Government Skills
Last updated: 7 April, 2008
6 December 2007
Government Skills, the Sector Skills Council for Central Government has appointed an Experian-led consortium to improve its labour market information and help develop the evidence base for its strategic work on skills.
The three-year contract provides Government Skills with access to Experian's full range of skills and labour market research techniques, including comprehensive data collation and analysis, quantitative and qualitative research, highly specialised econometric forecasting/modelling and scenario building and futures exercises.
According to Dr Fiona Harris, Associate Director - Skills Futures:
“Experian's successful track record working with the Sector Skills Development Agency (SSDA), the Skills for Business Network and Learning and Skills Council (LSC), ensures that, together with our partners, we can provide the specific knowledge, skills and experience required to enhance the coverage and credibility of the work undertaken by Government Skills.”
The first two research projects are already underway, with the results due in early 2008:
Future research will also focus on the role of management and leadership in enhanced public service delivery.
Andrew McDonald, Chief Executive of Government Skills said:
“Employers in our sector face a wide range of challenges, from those set by the December 2006 Leitch Review of Skills, Departmental Capability Reviews and the transformational government agenda. They are all dependent upon staff having the skills to deliver change, innovation and efficiency in public service delivery.”
“Government Skills has a key role to play in this process and, as such, we need a long-term research partner with the expertise and capacity to undertake robust, evidence-based and insightful research, provide thought leadership, facilitate best practice across the civil service and Armed Forces, and support us as we work to improve skills across our sector.”
This press release can be downloaded from Experian's Global Press Office [External website]
For further information on this release, contact Bruno Rost on 07967 567012 or 0115 568 5009.
Government Skills is an employer-led organisation with a remit covering approximately 800,000 employees across all Government Departments and their Executive Agencies, Non-Departmental Public Bodies and the Armed Forces. Government Skills brings together the entire sector for the first time, allowing the synergies that clearly exist to be realised. Government Skills' mission is to be a vigorous voice in the national training and education landscape, with a view to improving the effectiveness and efficiency of public services. For more information about Government Skills follow link: Government Skills.
Experian's research partners, King's College London, Ipsos MORI, the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) and the Office of Public Management (OPM), will provide Government Skills with specialist expertise in management and leadership, organisational change, employment relations and primary research, ensuring that the project delivers the breadth of expertise to meet Government Skills' needs over the next three years.
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