UKCES

Email: genna.kik@ukces.org.uk
Tel: 01709 774 831

Biography

Genna has worked as a Research Manager at the UK Commission for Employment and Skills since August 2008 and is now Senior Research Manager. Prior to joining the UK Commission, Genna worked as a Senior Social Research Officer at the Office for National Statistics, working within the Social and Vital Statistics Division. This post followed three years' research and teaching at the University of Sheffield. Genna holds a Masters in Human Geography Research Methods and a dual honors degree in Economics and Geography, both from the University of Sheffield.

Areas of Expertise and Interest

• Labour market intelligence
• Quantitative methodologies and survey design
• Labour market disadvantage
• Occupational Segregation.

Current and Future Responsibilities

• Contributions to Annual Ambition 2020
• Ambition 2020: Qualifications and basic skills forecasting - work programme
• UK Employment and Skills Almanac/Almanac Online
• National Employer Skills Survey 2009/Employer Surveys
• LMI briefing
• UK Employer Perspectives Survey 2010.

Previous Projects

• Ambition 2020: World Class Skills and Jobs for the UK (2009 report)
• English Housing Survey 2008 (Office for National Statistics)
• English Housing Condition Survey 2006/2007 (Office for National Statistics)
• Inter-ethnic Segregation Across British Labour Markets (University of Sheffield)
• UK Employment and Skills Almanac 2009.

Publications

• Bosworth D and Kik G (2009) Ambition 2020: Technical Report. UK Commission for Employment and Skills, Wath-upon-Dearne
• Bosworth, D. and Kik, G. (2010) Adult Training Policy with Respect to Basic Skills. Spring 2010, Paper for the XIX Meeting of the Economics of Education Association.
• Belt, V. and Kik, G. (2010) Contributing to the Debate: Assessing the UK Evidence Base on Employment and Skills. UK Commission Briefing Paper April 2010, UK Commission for Employment and Skills, Wath-upon-Dearne.
• Beaven, R., Fariq, O., Green, A., Hay, G., Joshi, S., Kik, G., Owen, D., Wilson, R. and Zhao, Y. (2010)
• UK Employment and Skills Almanac 2009. UK Commission Evidence Report 12, UK Commission for Employment and Skills, Wath-upon-Dearne.