Cardiff School of Social Sciences

Research Paper 115: Are University Admissions Academically Fair? [880.8 Kb]

February 2013. Debopam Bhattacharya, Shin Kanaya, Margaret Stevens, Department of Economics, University of Oxford

Research Paper 114: Human Capital and Competition: Strategic Complementarities in Firm-based Training [498.1 Kb]

January 2013. Margaret Stevens, Department of Economics, University of Oxford

Research Paper 112: Developing Vocational Excellence: Learning Environments within Work Environments [242.8 Kb]

November 2012. Susan James and Craig Holmes, SKOPE, University of Oxford

Research Paper 111: Shortage of Skilled Workers: A Paradox of the Indian Economy [257.5 Kb]

November 2012. Ruchi Hajela, COMPASS, University of Oxford

Research Paper 110: Educational Reform in Vocational Education and Training in Germany, England and Austria: Implications for Developing Innovative Teaching and Learning Practices [272.0 Kb]

June 2012. Florian Friedrich, University of Oxford

Research Paper 109: Potential Realised or Same Old Cinderella?: Future Options for England’s Further Education Sector [252.7 Kb]

July 2012, Simon Norton, Independent Consultant

Research Paper 108: Youth Transitions, the Labour Market and Entry into Employment: Some Reflections and Questions [286.3 Kb]

May 2012. Ewart Keep, SKOPE, Cardiff University

Research Paper 107: More Effective Skills Utilisation: Shifting the Terrain of Skills Policy in Scotland [257.0 Kb]

January 2012, Chris Warhurst and Patricia Findlay, University of Sydney and University of Strathclyde

Research Paper 106: Transformation and Muddling Through: Industrial Relations and Industrial Training in the UK [329.0 Kb]

December 2011, Howard Gospel and Tony Edwards, King’s College University of London

Research Paper 105: The Purposes and Validity of Vocational Qualifications [281.6 Kb]

November 2011. Cathy Stasz, RAND Corporation

Research Paper 104: Varieties of Training, Qualifications and Skills in Long-Term Care: A German, Japanese and UK Comparison [229.9 Kb]

November 2011. Howard Gospel, King’s College London, Makiko Nishikawa, Hosei University Japan and Monika Goldmann, Technische Universität Dortmund

Research Paper 103: Technicians under the Microscope: The Training and Skills of University Laboratory and Engineering Workshop Technicians [255.1 Kb]

November 2011. Paul Lewis and Howard Gospel, King’s College London

Research Paper 102: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back? Skills Policy in England under the Coalition Government [168.1 Kb]

July 2011. Jonathan Payne and Ewart Keep, Cardiff University

Research Paper 101: Scotland’s Skills Utilisation Programme: an Interim Evaluation [458.3 Kb]

June 2011. Jonathan Payne, Cardiff University

Research Paper 100: The Route out of the Routine: Where do the Displaced Routine Workers Go? [2.7 Mb]

June 2011. Craig Holmes, University of Oxford

Research Paper 99: Corporate Ownership and Initial Training in Britain, Germany and Switzerland [976.6 Kb]

Paul Ryan, King’s College Cambridge,  Karin Wagner, Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin, Silvia Teuber, University of Zurich, Uschi Backes-Gellner, University of Zurich

Research Paper 98: Methods and Instruments for the Evaluation and Monitoring of VET Systems [1.1 Mb]

Noela Eddington, Department of Education and Training, Queensland and Ian Eddington, University of Southern Queensland

Research Paper 97: Are UK Labour Markets Polarising? [168.2 Kb]

Craig Holmes and Ken Mayhew, SKOPE, University of Oxford

Research Paper 96: ‘‘We have got the freedom’ A Study of Autonomy and Discretion among Vocational Teachers in Norway and the UK [390.2 Kb]

Paul Ryan, King’s College Cambridge, Karin Wagner, Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin, Silvia Teuber, University of Zuric, Uschi Backes-Gellner, University of Zuric

Research Paper 95: ‘‘We have got the freedom’ A Study of Autonomy and Discretion among Vocational Teachers in Norway and the UK [290.8 Kb]

Caroline Lloyd and Jonathan Payne, SKOPE, Cardiff University

Research Paper 94: What Incentives to Learn at the Bottom End of the Labour Market? [312.2 Kb]

Ewart Keep SKOPE, Cardiff University and Susan James, SKOPE, University of Oxford

Research Paper 93: Skill Utilisation: Towards a Measurement and Evaluation Framework [288.2 Kb]

Jonathan Payne, SKOPE, Cardiff University

Research Paper 92: Competences Possessed by Spanish University Graduates and Qualification Requirements for Jobs: Do Higher Education Institutions Matter? [584.0 Kb]

Dr Manuel Salas Velasco, University of Granada and Visiting Fellow at SKOPE, University of Oxford

Research Paper 91: ‘No place to hide’? The realities of leadership in UK supermarkets [230.1 Kb]

Irena Grugulis, Bradford University School of Management,  Ödül Bozkurt, Lancaster University Management School and Jeremy Clegg, Leeds University Business School

Research Paper 90: Job Polarisation in the UK: An Assessment Using Longitudinal Data [297.1 Kb]

Craig Holmes, SKOPE, University of Oxford

Research Paper 89: Who Cares About Skills? The Impact and Limits of Statutory Regulation on Qualifications and Skills in Social Care [264.4 Kb]

Howard Gospel and Paul Lewis, Department of Management, King’s College London

Research Paper 88: Recruitment and Selection – the Great Neglected Topic [128.3 Kb]

Ewart Keep,  SKOPE, Cardiff University and Susan James, SKOPE, University of Oxford

Research Paper 87: Innovation and Reform in College-based VET Contexts: An outline of research in England and Germany [94.2 Kb]

Hubert Ertl - Department of Education, University of Oxford and H.-Hugo Kremer - Department of Business and Human Resource Education, University of Paderborn, Germany

Research Paper 86: The limits of the possible: shaping the learning and skills landscape through a shared policy narrative [122.7 Kb]

Ewart Keep, SKOPE, Cardiff University

Research Paper 85: Scoring opportunity or hospital pass? The changing role of local authorities in 14-19 education and training in England [125.1 Kb]

Jonathan Payne, SKOPE, Cardiff University

Research Paper 84: Teamwork, Productive Potential and Employee Welfare [96.8 Kb]

Duncan Gallie, Department of Sociology, University of Oxford, Ying Zhou, International Survey Research, Towers Perrin, Alan Felstead, Cardiff School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, Francis Green, Department of Economics, University of Kent.

Research Paper 83: Part-time work in Britain 1992-2006: From Periphery to Core? [82.9 Kb]

Duncan Gallie & Ying Zhou, Department of Sociology, University of Oxford & International Survey Research, Towers Perrin

Research Paper 82: Divergent skills policy trajectories in England and Scotland after Leitch [115.7 Kb]

Jonathan Payne, SKOPE, Cardiff University

Research Paper 81: What is a skilled job? Exploring worker perceptions of skill in two UK call centres [74.6 Kb]

Caroline Lloyd and Jonathan Payne, SKOPE, Cardiff University