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1 Bell, D and Sarajevs, V Scottish education: spending more - earning less? Scotecon 2005.
2 see the Executive Summary of Lord Leitch's interim report published in December 2005 Skills in the UK: the long term challenge at http://www.hm-reasury.gov.uk/media/2/3/pbr05_leitchreviewexecsummary_255.pdf. The final report of the Leitch Review of Skills, Prosperity for all in the global economy - world class skills, was published in December 2006 and can be found online at http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/media/6/4/leitch_finalreport051206.pdf.
3 see http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/ict/policy/ict-skills.htm.
4 see Skills in Scotland 2006 at http://www.futureskillsscotland.org.uk/web/site/home/Reports/WhatEmployersThink/Report_Skills_in_Scotland_2006.asp
5 see Learning to Work: Enhancing employability and enterprise in Scottish further and higher education at http://www.sfc.ac.uk/publications/pubs_other_sfefcarchive/learning_to_work.pdf. Much of this section has been adapted from this publication.
6 Futureskills Scotland The Labour Market Effects of Qualifications forthcoming.
7 Estimating the cost of being 'Not in Education, Employment or Training' at age 16 to 18DfES Research Report RR346.
8 Present value represents the worth today of a stream of benefits extending into the future.
9 2000/01 prices.
10 This should be considered a lower bound estimate as it was not possible for the report's authors to identify all the costs (for example information was not available on the extent to which the NEET group are more likely to suffer additional smoking and alcohol problems).
11 Keep, E. Market Failure in SkillsSSDA Catalyst - Issue 1 http://www.ssda.org.uk/pdf/060131%20D%20SSDA%20Catalyst%20no1%20Market%20Skills%20Failure.pdf
12 see Measuring Progress Towards A Smart, Successful Scotland: 2006 at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/12/19161336/0.
13 see FutureSkills Scotland International Comparisons of Skills and Labour Market Performance at http://www.futureskillsscotland.org.uk/web/site/home/Reports/HowScotlandCompares/Report_International_Comparisons_of_Labour_Market_and_Skills_Performance.asp.
14 e.g. Felstead, A., Gallie, D., Green, F. and Zhou, Y. Skills at work 1986-2006 Oxford/Cardiff: SKOPE/ ESRC 2007.
15 see Sloman, M. Skills at Work in Impact: quarterly update on CIPD policy and research August 2007 p.8.
16 e.g. Autor, Levy and Murnane Upstairs, Downstairs: Computers and Skills on Two Floors of a Large Bank Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Vol 55, Number 3. (April 2002), pp. 432-447.
17 Keep, E What can the UK learn from the Norwegian and Finnish Experience of attempts at work Re-organisationSKOPE Research Paper 41 Spring 2002.
18 Van Reenan, J, Bloom, N and Sadun, R It ain't what you do it's the way that you do IT - testing explanations of productivity growth using US affiliatesLSE 2005 http://www.statistics.gov.uk/articles/nojournal/sadun_bvr25.pdf.
19 see Moving Forward: a Strategy for Improving Young People's Chances through Youth Work at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/03/08113759/0.
20 see Looked After Children and Young People: We Can and Must Do Betterhttp://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/01/15084446/0.
21 see More Choices, More Chances: A Strategy to Reduce the Proportion of Young People not in Education, Employment or Training in Scotland at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/06/13100205/0.
22 see W orking and Learning Together to Build Stronger Communities: Scottish Government Guidance for Community Learning and Development at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2004/02/18793/32157.
23 see http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Education/Life-Long-Learning/17551 for links to the various ALNIS Reports since 2001.
24 see Moving Forward: a Strategy for Improving Young People's Chances through Youth Work at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/03/08113759/0.
25 see Review of Scotland's Colleges: Transforming Lives, Transforming Scotland: An Overview by the Review's 'Core Group' at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/06/27151710/0.
26 see Supply of, and Demand for, Science Graduates in Scotland: A Review of Available Data at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/02/08131200/2.
27 See Evaluation of the Skills for Business Network at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/07/13091728/0.
28 When "legacy" names are used. Without this awareness is around 25%.
29 see The Adult ESOL Strategy for Scotland at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/143831/0048466.pdf
30 learndirect 2007.
31 see the benefits to employers of raising workforce basic skills: a literature review at the National Research and Development Centre for adult literacy and numeracy at http://www.nrdc.org.uk/content.asp?CategoryID=440&ArticleID=371.
32 see the Executive's Gender Equality Scheme in full at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/03/30095002/5.
33 see Building on our success - Improving Modern Apprenticeships: Consultation Analysis Report at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/12/12103147/0.
34 see http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Labour-Market/TrendPublicSectorEmp. The exact figure, correct at Q4 2006, is 23.1%.
35 Much of this section has been adapted from Futureskills Scotland's Labour Market Glossary 2004.
36 Definition from Workforce Plus, An Employability Framework for Scotland, Scottish Executive June 2006.
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