Projects

Current

• North Sea Supply Connect
• Healthy Learning in SMEs
• WorkAble - Making Capabilities Work
• Local Worlds of Social Cohesion - EU 7th Framework Research Funding
• Identifying the barriers and drivers of engagement in workplace learning for lower skilled employees
• The Changing Public Services Landscape in Scotland: Opportunities and Challenges for the Third Sector

2011

• Social Experimentation for Active Ageing 
• Engaging low skilled employees in workplace learning: new research with lower skilled employees
• The role of skills from worklessness to sustainable employment with progression
• The impact of reduced public services spending on vulnerable groups - review of UK and international evidence
• Financial Capability - Evidence Review
• Promoting Investment and Increasing Employment Among the Economically Inactive – A Review of Best Practice
• Local Worlds of Social Cohesion - EU 7th Framework Research Funding
• UKCES Role of Skills
• Scottish Skills Summit Report

2010

• Partnership Action for Continuing Employment (PACE): Towards a Future Delivery Model
• Employment Inequalities in an Economic Downturn
• Labour Demand Forecasting in Four Countries
• Scottish Trade Unions' Approaches to Equalities: Follow up to mapping study
• Evaluation of the North East's Regional Employability Framework
• Skills for Jobs in the North East - an Effectiveness Study

2009

• Integration into a Workplace
• An Evaluation of the Mentally Healthy Workplace Training Course
• e-LUP Stimulating Land Use Processes - An Interactive e-tool for Sustainable Impact Assessment
• Evaluation of the Working for Families Programme
• Equality Issues in Scotland: a review of recent research
• How can Parents Escape from Recurrent Poverty?
• Individuals' Demand for Skills - an Evidence and Policy Review

2008

• Tackling Occupational Segregation in Scotland
• Experiences of ‘Winter Leavers’ making school-college transitions
• Delivering health-focused employability programmes - the role and practice of health professionals
• Educational Migration and Non Return
• Promoting an Inclusive Approach to Enterprise Services in Scotland
• Helping People Back to Work: the Role of Employers 

2007

• Relationship Between Actions to Promote Gender Equality and Profit
• The Economic Impact of Rugby Matches - Scotland versus Ireland and the 2007 Sevens
• FIRRS: Forest Industry Recruitment and Retention Strategy
• Small and Medium Sized Businesses and Disadvantaged Parents: Overcoming Training, Recruitment and Retention Barriers
• Cuan Sound Transport Links STAG Appraisal
• Action Learning in Scottish Trade Unions
• Exploring employers' skills needs and VET provision in Scotland and Northern Ireland
• Best Practice in Inter-agency Co-operation on Improving Employability
• Governance, Community and Location in Coalfields Regeneration 

2006

• Evaluating the Coalfields Social Enterprise Development Grants Scheme in Wales
• Evaluation of Careers Scotland's Promoting Positive Career Choice Project
• Evaluation of Gender Stereotyping in Careers Scotland's Products and Services
• Approaches to Evaluation in Community Regeneration
• Skills Demand in the Knowledge Economy: Implications for the Edinburgh & Lothian Labour Market
• The Role and Impact of Social Economy Organisations in Edinburgh and Lothian
• Employment in Rural Areas: Demographic and Employment Trends and Typologies of Rural Areas in the European Union
• The Economic Impact of Adult Entertainment in Scotland
• Gender and Race Equality in Edinburgh's Employability Services
• Older Workers in the Dumfries and Galloway Labour Market 

2005

• >Evaluation of 'SWELL': Scottish Workforce Empowerment for Lifelong Learners
• Social Networks of Older Workers
• Capital City Partnership - Employment and Inclusion - A Baseline Study
• Re-employment Projects for Unemployed Women in Shanghai
• Western Isles Ferry Fare Mechanism
• Relationships between Transport and Rural Economies
• Evaluation of the Coalfields Regeneration Trust's 'Skillsbuilder'
• One Workplace - Mapping Approaches to Equal Opportunities in Scottish Trade Unions

2004

• EMIRES: Demand Responsive Travel and Employment
• Work-life Balance in the UK and Japan
• Work-life Balance and Careers in NHS Nursing and Midwifery
• Edinburgh, Road Pricing and the Boundary Problem: Issues of Equity and Efficiency
• Evaluation of the Falkirk Inter-Employment Programme
• Review of Local Exchange and Trading Schemes (LETS) and Timebanks in Scotland
• Evaluation of the Coalfields Regeneration Trust in Scotland
• Gender Stereotyping in Career Choices 

2003

• Air Demand in Central Scotland
• Evaluation of Community Enterprise Limited's "Inspire II" Seminar: Support for Social Enterprise Organisations
• Economic Impact Assessment of the Six Nations Rugby Tournament on Edinburgh and Scotland
• The Importance of Transport in Business' Location Decisions - Scoping Study
• Levi Strauss Closure - Follow Up of Former Staff
• Older Workers in the Scottish Labour Market
• Economic Impact Assessment of the Corran Ferry
• The Role of Line Managers in Family Friendly Employment Policies
• Resolving Transport Issues in a Rural Area: Improving Access to Health and Other Services
• ICT and Job Seeking in Rural Areas
• Work-life Balance: A Review of Research
• Evaluation of the Alloa Employability Initiative

2002

• Take the Time for a Work-life Strategy: A Guide for Employers
• Transport and the Scottish Economy
• Economic Impact Assessment of the Skye Bridge Tolls
• Labour Market Intelligence Priorities for Caithness and Sutherland
• Enabling the Labour Market Mapping Process in Scotland
• Community Guidance and Learning Provision: Developing a Coherent Service

2001

• EU Local Employment Action Plans with COSLA
• West Lothian Labour Market Study
• Organisational Decision Making and Family Friendly Policies in the Scottish Financial Sector
• Social Partnerships in Europe: The Role of the Social Partners in UK 

2000

• Wick and Sutherland Labour Market Study
• The New Royal Infirmary: Maximising Employment and Training Opportunities for Local People
• Managing for the Millenium: Managerial Competence and Skills Needs in Scottish Visitor Attractions
• Management Development and Management Standards
• Analysis and Profile of the Long-Term Unemployed in Edinburgh
• DEVELOP (Development, Enskilling, Learning Organisation Package)
• SALTSA II: Adaptability in the UK Employment Action Plan
• Future Skills Needs of Managers