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Brief Guides 

The LSIS policy team produce brief guides on key policy topics for the further education and skills sector.

 

Brief guide topic  
Building Engagement, Building Futures: the strategy to maximise the participation of 16-24 year olds in education, training and work - quick summary  
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New Challenges, New Chances - slide presentation
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New Challenges, New Chances - Further Education and Skills System Reform Plan: building a world class skills system  - quick summary (December 2011)  
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Autumn Statement 2011 - quick summary (November 2011)          
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A list of sector-relevant strategic documents (September 2011)  
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Students at the Heart of the System - the Higher Education White Paper (June 2011)  
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New Challenges, New Chances: BIS consultation on next steps in implementing the further education reform programme – quick summary (August 2011)   
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Open Public Services White Paper - quick summary (July 2011)  
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Local government and the public service reform agenda (June 2011)  
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State of the nation report: poverty, worklessness and welfare dependency in the UK (September 2010)
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National Employer Skills Survey for England 2009: Key findings report (May 2010)
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What the parties say… (May 2010)
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Unleashing Aspiration: The Government Response to the Final Report of the Panel on Fair Access to the Professions (February 2010)
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Quality Choice and Aspiration (January 2010)
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 Skills Progress Briefing Paper (BIS, January 2010)
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 Putting the Frontline First (December 2009) updated
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 14-19 Commissioning Strategy (November 2009)
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 Skills Investment Strategy (November 2009)
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 Skills for Growth (November 2009)
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 Higher Ambitions (October 2009)
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 Ambition 2020: Skills, Jobs, Growth (UKCES, October 2009)
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 Should We End the EMA (October 2009)
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 Whole Systems Go! (September 2009)
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 Beyond Leitch: Skills Policy for the Upturn (September 2009)
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 It's All About Affordability! (September 2009)
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 State of the Service (September 2009)
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How to Save £50 Billion (September 2009)

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HEFCE policy for intervention in HE provision (August 2009)
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Review of current debates and developments in English higher education
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Brief Guide to Getting More for Less: Efficiency in the Public Sector, Demos (July 2009)
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Brief Guide to Unleashing Aspiration: The Final Report of the Panel on Fair Access to the Professions (July 2009)
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Brief Guide to Recession and recovery: How UK cities can respond and drive the recovery, The Work Foundation (July 2009)
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Brief Guide to Conservative Local Government Paper (July 2009)
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Briefing on Your children, your schools: Our future (July 2009)
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Brief Guide to 2009 Government reshuffle (June 2009)
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Brief Guide to Total Place (June 2009)
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Brief Guide to Ambition 2020 (May 2009)
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Brief Guide to New industry, new jobs (April 2009)
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Brief Guide to Learning Revolution (April 2009)
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Very Brief Guide to Skills Activism (April 2009)
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Engagement and Aspiration - a report on involving the front line in public service reform (April 2009)
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Houghton Report on local partnership working (April 2009)
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Foster Report into the FE capital programme (April 2009)
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Re-skilling for recovery: The House of Commons report on the implementation of Leitch (January 2009)
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The DCSF 14-19 Implementation Plan (December 2008)

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FE and Skills System Reforms - an Update (December 2008)
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New opportunities - Cabinet Office paper on reducing inequality (January 2009)
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Ofsted consultation on FE inspection  (September 2008)
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The Queen's Speech (autumn 2008)
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LSC Statement of Priorities 
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Simplification of Skills (UK Commission paper) (autumn 2008)
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Models for Success - examples of good practice for FE colleges (August 2008)
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LSC intervention policy with regards to colleges (October 2008)
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Government Reshuffle (October 2008)
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London Skills Strategy, by London Skills and Employment Board (July 2008)
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Conservative Party Skills Policy (July 2008)
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The Comprehensive Area Assessment - the new mechanism for local government reform (summer 2008)
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Communities in control - CLG agenda on empowering local communities (July 2008)
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Excellence and Fairness - key public service reform document (June 2008)
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DIUS/DWP paper Work skills (June 2008)
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Brief Guide to Machinery of Government (Raising expectations) (March 2008)
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The Pre-Budget Report and
Comprehensive Spending Review 2007
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World Class Skills: Implementing the
Leitch Review of Skills in England (summer 2007)
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Brief Guide to Self-regulation (spring 2008)
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The Freud Report on welfare-to-work programmes (December 2007)
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The Framework for Excellence (November 2007)
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