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Published Reports

IFF has had much of its work published in the public domain. Here are examples that demonstrate the depth and breadth of the work delivered by the IFF public sector team:

Large-scale national employer surveys on learning, training and skills

  • National Employers Skills Survey for LSC, SSDA and DfES (2005)
  • Skills for Business 2004: Survey of Employers - SSDA
  • Employer working practices
  • Work-Life Balance ­ DfES
  • Sector specific studies
  • Scottish Construction Skills Survey 2003 – CITB-Construction Skills
  • East of England Energy study (2004) - Cogent, ECITB, SEMTA, Energy and Utility Skills, DTI and Norfolk LSC
  • Workforce Mobility and Skills in the Construction Sector in London and the South East – CITB, ECITB and SEEDA
  • Surveys among learners
  • London Learner Tracker Survey 2007
  • Prior Qualifications of Adult Learners in Further Education & Work-based Learning (2005) – LSC
  • Studies among benefit claimants / on Welfare to Work issues
  • Recruiting Benefit Claimants: a survey of employers in ONE pilot areas - DWP (1)
  • Recruiting Benefit Claimants: a survey of employers in ONE pilot areas - DWP (2)
  • An Evaluation of the Work Based Learning for Adults Programme since April 2001: Qualitative Interviews with ES staff,
    Providers and Employers (2002) - DWP
  • New Deal 25 plus: Qualitative Interviews with ES staff, Providers, Employers and Clients (2002) - DWP
  • Studies on Entrepreneurship
  • Household Survey of Entrepreneurship (2001) – Small Business Service, DTI
  • Household Survey of Entrepreneurship: Follow-Up Survey (2002) - Small Business Service, DTI
  • Household Survey of Entrepreneurship (2005) - Small Business Service, DTI
  • Studies on pensions issues
  • Understanding the relationship between the barriers and triggers to claiming Pension Credit (2005) – DWP
  • Communicating information about the funding of occupational pension schemes to scheme members (2003) – DWP
  • Other Studies
  • Employer and University Engagement in the Use and Development of Graduate Level Skills (2007)