for inclusion in the 'curated collection'; that is, surveys which are regularly deposited by known researchers and frequently used by other social scientists. As of March 2015, a total of 507 researchers have downloaded the data from the series and used the material for research and teaching purposes. 6. The survey has also made a lasting impression on the collection of skills data internationally. The 'Job Requirements Approach', for example, has been built into the background questionnaire of the OECD's Programme for International Assessment of Adult Competences (PIAAC) - the adult equivalent of PISA - which was carried out in 24 countries in 2011/12. In addition, the 2012 SES questionnaire has been used (with moderate changes) by the Institute of Adult Learning in Singapore in two surveys: its Skills and Employment Survey and its Learning At Work survey (in 2017). 7. The data have been used to construct an indicator of graduate jobs - both in Britain, and in Germany over time, and for several other OECD countries at a single point of time. Based on this index, a submission was made to the consultation on TEF. In addition, after a reconciliation with an alternative indicator developed using expert methods (as opposed to statistical methods), the indicator is being used by the Office for National Statistics for the purposes of the revised occupational classification in preparation for 2020 (to be termed SOC2020). The potential impact on the statistics is that some unit groups (occupations classified with four digits) may be moved between "major occupational groups" (which are classifications at the one digit level), which will affect how the occupational structure of Britain's economy is described in future analyses. |
| URL | https://discover.ukdataservice.ac.uk/catalogue/?sn=7466&type=Data%20catalogue |
| Title | Skills and Employment Survey, 2012: Special Licence Access |
| Description | This data set containts the SES2012 data with geographical variables added. The four specific objectives for SES2012, stemming from the overarching aim to provide data on the skills and employment experiences of working life in Britain in 2012, were as follows: to describe and analyse the level and distribution of skills requirements of jobs in British workplaces in 2012 and compare these patterns with earlier data points to describe and analyse the level and distribution of key aspects of workers' experiences of their jobs in 2012, and compare with earlier data points to use the data to develop distinctive, original and substantive contributions to scholarship surrounding job quality and job skill to make the data available and provide the necessary data support and infrastructure for further analysis by academic or policy-based researchers in the field of skills and job quality Further information is available from the Skills and Employment Survey 2012 web page. A standard End User Licence access version of this study, with less detailed geographic variables included (Government Office Region (GOR) only), is available under SN 7466. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2015 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Narrative Impact Report The Skills and Employment Survey 2012 is the sixth in a series of representative sample surveys of workers in Britain. This round of data collection has allowed us to chart the changing pattern of job quality and skills over a quarter of a century, with some new survey questions specifically designed to reveal the impact of the recession on working life. The results have had, and continue to have, demonstrable economic and societal impacts. This is evidenced in several ways: 1. Engagement with policy-makers, civil servants and representative bodies with an interest in enhancing the quality of working life. During the course of the project, 4 launch events have been held across Britain - 2 in London, and 1 in Cardiff and 1 in Glasgow. Taken together, these events attracted an audience of 330. Delegates mainly consisted of policy-makers, political representatives, trade union officials, professional bodies, lobbying organisations, training providers and employers. 2. The project findings have attracted considerable media interest which have helped to generate public debate about how the quality of working life might be improved and the worst effects of austerity mitigated. Notably this included a front page article in the Financial Times, as well as articles in The Guardian and the Daily Mail, and commentary on Radio Four's Today programme and live interviews on Radio Five Live, LBC and Radio Cymru. 3. The project team wrote, designed and produced a series of 8 short reports with the intention of communicating bite-sized policy-relevant research messages to policy-makers. These have proved an effective device. A total of 4,600 hard copy reports have been distributed and all were made available for download from the project web site. This approach has been complimented by the publication of 3 articles in policy-making/practitioner facing outlets. 4. The results have informed policy-making as evidenced by project citations. For example, the UKCES review of the skills landscape makes frequent use of the SES results and associated data, the NHS Pay Review Body's pay recommendations for 2014 cite project results and the Welsh Government's policy on skills also refers to findings from the project. In 2015 the survey findings were used to frame public policy debates as the political parties launched their election manifestos. Evidence was used by the Smith Institute 'Making Work Better' Inquiry and the Skills Commission Inquiry into the Future of Work, whose deliberations were intended to influence government priorities. Evidence taken from the survey was used on several occasions - unfortunately, without attribution - in the Labour Party's manifesto for work. 5. The lasting legacy of the project, however, is the data infrastructure which will permit further analyses to be carried out by academic or policy-based researchers on a variety of skills and job quality issues. It also maintains the tradition of carrying out such a survey every five years and therefore provides another data point against which future researchers will be able to make comparisons. To this end, four datasets have been lodged in the Data Archive and are available for analysts to download. The academic importance of the series as a crucial part of social science research infrastructure was recognised in 2014 when the Data Archive selected the series for inclusion in the 'curated collection'; that is, surveys which are regularly deposited by known researchers and frequently used by other social scientists. As of March 2015, a total of 507 researchers have downloaded the data from the series and used the material for research and teaching purposes. 6. The survey has also made a lasting impression on the collection of skills data internationally. The 'Job Requirements Approach', for example, has been built into the background questionnaire of the OECD's Programme for International Assessment of Adult Competences (PIAAC) - the adult equivalent of PISA - which was carried out in 24 countries in 2011/12. In addition, the 2012 SES questionnaire has been used (with moderate changes) by the Institute of Adult Learning in Singapore in two surveys: its Skills and Employment Survey and its Learning At Work survey (in 2017). 7. The data have been used to construct an indicator of graduate jobs - both in Britain, and in Germany over time, and for several other OECD countries at a single point of time. Based on this index, a submission was made to the consultation on TEF. In addition, after a reconciliation with an alternative indicator developed using expert methods (as opposed to statistical methods), the indicator is being used by the Office for National Statistics for the purposes of the revised occupational classification in preparation for 2020 (to be termed SOC2020). The potential impact on the statistics is that some unit groups (occupations classified with four digits) may be moved between "major occupational groups" (which are classifications at the one digit level), which will affect how the occupational structure of Britain's economy is described in future analyses. |
| URL | https://discover.ukdataservice.ac.uk/catalogue/?sn=7645&type=Data%20catalogue |
| Title | Skills and Employment Surveys Series Dataset, 1986, 1992, 1997, 2001, 2006 and 2012 |
| Description | The Skills Survey is a series of surveys which aim to investigate the employed workforce in Great Britain (and United Kingdom from 2006). The survey series builds on two previous studies of the workforce, Social Change and Economic Life Initiative Surveys, 1986-1987 (held at the UKDA under SN 2798) and Employment in Britain, 1992 (held at the UKDA under SN 5368). The first Skills Survey was conducted in 1997 and represented a new approach to assessing the extent to which those at work in Britain had skills matching the requirements of their jobs. The 2001 survey was aimed at assessing how much had changed between the two surveys. The third survey in 2006 enhanced this time series data further but had the overarching aim of providing a resource for analysing skill and job requirements in the British economy in the middle part of the current decade. The Skills and Employment Survey, 2012 (SES2012) was the fourth in the series, and aimed to again add to the time series data and, coinciding as it did with a period of economic recession, aimed to provide insight into whether the British workforce felt under additional pressure/demand from employers as a result of redundancies and cut backs. Although these surveys were not originally planned as part of a series and had different funding sources and objectives, continuity in questionnaire design has meant the surveys now provide a unique, nationall representative picture of change in British workplaces as reported by individual job holders. The Skills and Employment Surveys Series Dataset, 1986, 1992, 1997, 2001, 2006 and 2012 combines data from all six surveys in the series, where common survey questions were asked. For each survey, weights are computed to take into account the differential probabilities of sample selection, the over-sampling of certain areas and some small response rate variations between groups (defined by sex, age and occupation). All surveys cover Great Britain except the Skills Survey, 2006 which covers the United Kingdom. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2014 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The Skills and Employment Survey 2012 is the sixth in a series of representative sample surveys of workers in Britain. This round of data collection has allowed us to chart the changing pattern of job quality and skills over a quarter of a century, with some new survey questions specifically designed to reveal the impact of the recession on working life. The results have had, and continue to have, demonstrable economic and societal impacts. This is evidenced in six ways: 1. Engagement with policy-makers, civil servants and representative bodies with an interest in enhancing the quality of working life. During the course of the project, 4 launch events have been held across Britain - 2 in London, and 1 in Cardiff and 1 in Glasgow. Taken together, these events attracted an audience of 330. Delegates mainly consisted of policy-makers, political representatives, trade union officials, professional bodies, lobbying organisations, training providers and employers. 2. The project findings have attracted considerable media interest which have helped to generate public debate about how the quality of working life might be improved and the worst effects of austerity mitigated. Notably this included a front page article in the Financial Times, as well as articles in The Guardian and the Daily Mail, and commentary on Radio Four's Today programme and live interviews on Radio Five Live, LBC and Radio Cymru. 3. The project team wrote, designed and produced a series of 8 short reports with the intention of communicating bite-sized policy-relevant research messages to policy-makers. These have proved an effective device. A total of 4,600 hard copy reports have been distributed and all were made available for download from the project web site. This approach has been complimented by the publication of 3 articles in policy-making/practitioner facing outlets. 4. The results have informed policy-making as evidenced by project citations. For example, the UKCES review of the skills landscape makes frequent use of the SES results and associated data, the NHS Pay Review Body's pay recommendations for 2014 cite project results and the Welsh Government's policy on skills also refers to findings from the project. In 2015 the survey findings were used to frame public policy debates as the political parties launched their election manifestos. Evidence was used by the Smith Institute 'Making Work Better' Inquiry and the Skills Commission Inquiry into the Future of Work, whose deliberations were intended to influence government priorities. Evidence taken from the survey was used on several occasions - unfortunately, without attribution - in the Labour Party's manifesto for work. 5. The lasting legacy of the project, however, is the data infrastructure which will permit further analyses to be carried out by academic or policy-based researchers on a variety of skills and job quality issues. It also maintains the tradition of carrying out such a survey every five years and therefore provides another data point against which future researchers will be able to make comparisons. To this end, four datasets have been lodged in the Data Archive and are available for analysts to download. The academic importance of the series as a crucial part of social science research infrastructure was recognised in 2014 when the Data Archive selected the series for inclusion in the 'curated collection'; that is, surveys which are regularly deposited by known researchers and frequently used by other social scientists. As of March 2015, a total of 507 researchers have downloaded the data from the series and used the material for research and teaching purposes. 6. The survey has also made a lasting impression on the collection of skills data internationally. The 'Job Requirements Approach', for example, has been built into the background questionnaire of the OECD's Programme for International Assessment of Adult Competences (PIAAC) - the adult equivalent of PISA - which was carried out in 24 countries in 2011/12. In addition, the 2012 SES questionnaire has been used (with moderate changes) by the Institute of Adult Learning in Singapore in two surveys: its Skills and Employment Survey and its Learning At Work survey (in 2017). 7. The data have been used to construct an indicator of graduate jobs - both in Britain, and in Germany over time, and for several other OECD countries at a single point of time. Based on this index, a submission was made to the consultation on TEF. In addition, after a reconciliation with an alternative indicator developed using expert methods (as opposed to statistical methods), the indicator is being used by the Office for National Statistics for the purposes of the revised occupational classification in preparation for 2020 (to be termed SOC2020). The potential impact on the statistics is that some unit groups (occupations classified with four digits) may be moved between "major occupational groups" (which are classifications at the one digit level), which will affect how the occupational structure of Britain's economy is described in future analyses. |
| URL | https://discover.ukdataservice.ac.uk/catalogue/?sn=7467&type=Data%20catalogue |
| Title | Skills and Employment Surveys Series Dataset, 1986, 1992, 1997, 2001, 2006 and 2012: Special Licence Access |
| Description | The Skills and Employment Surveys Series Dataset, 1986, 1992, 1997, 2001, 2006 and 2012 combines data from all six surveys in the series, where common survey questions were asked. For each survey, weights are computed to take into account the differential probabilities of sample selection, the over-sampling of certain areas and some small response rate variations between groups (defined by sex, age and occupation). All surveys cover Great Britain except the Skills Survey, 2006 which covers the United Kingdom. This is the Special Access Version with geographical identifiers attached. Felstead,A., Gallie, D., Green,F., Inanc, H. (2015). Skills and Employment Surveys Series Dataset, 1986, 1992, 1997, 2001, 2006 and 2012: Special Licence Access. [data collection]. UK Data Service. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2015 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The Skills and Employment Survey 2012 is the sixth in a series of representative sample surveys of workers in Britain. This round of data collection has allowed us to chart the changing pattern of job quality and skills over a quarter of a century, with some new survey questions specifically designed to reveal the impact of the recession on working life. The results have had, and continue to have, demonstrable economic and societal impacts. This is evidenced in several ways: 1. Engagement with policy-makers, civil servants and representative bodies with an interest in enhancing the quality of working life. During the course of the project, 4 launch events have been held across Britain - 2 in London, and 1 in Cardiff and 1 in Glasgow. Taken together, these events attracted an audience of 330. Delegates mainly consisted of policy-makers, political representatives, trade union officials, professional bodies, lobbying organisations, training providers and employers. 2. The project findings have attracted considerable media interest which have helped to generate public debate about how the quality of working life might be improved and the worst effects of austerity mitigated. Notably this included a front page article in the Financial Times, as well as articles in The Guardian and the Daily Mail, and commentary on Radio Four's Today programme and live interviews on Radio Five Live, LBC and Radio Cymru. 3. The project team wrote, designed and produced a series of 8 short reports with the intention of communicating bite-sized policy-relevant research messages to policy-makers. These have proved an effective device. A total of 4,600 hard copy reports have been distributed and all were made available for download from the project web site. This approach has been complimented by the publication of 3 articles in policy-making/practitioner facing outlets. 4. The results have informed policy-making as evidenced by project citations. For example, the UKCES review of the skills landscape makes frequent use of the SES results and associated data, the NHS Pay Review Body's pay recommendations for 2014 cite project results and the Welsh Government's policy on skills also refers to findings from the project. In 2015 the survey findings were used to frame public policy debates as the political parties launched their election manifestos. Evidence was used by the Smith Institute 'Making Work Better' Inquiry and the Skills Commission Inquiry into the Future of Work, whose deliberations were intended to influence government priorities. Evidence taken from the survey was used on several occasions - unfortunately, without attribution - in the Labour Party's manifesto for work. 5. The lasting legacy of the project, however, is the data infrastructure which will permit further analyses to be carried out by academic or policy-based researchers on a variety of skills and job quality issues. It also maintains the tradition of carrying out such a survey every five years and therefore provides another data point against which future researchers will be able to make comparisons. To this end, four datasets have been lodged in the Data Archive and are available for analysts to download. The academic importance of the series as a crucial part of social science research infrastructure was recognised in 2014 when the Data Archive selected the series for inclusion in the 'curated collection'; that is, surveys which are regularly deposited by known researchers and frequently used by other social scientists. As of March 2015, a total of 507 researchers have downloaded the data from the series and used the material for research and teaching purposes. 6. The survey has also made a lasting impression on the collection of skills data internationally. The 'Job Requirements Approach', for example, has been built into the background questionnaire of the OECD's Programme for International Assessment of Adult Competences (PIAAC) - the adult equivalent of PISA - which was carried out in 24 countries in 2011/12. In addition, the 2012 SES questionnaire has been used (with moderate changes) by the Institute of Adult Learning in Singapore in two surveys: its Skills and Employment Survey and its Learning At Work survey (in 2017). 7. The data have been used to construct an indicator of graduate jobs - both in Britain, and in Germany over time, and for several other OECD countries at a single point of time. Based on this index, a submission was made to the consultation on TEF. In addition, after a reconciliation with an alternative indicator developed using expert methods (as opposed to statistical methods), the indicator is being used by the Office for National Statistics for the purposes of the revised occupational classification in preparation for 2020 (to be termed SOC2020). The potential impact on the statistics is that some unit groups (occupations classified with four digits) may be moved between "major occupational groups" (which are classifications at the one digit level), which will affect how the occupational structure of Britain's economy is described in future analyses. |
| URL | https://discover.ukdataservice.ac.uk/catalogue/?sn=7646&type=Data%20catalogue |
| Description | Joint research and publication |
| Organisation | University of Liverpool |
| Department | Department of Public Health and Policy |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Wrote up findings for joint publication |
| Collaborator Contribution | Analysed data |
| Impact | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00221546.2021.1996169 |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | 'Education and its effects on income, health and survival for those aged sixty-five and over', research seminar presented by Martin Weale, 23 May 2012 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Martin Weale gave a considered reflection on his research at the National Institute for Economic Research. His views were challenged by some members of the audience during a constructive debate, and he agreed to consider these responses for future stages of the research project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | 2012 LLAKES conference: lifelong learning, crisis and social change |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | paper presentation |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Second LLAKES conference, held 18 and 19 October 2012. The event showcased the research from LLAKES Phase 1, and included a keynote address from Will Hutton; the conference also set the stage for LLAKES Phase 2. The 2012 LLAKES conference included over 20 presentations, and keynote addresses from Jonathan Portes, Will Hutton, and Stuart Dawley. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | An attractive vocational education and training : what really matters? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Workshop, European Centre for the Development of Vocational Education (CEDEFOP), 9 & 10 October 2012 Outputs from a LLAKES-related CEDEFOP research project were discussed in detail. Further work for CEDEFOP was anticipated as a restul. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Behavioural Insights Team talk |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Talk given to the Behavioural Insights Team, London, entitled: "Engines of Privilege" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Big Issue |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A two-page article in the Big Issue for the week beginning 11/2/2019, covering arguments about the role of private schooling in Britain. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Blog for Conversation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This blog, for Conversation, covered some of the main findings from the private school project, and also the arguments put forward in Engines of Privilege, co-authored with David Kynaston. It attracted around 5,000 readers in the first few days after posting, and many shares and comments (to which I replied). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Citizenship in the European Union - Twenty Years after Maastrich |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Invited presentation, European Commission Europe for Citizens conference, Budapest 27 June 2013 No impacts recorded. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Comparative and international education : past, present and new directions for the future? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Paper presented at the 'New paradigms and challenges in comparative and international education' seminar, a BERA special interest group (SIG) event. Interest in the subject under discussion was expected to lead to collaboration at future conferences, including BERA. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Conditions for informal and formal learning at work |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Seminar presented at Asia-Europe Education and Research Hub for Lifelong Learning, Research Network Seminar on Competence Development and Workplace Learning, 12-15th December 2012, Bangkok, Indonesia The seminar was well received, and may have help to lay the foundation for future collaborative research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | David Mclellan Lentils Seminar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Francis Green presented a talk entitled: "Britain's private school problem and what to do about it". The David Mclellan 'Lentils Seminar', Canterbury, Kent. 11/12/2019 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | DfE talk 24/5/2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentation to a group of researchers and policy analysts at the Department for Education: Discussion of "Engines of Privilege" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Educational reforms in the Middle East and North Africa : what is to be done? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Posted by Dr Tarek Mostafa on Mar 27, 2012 in DevEd Blog, Series: Gender and Advocacy, Series: Into Africa, Special Series As per the text at http://deved.org/blog/2012/03/educational-reforms-in-the-middle-east-and-north-africa-what-is-to-be-done/ As per the text at http://deved.org/blog/2012/03/educational-reforms-in-the-middle-east-and-north-africa-what-is-to-be-done/ |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| URL | http://deved.org/blog/2012/03/ |
| Description | Employee-driven innovation amongst 'routine' employees in the UK : the role of organisational 'strategies' and individual 'tactics' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Paper presented to EDI research meeting, 13-14 October 2011 Interest expressed in LLAKES research by EDI members. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Eton |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Professor Francis Green was one of three presenters to the Board of Governors at Eton on the need for reform within the private school system, based on our findings. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Expansive approaches to supporting staff development? : opportunities and barriers |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited Presentation to Opportunities and Barriers, Supporting Employers in Developing Bands No details reported. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| URL | http://www.progresssouthcentral.org.uk/NHS%20S_Central_17.11.10%20%5Bexternal%20version%5D.ppt |
| Description | Geographies of inequality after recession |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Joint symposium, organised by LLAKES and the Economic Geography Research Group (EGRG) of the Institute of British Geographers (IBG) The session was well attended, and opened up the possibility of further joint events to be run with IBG. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Good practice in apprenticeships |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Repeated seminar held during "showcasing" section of the LLAKES contribution to the 2012 ESRC Festival of Social Science, held at Belfast Metropolitan College High levels of interest from an informed Northern Ireland audience. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Guest presenter Karen Evans- An international view of workplace learning over 20 years : where has it been? : where is it going? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Paper presented at ASEM LLL Research Network 2 Meeting in Innsbruck, July 11-13 2011, convened by University of Innsbruck. The presentation maintained and encouraged interaction with ASEM, which has been an important outlet for LLAKES research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Higher education and the crisis for youth |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited lecture National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan LLAKES has a continuing policy of engaging with Asian audiences; this presentation was an example of that approach. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Issues and trends in workplace learning in the United Kingdom |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Seminar presented by Professor Karen Evans to the Educational Research Unit, University of Ottawa, in celebration of the Canadian Society for Training and Development's Learn @ Work week. Interest levels were raised in Canada with regard to the LLAKES research programme. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Job Quality Theories and Frameworks |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at the Ingrid-2 project event -- a workshop and summer school; held at Noisy-le-Grand. My presentation was entitled "Job quality: conceptual frameworks and theories". |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Karen Evans editorial - Employee-driven innovation and workplace learning : exploring present realities, future possibilities and enduring challenges |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Article for LLinE (Lifelong Learning in Europe) newsletter issue 4 No details reported. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| URL | http://www.lline.fi/en/article/karen/employee-driven-innovation-and-workplace-learning-exploring-pre... |
| Description | LLAKES Newsletter Issue 4, Spring 2012 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | LLAKES Newsletter Issue 4, covering the Centre's activities in 2011 The newsletter helped to draw together the research outputs from LLAKES Phase 1, which was drawing to a close in 2014. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| URL | http://www.llakes.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/LLAKES-Newsletter-4-Final.pdf |
| Description | LLAKES newsletter issue 5 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This is the fifth annual LLAKES newsletter, covering the final year of the LLAKES Phase 1 grant, and looking ahead to the Centre's new research period, which has been funded for five years from 1 January 2013. The newsletter was well received, and set the stage for the second phase of the LLAKES research programme. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| URL | http://www.llakes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/LLAKES-Newsletter-5-2013-Final.pdf |
| Description | LLAKES newsletter no. 3 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The newsletter brings you up-to-date with LLAKES news and research progress, and includes comment and analysis from the LLAKES team on recent developments. The newsletter encouraged participation in subsequent LLAKES events, which were flagged up in the publication. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | LSE Launch |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Launch of Engines of Privilege, with illustrated presentation, discussion and Q&A |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/engines-of-privilege-9781526601261/ |
| Description | Lifelong learning, equality and social cohesion |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited lecture, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan, 8 November 2012 The presentation of LLAKES-related research in Taiwan is part of an ongoing engagement strategy with Asian audiences. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Lifelong learning, equality and social cohesion |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited lecture at Institute of Education, University of Hong Kong , 28 February 2013. As noted for the other presentation given at this time: interaction of this kind has helped to nuture an ongoing relationship with the Hong Kong Institute of Education, which should help to support future research activities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Lifelong learning, equality and social cohesion. Public Lecture at University of Riga, Jean Monnet Centre |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited Public Lecture sponsored by European Commission given at Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence, University of Latvia, 3 October 2012 This was the first presentation of LLAKES-related research in Latvia, which opened up a potential new area of interest in the Centre's work. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| URL | https://www.lu.lv/eng/news/t/15489/ |
| Description | Minimum wages and pay equity in Europe : understanding the role of pay bargaining |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Research seminar organised and run by the LLAKES Centre on 23 January 2013, presented by Professor Damien Grimshaw, of Manchester Business School. This presentation analysed the role of social actors in shaping the pay equity outcomes of minimum wages in diverse country and sectoral contexts. An empirical focus on the interaction between minimum wage policy developments and collective wage agreements in key sectors shed new light on types of pay bargaining that can promote pay equity. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Nuremberg keynote lecture |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Francis Green gave the keynote speech on Tuesday 18th September to the 1st Forum on Higher Education and the Labour Market in Nuremberg. 'Pulling Apart? A Decade of Change in Europe's Graduate Labour Markets'. The forum, the first of a planned annual series, was sponsored jointly by the German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW) and by The Institute for Employment Research (IAB), the Research Institute of the Federal Employment Agency. His speech examined how the supply and demand for graduates has changed in European countries over the decade from 2005 to 2015, and the slow growth of graduate underemployment in some countries in this period that spans the global financial crisis. His talk concluded with a study of changes in the dispersion of the graduate wage premium. Researchers from both Germany and elsewhere in Europe were in attendance. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Observer |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This was an adapted extract from our book: F.Green and D. Kynaston 'Engines of Privilege. Britain's Private School Problem.' It attracted a very large number of online comments, and published letters in the newspaper, to which we responded with a further letter, also published two weeks later. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Participatory citizenship in Europe |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation given by Dr Bryony Hoskins at a LLAKES Research Seminar, drawing on a research consultancy entitled: "Active Citizenship in Europe". The seminar provided useful dissemination for what was a wide-ranging LLAKES-related research project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Presentation at event organised by WonkHE |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | An event organised by WonkHE to discuss the interim response to the Augar Report and the 2021 Further Education White Paper published in January 2021. My contribution focused on the potential limitations of the newly announced lifelong loan entitlement aimed at encouraging more flexible part-time provision. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://wonkhe.com/events/credit-worthy/ |
| Description | Promoting ethnic tolerance : what can education do in the current circumstances? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | European Diploma in Intercultural Competence, final seminar, 12 September 2011, Institute of Education, University of London LLAKES research was presented to an audience of international students, to help them with their studies. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Re-thinking professional formation as "recontextualisation"; the development of social capital" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation to the Annual Meeting of the Society for Education in Anaesthesia UK, organised jointly with the Royal Society of Medicine Section of Anaesthesia, 9 March 2012, Royal Society of Medicine, Wimpole Street This seminar represented a useful engagement with medical professional practitioners. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Real progress on apprenticeships |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Letter published in The Guardian The Guardian |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| URL | http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2011/oct/31/real-progress-on-apprenticeships-germany |
| Description | Regimes of social cohesion |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited lecture at 'Welfare State, Sociology of Education, Childhood Studies: Democratic Challenges and Perspectives : A Symposium in Honour of the 65. Birthday of Heinz Sünker', Bergische Universität Wuppertal, 15 - 16 February 2013. This was a useful opportunity to present LLAKES research findings to an international audience. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Regional development : conceptualising the organisational and epistemic aspects of learning |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Seminar presented at Faculty of Educational Sciences (FALK) seminar, University of Oslo, Norway, 6 December 2011, as part of a workshop entitled: "Perspectives on knowledge dynamics and innovation : workplaces, organizations and regions" No details reported. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Resectoralising higher education : from public to private good |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Paper presented at workshop entitled "For a Public University", 15 June 2012, University of Nottingham, organised by University College Union, and International Political Economy Group (IPEG). Some UCU members expressed willingness to collaborate in future research activities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Response to Bristol Cable |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Response to Bristol journalist on the Bristol Cable, with quotation on the role of private schools. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Response to El Pais |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Responded to El Pais' request for expertise/quotation on the role of private schools in Europe. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Studying Muslim girls in England : socialization, identity and integration |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Delivered at session on Religious socialization in schools and families The seminar was attended by a varied group of people, some with particular engagement in this subject, and the exchange of ideas which took place was beneficial to those in the room. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Subjective inequality : people's views on inequality across the western world |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Presented at workshop in Madrid: contributions to smart, green and inclusive growth for Europe 2020 No details reported. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | TES Response |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | This was our response to the antagonistic review of our book, written by the head teacher of Westminster School. The review was so bad and antagonistic and ill-informed, that we requested an immediate right of reply, which was accepted by the TES editor. Week beginning 11/2/2019. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | The 2008 crisis : a threat to particpatory citizenship? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A LLAKES research seminar presented by Dr Germ Janmaat, drawing on a research consultancy entitled: "Active Citizenship in the European Union". There was considerable interest in the research project for which results were being presented. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | The RAE 2008 and the REF 2013 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited lecture at the Hong Kong Institute of Education This seminar helped to maintain a useful working relationship with the Hong Kong Institute of Education. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | The economics of skills |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with the Minister of State for Universities and Science (David Willetts MP). The Minister expressed interest in the information provided; and the research findings may have influenced his subsequent thinking. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | The government supported apprenticeship programme : a missed opportunity for helping the jilted generation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Contribution to session titled 'Skilling up the jilted generation: the employability debate' at the 2011 Institute of Ideas battle of ideas festival An energetic and informed debate took place, during which considerable amounts of information were exchanged. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | The roles of reputational competition and positional goods in maintaining patterns of inequality |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The roles of reputational competition and positional goods in maintaining patterns of inequality Presentation by: Roger Dale, based on LLAKES research, to EQNET symposium. One notable feature of the landscape of Universities is the growing prominence of particular forms of inter-University competition, in particular of reputational competition, typically mediated through 'league tables. It may be considered that this, alongside a formal audit culture, will replace or reduce the 'positional' significance of University qualifications. Roger Dale reported a strong level of interest from the participants in the EQNET symposium. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| URL | http://www.equnet.info/events/equnetceps-symposion/abstracts/the-roles-of-reputational-competition-a... |
| Description | The shape and consequences of teenage career concentration: Analysing an English cohort born in 1989/90? (PDF) OECD Conference "Disrupted Futures". 28 Oct 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | the presentation challenged thinking about how best to prepare young people for a changing labour market, taking into account gender differences in aspirations and knowledge of young people and their parents about possible employment and training opportunities. Advice regarding career guidance and information, which ideally should be done in collaboration with schools and employers and local communities |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.oecd.org/education/career-readiness/lessons-how-schools-best-equip-students-working-live... |
| Description | Transitions from the vocational route into HE |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation given to a joint LLAKES / SKOPE seminar, entitled: "Transitions within Learning and within the Labour Market", held at the Institute of Education, 3 July 2012. Further co-operation between LLAKES and SKOPE was suggested, as a result of this event. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Trust in times of economic crisis |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presented by Dr Germ Janmaat as part of a one-day seminar on "The Effect of Austerity on Active Citizenship in Europe", held at the University of Southampton, 7 December 2012. European research conducted as part of, and in association with, the LLAKES programme, was presented to a wider audienc. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | What does democracy need from its citizens? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited presentation, given at IEA and European Commission Conference: "Lessons Learned for Understanding Civic and Citizenship Education", Rome University Tre, 2-4 December 2014 This conference provided an opportunity to share LLAKES research on citizenship with a wider audience. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Where is the STEM in apprenticeship? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Lecture delivered to the Gatsby Foundation and SKOPE one-day seminar, 16 March 2012, as part of the Oxfordshire Science Festival. As well as promoting LLAKES research, the presentation reinforced links with the Gatsby Foundation and with SKOPE, who have both been influential organisations during the lifetime of the LLAKES Centre. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Workforce : stress at work |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The publication addressed the following issues: Stress caused by work has been increasing in Britain since 1992. The 2008-09 recession has increased work stressors including job insecurity, work intensity, and inter-personal conflict; and cuts in government spending will undoubtedly heighten these levels of work stress, particularly in the public sector. The research results cited here formed the basis for more extensive research projects later on. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
| URL | http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/documents/innovation/larci/Winter_10_final.pdf |
| Description | Workshop on private schools |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | This workshop discussed findings from the ESRC project Private Schooling in the 21st Century, in front of and among a diverse audience. We used the LLAKES mailing list which brought in a number of people from outside academia, mainly those involved directly or indirectly with education, both private and state. The findings were linked with those from a related, earlier but still ongoing project, Schooling and Unequal Outcomes in Youth and Adulthood, also discussed at this event. Altogether, seven papers were presented to this diverse audience, and the debate was led by two discussants from outside the project. The event took place in late December 2018. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.llakes.ac.uk/research-project/337/private-schooling-uk-21st-century-participation-and-ou... |
| Description | Written evidence from Alison Fuller and Lorna Unwin, University of Southampton |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Written evidence was given to the House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts. The evidence presented was referenced in the Committee's subseqent Report. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| URL | http://www.parliament.uk/documents/TSO-PDF/committee-reports/pubacc.1875.pdf |
| Description | XXVIII Meeting of the Economics of Education Association Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | 28/6/2019 Private benefits? External benefits? Outcomes from private schooling in 21st Century Britain. XXVIII Meeting of the Economics of Education Association Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |