Driving positive change THROUGH skills
The City & Guilds Centre for Skills
Development (CSD) is an independent, not for profit, research and
development organisation. We work with researchers, practitioners, employers
and learners to improve the policy and
practice of vocational education and training world-wide.
Our work has been shaped by the findings from
our first international research project Skills
Development: Attitudes and Perceptions. The project
explored issues faced by those with a stake in skills training
around the world. We identified four key themes common to
stakeholders across all sectors and countries:
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Employer engagement
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Quality of provision
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Supply and demand
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Poor perceptions of vocational education and training
These issues have formed our strategic
priorities and all of our work seeks to make a contribution to each
of these areas.
TRAINING FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT: AGRICULTURAL
AND ENTERPRISE SKILLS FOR WOMEN SMALLHOLDERS
CSD
has launched its second international research project,
Training for Rural Development:
Agricultural and Enterprise Skills for Women
Smallholders. The project will look to identify good
practice on the role that agricultural extension and training can
play in enhancing livelihoods for rural women and their
communities.
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With the jobless rate for under 25s now at 21.4% in the European Union, government officials and businesses are clamouring for more effective support for training and job creation.
![Government looks to the skills of an ageing workforce [Australia]](images/sharp2_v_Variation_1.jpg)
The Australian government has launched a US$38m “productive ageing” package aimed at enabling older workers to stay in the workforce and pass their skills on to younger generations.
![Education for All Global Monitoring Report 2010 [International]](images/pencils flat small rgb_v_Variation_1.jpg)
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has launched the 2010 Education for All Global Monitoring report.
Months of bad press and the subsequent tightening of Government regulations has left Australia’s US$15.5bn international education market reeling.
Denmark’s intensive, long-term employment programmes for young people are garnering praise for helping to keep unemployment rates down while they soar elsewhere.