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Survey of Young People, 1976
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this survey was to investigate experience of education, work and unemployment among young people, and their attitudes towards various actual and possible government-sponsored schemes aimed at helping them.Main Topics:Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions
In employment: type of work, nature of...
Skill Centre Trainees and Their Employers, 1976
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aim of this survey was to study the relation between the publicly sponsored training of adults at skillcentres and the local markets which they serve. Two skillcentres were studied in detail, at Stoke-on-Trent and at Dundee. A survey was conducted of the men who completed courses at either skillcentre...
Survey and Follow-Up of ERRC Clients, 1977-1979
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This survey was undertaken in order to evaluate the effectiveness of Employment Rehabilitation Centres and to make recommendations concerning their improvement or further development.Main Topics:Variables
Backgrounds, personal and social circumstances, ERC course experiences and post-course experiences...
Survey of Government (TOPS) Trainees, 1979-1980
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This survey was undertaken in order to analyse the results of the follow-up after three months of TOPS trainees and to identify the factors that determine the probability of finding employment and/or the probability that a trainee will be using his or her newly acquired skill. Additional data were...
National Training Survey, 1975
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this survey was to discover the stock of occupational skills, both used and unused available in Great Britain - that is, the types of work that people have done, and the training they have had for them.Main Topics:1) Present work:
economic status (employed, self-employed etc) type of work...
Effects of Company Training Policies on Women's Employment Opportunities in Plymouth, 1979-1980
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aims of this survey were:
1. To add to knowledge of company training policies and practices, with special reference to engineering;
2. To investigate the factors limiting women's access to vocational training;
3. To examine the extent to which company training policies and practices promote or inhibit...
Youth Cohort Study of England and Wales, 1987-1994; Cohort Three, Sweep One to Four
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Youth Cohort Study (YCS) is a major programme of longitudinal research designed to monitor the behaviour and decisions of representative samples of young people aged sixteen upwards as they make the transition from compulsory education to further or higher education, or to the labour market. It tries...
Scottish Young People's Survey, 1989/90 Cohort; S4 Cohort 1st Sweep, 1991
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Scottish Young People Survey (SYPS), a cohort series, began in 1984, subsuming the Scottish Qualified School Leavers Surveys, (GN 33237). It is a postal survey in which questionnaires are initially sent to young people approximately nine months after they have left school or have completed their 4th...
Scottish Education Time Series Data, 1962, 1970, 1972
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.These data enable us to give a nationally-representative picture of the school leaver with Scottish Certificate of Education Higher grade qualifications (SCE H grade) at three points in time - in 1962, 1970 and in 1972. The dataset is constructed from three separate surveys and comprises just under 400...
National Employer Skills Survey, 1999-2009: Secure Access
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The National Employer Skills Survey (NESS) collects data about the skills of the workforce of firms in England. A separate, but similar survey is conducted in Scotland (the Scottish Employer Skills Survey, UK Data Archive SN 6857).
The English survey first started in 1999 and was known as the Employers...
National Health Service National Staff Survey, 2011
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.Background
The Commission for Health Improvement (CHI), in conjunction with the Department of Health (DH), appointed Aston University to develop and pilot a new national National Health Service (NHS) staff survey, commencing in 2003, and to establish an advice centre and web site to support that process....
National Health Service National Staff Survey, 2012
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.Background
The Commission for Health Improvement (CHI), in conjunction with the Department of Health (DH), appointed Aston University to develop and pilot a new national National Health Service (NHS) staff survey, commencing in 2003, and to establish an advice centre and web site to support that process....
Continuing Vocational Training Survey, 2005
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Continuing Vocational Training Survey, 2005 (CVTS3) aimed to assess the provision of continuing vocational training (CVT) in businesses in terms of the types of training offered, the numbers of employees being given training, the costs of training provision, and its management and delivery. Initial...
How to be a Good Communist in Reform-Era China: Moulding the Agents of the State, 2004-2007
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.Despite almost 30 years of reform, the Chinese state’s functioning continues to revolve around the role of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which suffuses the entire state apparatus, providing it with leadership, purpose and strategy. The party has a range of tools at its disposal to maintain its grip...
Learning at Work Survey, 2004
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Learning at Work Survey, 2004 is an innovative survey of how employees learn at work. It comprised questions that aim to: reveal previously under-researched (and under-surveyed) sources of learning associated with everyday work activities; identify their relative importance in helping individuals...
Labour Force Survey Ad Hoc Module Eurostat Dataset, 2003
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Labour Force Survey Ad Hoc Eurostat Datasets form the UK component of the European Union Labour Force Survey (EU LFS), and consist of a subset of core variables from the UK Quarterly Labour Force Survey (held at the UK Data Archive under GN 33246), alongside primary and secondary derived variables...
Learning to Perform: Data from a United Kingdom Conservatoire of Music, 2004-2007
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This is a mixed-methods longitudinal data set.
This project looked at the 'secret garden' of conservatoires of music. This is an area of higher education where the one-to-one lesson format has traditionally formed the core of teaching and learning. Conservatoires have hitherto been under-researched. The...
Rural Industry Survey, 1987-1988; Employees Survey
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aim of this study was to ascertain training needs and suggest how gaps might be filled for the following groups in Scotland:
rural Development and Training agents;
rural workers, including family members, employed and self-employed;
non-employed, whether registered unemployed or not, of working...
Young Adults in the Labour Market, 1983
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.To explore educational, employment, unemployment and training experiences of the 18-24 age group. To relate their experiences and aspirations to general shortages in their local labour markets, and to possible demands for labour in the future. To assess their attitudes to and willingness to undertake...
Scottish Young People's Survey, 1983/84 Cohort; S4 Cohort 2nd Sweep, 1986
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Scottish Young People Survey (SYPS), a cohort series, began in 1984, subsuming the Scottish Qualified School Leavers Surveys, (GN 33237). It is a postal survey in which questionnaires are initially sent to young people approximately nine months after they have left school or have completed their 4th...
Youth Cohort Study of England and Wales, 2004-2007: Cohort 12, Sweeps 1-4
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Youth Cohort Study (YCS) is a major programme of longitudinal research designed to monitor the behaviour and decisions of representative samples of young people aged sixteen upwards as they make the transition from compulsory education to further or higher education, or to the labour market. It tries...
Experiences and Aspirations of Final-Year Undergraduate Students, 2008-2009
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This is a mixed methods data collection.
The primary purpose of this study was to examine patterns of participation in post-compulsory science and science-related programmes. The data held at the UK Data Archive comprises a set of semi-structured interviews (13 individual interviews and one focus group...
Individual Commitment to Lifetime Learning : Individuals' Attitudes, 1993
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Employment Department have commissioned three studies of attitudes to individual commitment to learning. The first in the series examined individuals' attitudes to learning (SN:3305), the second was concerned with employers' attitudes to learning (SN:3445) while the third covered the providers of...
Survey on National Vocational Qualifications in Engineering, 1994
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The principal objectives of the study were to assess:
awareness and take up of NVQs among engineering companies; the implications of designing qualifications to meet NCVQ requirements; the effects of NVQs on the quality and quantity of training in the engineering industry; the extent to which the NVQ...
Welsh Social Survey, 1992; Including Welsh House Condition Survey, 1992
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aims of this survey were:
to provide information on housing policy topics and to enable a stratified sample design to be implemented for the subsequent 1993 Welsh House Condition Survey;
to provide information on the Welsh language to supplement the information available from the Census of...
Youth Cohort Study of England and Wales, 1992-1994; Cohort Six, Sweep One to Three
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Youth Cohort Study (YCS) is a major programme of longitudinal research designed to monitor the behaviour and decisions of representative samples of young people aged sixteen upwards as they make the transition from compulsory education to further or higher education, or to the labour market. It tries...
Youth Cohort Study of England and Wales, 1991-1993; Cohort Five, Sweep One to Three
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Youth Cohort Study (YCS) is a major programme of longitudinal research designed to monitor the behaviour and decisions of representative samples of young people aged sixteen upwards as they make the transition from compulsory education to further or higher education, or to the labour market. It tries...
Skills Survey, 1997
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Skills Survey is a series of nationally representative sample surveys of individuals in employment aged 20-60 years old (since 2006, the surveys have additionally sampled those aged 61-65). The surveys aim to investigate the employed workforce in Great Britain. Although they were not originally...
Youth Cohort Study of England and Wales, 2002-2005; Cohort Eleven, Sweep One to Four
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Youth Cohort Study (YCS) is a major programme of longitudinal research designed to monitor the behaviour and decisions of representative samples of young people aged sixteen upwards as they make the transition from compulsory education to further or higher education, or to the labour market. It tries...
National Adult Learning Survey, 2000
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The National Adult Learning Survey 2000 (NALS) surveyed 4,885 adults in England and Wales on their adult learning experiences. The first survey in the series, conducted in 1997 (held at the UK Data Archive (UKDA) under SN 3815), collected information about respondents' involvement in both taught and...