UKCES

Over the first two years of our existence, the UK Commission for Employment and Skills has sought to make a real contribution to policy and practice in the UK. We believe we have established credibility and recognition as an independent hub for skills policy formation and as an effective transmitter of strategic advice, compelling analysis and potential solutions to the governments of the UK.

As we recover from recession, we need more people in work and more people in productive work. We need more businesses, and more successful businesses, offering more and better jobs. And we need more and better skilled people to get us there and keep us there. There is little that is more important than equipping ourselves with the skills we need, for the jobs we need, for the successful businesses of tomorrow. As we recover from recession it also provides an unparalleled opportunity to focus more than ever on our ambitions for skills, jobs and the reform of our employment and skills systems.