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FOREWORD
Futureskills Scotland was launched in November 2002. Amongst its key aims were:
- to improve access to labour market information and intelligence across Scotland; and
- to analyse the Scottish labour market to inform policy-making.
Sophisticated web tools have been developed and refined to meet the first of these aims. Free access to labour market information is available through Key Indicators ( www.keyindicators.org.uk ). Similarly, access to the most comprehensive set of labour market reports and analyses from around the world are made available through Research Online ( www.researchonline.org.uk ).
Futureskills Scotland also provides a series of core reports on the Scottish labour market. These are regularly updated and are available free from the Futureskills Scotland website ( www.futureskillsscotland.org.uk ).
In recent years, Futureskills Scotland has commissioned research from experts across the UK to provide informed and objective analysis of key labour market issues. This research sheds light on key issues for Scottish policymakers. It also provides a stimulus for wider debate.
Collating this work into a formal research series will help to bring the issues and discussion to a wider audience. Futureskills Scotland is committed to disseminating and promoting this research series as widely as possible.
The views expressed in this research series are not necessarily those of Futureskills Scotland.
Futureskills Scotland
June 2009
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