IER News & blogs
Terence Hogarth presented at the European Commission conference in Brussels
Terence Hogarth presented on the ‘Skills for a greener economy: implications for Public Employment Services' at the European Commission conference, which took place in Brussels on 1-2 July.
Rob Wilson to contribute at Cedefop Skillnet workshop in Thessaloniki
Rob Wilson will contribute at the next Cedefop Skillnet workshop in Thessaloniki on 14-15 June. This is part an ongoing series focussed on the Cedefop Pan European Skills Forecasting work. This project is now in its second year. The initial results from the first year of the work programme, presenting the first comprehensive for the whole of Europe, were published at the start of 2010. The current work programme is designed to extend and improve on these results. Further details are available on the .
Rob Wilson presented at the 'New Skills Network' event
Rob Wilson made a keynote presentation at a in Reykjavik on the 31st May/1st June. This is part of a series of events being supported by the European Commission as part of its continuing agenda on New Skills for New Jobs. Rob reported on the Cedefop Pan – European skill forecasting work which is summarised in an . More information on are available .
Report on the skills needed by Connexions Personal Advisers to develop internet-based guidance available
Jenny Bimrose, Sally-Anne Barnes and Graham Attwell have just completed a project funded by CfBT Education Trust investigating the demand from young people for internet-based guidance, together with the readiness of Connexions services to deliver. The full report and an executive summary are now available to download from the .
Bernard Casey comments on demographic ageing and the labour market