The impact of training bursaries on teacher recruitment and retention
The latest in a series of reports commissioned by Gatsby to inform policy on teacher training and recruitment, looks at the impact of bursaries on teacher supply and retention.
Education
Reports
This is the library of all our published reports and insights.
If you have any questions about a particular report, please tweet the Education team @GatsbyEd or email us info@gatsby.org.uk.
Disclaimer: The Gatsby Charitable Foundation commissions and funds research which contributes to the strengthening of the country’s science and engineering skills. The views and opinions presented in the research reports do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Gatsby Charitable Foundation.
Great Expectations: Three Steps to a World Class Apprenticeship System
Gatsby commissioned Simon Field, a global expert on skills policy, to look at what needs to change in the current apprenticeships system. The resulting report draws on best practice from overseas, and a decade of data from England, to propose three steps that would together help establish a world-class apprenticeship system in England.
STEM Skills, Technical Education and Career Progression in the UK
This report by Dr Craig Holmes examines mobility patterns and career progression for a group of technical occupations in the UK which make use of particular STEM skills. It looks at opportunities for adults working in these occupations to progress, the ways in which different types of education, training and skills help facilitate this progression, and the barriers individuals may face.
Labour market information and its use to inform career guidance of young people: an overview of the Labour Market Information System for Careers Guidance in England
As part of Gatsby's interest in how Labour Market Information (LMI) can inform young people's career guidance decisions, we commissioned the Institute of Employment Research at the University of Warwick to undertake a mapping exercise of the LMI system. Desk-based research, supplemented by expert interviews, was used to provide a comprehensive overview of the LMI system in England, describing the different components of the system and developing a matrix which assesses and categorises 119 LMI sources.
An overview of the Labour Market Information system for careers guidance in England: sources reviewed
As part of Gatsby's interest in how Labour Market Information (LMI) can inform young people's career guidance decisions, we commissioned the Institute of Employment Research at the University of Warwick to undertake a mapping exercise of the LMI system. As part of their research and to accompany the written report (listed above), the research team developed this matrix to assess and categorise 119 LMI sources, retrieved July 2021.
Beyond the Missing Middle: Developing Higher Technical Education
This report by Simon Field follows his earlier report 'The Missing Middle: Higher Technical Education in England', and looks internationally for answers to how England can develop and improve its higher technical system.