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Learning at Work: Employer Investment in Skills
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Clayton, Naomi; Evans, Stephen – Learning and Work Institute, 2021
The UK entered the deepest recession in history in 2020, following a decade of sluggish growth. Coronavirus restrictions led to a sharp rise in unemployment, vacancies plummeted, and millions were furloughed. The pandemic has also accelerated technological change, with increased digitalisation and firms discovering new ways to harness emerging…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Employers, Employees, Investment
Youth Transition to Work in Belarus
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Vashko, Irina; Ermsone, Daiga – European Training Foundation, 2018
In Belarus, youth policy is acknowledged as an important part of state policy on social, economic and cultural development, and the country has a well-developed legal framework covering all spheres of young people's lives. However, the fact that the youth unemployment rate is higher than the unemployment rate for the adult working-age population…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Youth Employment, Skill Development, Public Policy
On the Way to 2020: Data for Vocational Education and Training Policies. Country Statistical Overviews. 2014 Update. Cedefop Research Paper. No 45
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Cedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, 2015
This report provides an update of Cedefop's statistical overview of vocational education and training (VET) and lifelong learning in European countries. It illustrates progress on 33 indicators selected for their policy relevance and contribution to Europe 2020 objectives. These also provide a review of progress in key areas of education and…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Educational Indicators
On the Way to 2020: Data for Vocational Education and Training Policies. Country Statistical Overviews. Cedefop Research Paper. No 31
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Cedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, 2013
This report provides a statistical overview of vocational education and training (VET) and lifelong learning in European countries. Data are presented in the form of statistical snapshots--one for each country--for the 27 European Union (EU) Member States and, where data are available, for Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Educational Indicators
On the Way to 2020: Data for Vocational Education and Training Policies. Indicator Overviews. Cedefop Research Paper. No 33
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Cedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, 2013
This report provides a statistical overview of vocational education and training (VET) and lifelong learning in European countries. Data are presented in the form of statistical snapshots, one for each of the 31 selected indicators. To the extent allowed by data availability, data are presented for the 27 European Union (EU) Member States and for…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Educational Indicators
Forces Changing Our Nation's Future: The Comparative Performance of U.S. Adults and Youth on International Literacy Assessments, the Importance of Literacy/Numeracy Proficiencies for Labor Market Success, and the Projected Outlook for Literacy Proficiencies of U.S. Adults
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Sum, Andrew – National Commission on Adult Literacy (NJ1), 2007
This presentation is devoted to four main topics: (1) the comparative performance of U.S. adults and high school students on international literacy assessments; (2) the literacy/numeracy proficiencies of the nation's adults in different educational groups and among those who recently participated in federally-funded adult education programs; (3)…
Descriptors: Literacy, Numeracy, Adults, High School Students